Originally published at: US Army objects as Republicans use fallen US soldiers as props - Boing Boing
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I’ve been the guest of a congressman before and there are reasonable limits on what they can get you into, although back in those days it was probably more of moral limits as people worried about how their actions looked.
Regardless of who told who what to do, it’s still illegal.
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At least Andrew Rakich uses his dead American soldiers as props in something positive.
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… foreseeable
Offering Trump an invitation onto the premises with a list of “rules” attached went exactly how the Army should have known it would go
It was OK because he’s a Republican
I can just imagine what has always happened, and will continue to happen, whenever a leftist protester camera crew shows up at that same cemetery ready to performatively “mourn” 
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“Right, Mr Ex-president, I cannot express how vital it is for you to remember the most importand rule, do not urinate on the grave of the unknown soldier, and do exactly as the armed Honor Guard tells you to do without question or argumant.”
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Except it seems like he’s getting actual pushback here… from the Army… I don’t think THEY think it’s okay if they’re calling him…
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(source: MSNBC)
[The incident] is a story with a surprising number of moving parts, so let’s summarize where things stand.
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There’s no real doubt that there was some kind of incident on Monday — both the Trump campaign and Arlington officials have acknowledged as much — but a New York Times report said a woman who works at the cemetery, and who filed an incident report with the military authorities, declined to press charges. According to the report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, the official feared “retaliation” from Trump’s followers.
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The same Times report highlighted concerns from one family, whose loved one served eight combat tours and is buried at Arlington, that believes the Trump campaign filmed his gravesite without permission.
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The Associated Press reported that the Trump campaign received warnings about not taking photographs in Section 60. If that report is accurate, the Republican operation did not heed those warnings.
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Mark Esper, who served as Trump’s Defense secretary, called for an investigation into the incident. Similarly, Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia issued a written statement calling for the release of documents related to Monday’s incident.
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USA Today published a report on veterans who were not pleased with Trump’s actions. The article quoted retired Major General Paul Eaton, a senior adviser at VoteVets, who called the campaign’s actions at the cemetery “nauseating” and “repugnant.”
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As feared, Team Trump has already released a campaign video featuring footage of the GOP candidate’s visit to Arlington.
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Did the Trump campaign’s actions this week violate the law? A Washington Post report reviewed the relevant details.
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Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Vice President Kamala Harris “can go to hell” for criticizing Trump’s cemetery appearance, despite the fact that Harris hadn’t actually made any such criticisms. The Ohio senator later declined to say whether presidential candidates should have to abide by federal law prohibiting campaigns from filming at gravesites.
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What does Corporal Bonespurs care what an organisation of (to use his words) “suckers and losers” has to say about his behaviour?
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" the ANC employee and her professionalism has been unfairly attacked. "
Even more shocking that the maga team pushed aside a woman.
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They also suggested that the employee was mentally deranged. As if we need further evidence that they’re a bunch of utter scumbags.
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I’d LOVE to think this act of disrespect would be the final nail in the coffin for Trump. But once again Teflon Don gets nothing to stick.
Charges should be filed immediately.
Lack of consequences will be taken as permission.
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It just happened and I’d argue it’s still playing out… we’ll see if this sticks. It very well could.
Besides which, he’s already been charged over multiple things and has lost one lawsuit and one criminal trial…
Some of those consequences COULD be losing the election, which makes him going to trial on the other charges MORE likely to happen and to have convictions.
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“bumper golf”
“18 hole pachinko”
play it where it lands, you cheating duffer!
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Intimidation and violence is the only language these asshats speak, or understand. They need to be stripped of every bit of power and privilege they have stolen.
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It’s not like this is some big stretch and difficult to believe. Members of congress have stated their votes have been impacted because they feared “retaliation” from Trump’s followers.
This is a feature, not a side effect, of the GOP process.
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The so-called “president” who mocked a disabled veteran and their family, and scoffed at prisoners and casualties as “losers”, now gives a cheery thumbs up during an illegal photo-op at the national military cemetery.
What a great guy! He definitely passes the “would have a beer with” test.
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Trump, by contrast, controls his party through stochastic terror, threats issued through social media that his cult followers can be expected to realize. Republicans leave politics because they fear for themselves and their families. Those who remain all obey in advance. That is new, and it should not be normal, and it should not spread any further. But it becomes normal when we treat discussions, and not coercion, as abnormal.
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Remember that after enough use, teflon starts to peel; they did eventually get John Gotti, just as they got Al Capone.
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and becomes even more toxic.
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