Pretty sure they didn't see the backlash coming.
But they, and their media interns, thought this was going to be a winning strategy for them.
BACKFIRE and the families are now taking responding to VP Harris.
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But they, and their media interns, thought this was going to be a winning strategy for them.
BACKFIRE and the families are now taking responding to VP Harris.
Gold Star families slam Kamala Harris for 'playing politics' over Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery
Family members of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan expressed support for Trump in videos blasting Kamala Harris' statement about his visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
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Gold Star families slam Kamala Harris for 'playing politics' over Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery
Gold Star father said that Harris' statement was 'heinous, vile and disgusting'
August 31, 2024 10:18pm EDT
‘Life, Liberty & Levin’ host Mark Levin asks former President Trump if he received a note or call from Vice President Kamala Harris after the assassination attempt.
Vice President Kamala Harris was recently excoriated by Gold Star family members who accused the Democratic presidential candidate of politicizing an incident at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
The messages were posted on former President Trump's Instagram account. Eight videos, each featuring different parents of service members killed by ISIS-K terroristsamid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021, were published in total.
The videos were released in the wake of a statement published by Harris on Saturday, where the vice president criticized Trump for taking photographs at a wreath-laying ceremony event on Monday. The Army said this week that an Arlington National Cemetery official was "abruptly pushed aside" while interacting with Trump's staff.
"As Vice President, I have had the privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery several times," Harris said. "It is not a place for politics. And yet, as was reported this week, Donald Trump’s team chose to film a video there, resulting in an altercation with cemetery staff."
Kamala Harris was called out by Gold Star families over a statement she released about Trump on Saturday.(Getty Images)
"Let me be clear: the former president disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt," she claimed, before adding that she would "never politicize" such an event.
The Gold Star family members maintained that they had asked Trump for photographs, as opposed to Trump taking pictures to advance his campaign. In one video, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz called Harris' post "heinous, vile and disgusting."
"Why did we want Trump there? It wasn't to help his political campaign," Mark Schmitz said in the video. "We wanted a leader. That explains why you and Joe didn't get a call."
Darren Hoover, the father of Marine Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, said that Harris lacks "empathy and basic understanding" about Monday's event, and stressed that Trump's appearance was respectful.
Vice President Kamala Harris slammed former President Donald Trump over last week's incident at Arlington National Cemetery. (Getty Images)
"In keeping with the reverence and respect that is given to all members of our military that are buried there, we invited President Trump," he said. "We are the ones that asked for the video and the pictures to be taken at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
Hoover also added that Trump has "been there for us from the very beginning," and criticized Harris for "playing politics" over the incident.
"You should be ashamed and embarrassed [about] your lack of empathy and decency as a human being," the father added. "You are only in this for the power and prestige. You don't care for our military or the citizens of this country.
Always be careful and give good thought to what one wish's for. 
