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TRUMP Blames Harris For Assassination Attempt & Says Families Praised Cemetery Visit
TRUMP Shares Posts of Gold Star Families Praising His Cemetery Visit and Blames Harris For Assassination Attempt
TRUMP accused the president and vice president of denying him sufficient Secret Service protection, echoing remarks he made on social media in July.
The Guardian 2 SEP 2024
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?.
But two republican members of the ?Gold Star? families who lost relatives posted messages on Trump?s Truth Social platform Saturday saying they had invited Trump to the ceremony and criticized the Biden-Harris administration for the Afghanistan pull-out three years ago.
?Why did we want Trump there? It wasn?t to help his political campaign,? Mark Schmitz, father of Marine lance corporal Jared Schmitz, said in one video. ?We wanted a leader. That explains why you and Joe didn?t get a call.?
Trump, While Reflecting on Assassination Attempt, Puts Blame on Biden and Harris
Donald Trump said Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are at fault ?to a certain extent? for the attempt on his life last month in Pennsylvania, blaming them for security deficiencies even though the president and vice president have no involvement in Secret Service assignments.
?He always made it very tough for us to have the proper number of Secret Service people,? Trump said about Biden in an interview with TV personality Phil McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil.
?When this happened, people would ask, whose fault is it? I think to a certain extent it?s Biden?s fault and Harris? fault,? Trump added in the interview, which aired Tuesday. ?And I?m the opponent. Look, they were weaponizing government against me, they brought in the whole DOJ to try and get me, they weren?t too interested in my health and safety.?
Trump?s claim is entirely unfounded. The president and vice president are not involved in Secret Service assignments.
The agency, which is funded by Congress, has faced a staffing shortage for years, as NBC News recently reported. A Secret Service official told NBC News that the shortfall has resulted in denials of requests for extra personnel, but added that no such requests had been turned down for the rally where he was shot.
On Wednesday, FBI officials told reporters that Trump?s would-be assassin had searched online for information about both of the major parties? national conventions and that the former president?s July 13 rally in Pennsylvania appears to have been a ?target of opportunity.?
Trump?s comments escalate the tension in an already heated election year. Republicans have blamed the shooting on Democrats for calling Trump a threat to democracy after he has repeatedly vowed to tear through political norms and governmental systems of checks and balances.
Analysts and experts have said that the surge of violent threats against election officials is motivated by Trump?s own vengeful rhetoric toward those he perceives as enemies.
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Gold Star Widow Calls Out 'FELON' Trump For Desecrating Her Husband's Arlington Grave
Gold Star widow calls out 'felon' Trump for 'desecrating' her ...
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