Donald Trump tried to clean up the mess after his widely criticized visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where two of his staffers allegedly engaged in an altercation with an official trying to enforce rules against photographing gravesites. The former president and Republican nominee posed for...

It wasn’t “possibly illegal”, it was just plainly illegal.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1375·
    3 months ago

    Trump’s campaign spokesman Stephen Cheung flatly denied the physical confrontation allegation, saying his team was prepared to release footage to refute the “defamatory claims,”

    “We have proof, but you can’t see it. Trust me bro”

    But it sounds like the families said they gave trump permission…

    Which does not change the law against literally using dead soldiers for campaigning.

    It doesn’t matter how many families say they’re ok with it, filming an election ad in an Army national cemetery is illegal

    • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
      224·
      3 months ago

      I mean, if you want permission to film in the cemetery, you gonna need a necromancer

      • Tolookah
        66·
        3 months ago

        No can do, best we have is a CouchRomancer.

        • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
          61·
          3 months ago

          Sure? But i am merely invoking the spirit of the law, and not the letter… which is that filming there puts words in the mouth of venerated dead.