Gold Star Families Blast Kamala Harris for Her Part in Democrat Media Hoax About Arlington Wreath-Laying

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The Gold Star families resent being used in the latest Democrat-Media-Deep State Party op.

Gold Star families who lost loved ones during the Afghanistan withdrawal condemned Vice President Kamala Harris Saturday for accusing former President Trump of "playing politics" with his visit to Arlington National Cemetery. In a series of videos, the families said that Trump's visit was to honor their fallen heroes, not for political gain.

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Gold Star father Mark Schmitz called Kamala Harris' remarks "heinous, vile and disgusting," stating that Trump's visit was about leadership, not politics.

Darren Hoover, father of Marine Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, criticized Harris for lacking "empathy and basic understanding," stressing that "we are the ones that asked for the video and the pictures to be taken."

Jaclyn Schmitz, mother of Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, accused Harris of using a "political spin" to boost her presidential campaign against Trump, and added that Harris should step down if she cannot honor military families.

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The controversy began after Harris criticized Trump for taking photos and filming at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony last week. In a statement on Saturday, Harris accused Trump of "disrespecting sacred ground" and engaging in a "political stunt."

Gold Star families, however, were quick to push back against Harris' claims. In a series of videos posted by the former president, the families said that they had personally invited Trump to Arlington to pay tribute to their loved ones who were killed by ISIS-K terrorists during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 26th, 2021.

Mark Schmitz, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, was one of the many who took offense at Harris' remarks. In his video, Schmitz described Harris' statement as "heinous, vile and disgusting," and emphasized that Trump's visit was not politically motivated. "Why did we want Trump there? It wasn't to help his political campaign," Schmitz said. "We wanted a leader. That explains why you and Joe didn't get a call."

Jaclyn Schmitz, mother of Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, also criticized Harris, stating that her comments were nothing more than a "political spin to help you look better in your presidential campaign against Donald Trump." She expressed deep frustration with Harris and the Biden administration, adding, "You have never walked a single day in our shoes. Our kids were murdered because of your administration."

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It feels stupid to even rebut this because it's obviously a bad-faith attack. We're always playing a game of defending against bad-faith attacks, pointing out the facts, and pointing out where the Democrat-Media Party has done the same thing.

But it does no good to show the hypocrisy of the Democrat-Media Party. They're liars. They know they're hypocrites. They know this is all bad-faith.

They. Don't. Care.

Lying is what they do. It's all they do.

While Kamala Harris pretends that she's above "polticizing" Arlington National Cemetery, because it's so sacred to her, she released an ad two months ago featuring images of flag-draped caskets at Arlington.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:40 PM

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