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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump shares posts of Gold Star families praising cemetery visit and criticizing Harris

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Donald Trump at a Moms for Liberty event in Washington DC, on Friday. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Donald Trump shared statements from the relatives of 13 soldiers killed during the chaotic US evacuation from Kabul as they hit out at Kamala Harris after she criticized the former president’s involvement in a ceremony honoring the service members.

The dispute over the ceremony at Arlington national cemetery, during which Trump campaign aides allegedly shoved a cemetery worker so they could film Trump laying a wreath, contravening rules against political activity at the site, escalated after the vice-president said Saturday that Trump “disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt”.

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