Vice President Kamala Harris faced criticism from Gold Star families after commenting on former President Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery on the third anniversary of the Kabul airport bombing.
Harris took to Twitter on Saturday, criticizing the Trump campaign for recording a video while Trump honored the 13 U.S. soldiers who lost their lives during the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan. She contrasted her actions with Trump's, stating that she “will always honor the service and sacrifice of all of America's fallen heroes.”
However, her remarks sparked outrage among Gold Star families, who had personally invited Trump to the ceremony. The families expressed their frustration on social media, pointing out that they have not heard from the vice president since their children's deaths in the August 2021 terrorist attack at Kabul's Abbey Gate, according to a report from The Daily Caller:
This is Mark Schmitz, gold star father of Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz. Here we are in a beautiful holiday weekend day, I got to stop what I'm doing, spending time with what's left of my family, to address a heinous, vile and disgusting post put out by Kamala Harris trying to incite those that don't follow the truth that President Trump was in Arlington as a political stunt – shows you how much you know about the 13 families, we invited him to be there,” Schmitz said in a video, posted by Trump on Twitter in a reply to Harris' tweet.
“Groundwork was put into place by Congressman Issa's office to make sure we followed protocol. Why did we want Trump there? It wasn't to help his political campaign. We wanted a leader — that explains why you and Joe didn't get a call. Imagine for a second that your kid is killed. There's a president in the United States willing to take you under his wing and listen to you. That's what we found in President Trump, certainly not you, and certainly not Joe Biden,” Schmitz continues in the nearly three minute video continues.
“You have 13 families who have been waiting over three years to so much as get a phone call, to so much as hear our kids names said aloud in the halls of Congress, the State of the Union, hell, anything. The irony behind your post, that you give a rat's ass about our military or our veterans, Jared's brothers and sisters in arms, the rest of the 12, their brothers and sisters in arms, is an outright lie. We're living proof of that. You're despicable. You have zero business running this country. And I pray to God Americans wake the hell up. and get your ass out of office. You have spit in our face for the last f**king time,” he finishes.
Neither Biden nor Harris participated in a public event to honor the 13 fallen soldiers killed during their administration's Afghanistan withdrawal. Rather, they issued statements the morning of the anniversary while Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery.
Former President Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery became a flashpoint after an alleged a physical altercation between a campaign staff member and a cemetery official over photography restrictions in Section 60, where soldiers from recent conflicts are buried. The Trump campaign denied the claims, with a source familiar with the event stating that Gold Star families present had no objections to a campaign photographer documenting the ceremony.
In response to Harris's comments, Trump promoted several videos criticizing the vice president's handling of the situation. One commentator compiled the videos into a Twitter thread, highlighting the backlash against Harris.
CNN commentator Scott Jennings commented on Harris's response, characterizing it as tone-deaf:
At the beginning of the 2021 withdrawal, Kamala Harris proudly stated that she was “the last one in the room” with Joe Biden as he finalized his strategy.
Survivors of the withdrawal haven't shared the same sense of optimism:
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Kamala is a disgrace to the office of VP, and in no way should be allowed to hold the office of President. She should really stand trial for dereliction of duty for Abbey Gate and her non action to tame the Southern border here at home. Her neglect of the southern border actually borders on treason as you consider the many hundreds of terrorists and fighting age Chinese men that have passed through the border. These people and the blood they have and will shed is on her hands as well as Sleepy Joe’s.
ka ma la harris is a joke. she is a power hungry person who will prostitute self to get it. and has. she failed the bar exam in California. then she caught the eye of married Willy Brown, mayor of San Fran. she became his mistress and her career zoomed. she went from a nobody in the d.a.;s office to d.a. itself, then she went to the state d.a. all on Willys arm. there are many stories of her at parties, and what occurred there. there are rumored pictures of her in a dog collar and leash, being led by mr. brown at these parties. have never seen them, but people who have claim they are real. she went to willy’s birthday, where his wife was present, and introduced herself as his girlfriend. that takes some gall. she passed all the policies that california lives under now., like reducing felonies to misdemeanors, such as retail theft. filled prisons with black men who were charged with using marijuana. she kept prisoners beyond their sentence time to use them for free labor. she made no bail a reality, and it has led to many being killed by her released criminals. during the George Floyd riots, she made an ad for the minnesota freedom fund, to raise bail monies for these rioters who burned areas of minnesota to the GROUND, WHILE tampon Tim sat on his ass and let it happen. his own wife said on tv that she opened the windows to smell minnesota burning. what? what kind of sick people are trying to run for president and vp of this great land????? we cannot let these morons have our country. they have tried to ruin her for the last 12 yrs, and Obama wants another brainless puppet to use. she doesn’t care, as she will amass more wealth while doing NOTHING. DONT BELIEVE THE “JOY”. IT DOES NOT PAY BILLS. it is a bull shit campaign charade. wake up America. look at your kids. look at your living conditions. you want more of that? why? this woman and her stolen valor stooge hate us. they want to rule over us. NO MORE. VOTE FOR DONALD J TRUMP AND DEFY THE LIES SHE HAS MADE UP ABOUT THIS MAN. the left has tried to remove him from the ballot, incarcerate on made up charges, and lastly TRIED TO KILL HIM. make no mistake, the democrats fingerprints are all over this. if you want freedom, money in your pockets that you rightfully EARNED, VOTE RED. RID AMERICA OF THIS COMMUNIST STENCH.