The Hogsty

Know this may raise the hackles on some but 'candidate' Trump and his campaign committed a serious breach of etiquette when he and his team produced and publicly released video taken at Arlington National Cemetary! I have visited Arling numerous times for burial services. Many have been friends but two have been for family. One, my cousin John who was career Air Force and flew two combat tours in Vietnam, surviving being shot down in his first deployment. The other was my older brother, a career Army veteran, deployed to Vietnam. His lack of respect for them and all that are buried at Arlington (and the rules of all U.S. Military cemeteries) should not be accepted! And, shame on those that try to excuse and 'flit' away this egregious behavior.

Don't worry about ruffling feathers. Debate is good. A lot of opinions are based on what/which media we are exposed to.

I think I would look at it differently if he wasn't invited by the gold star families themselves to attend, take the photos and take the video. In their own words:















Heels up Harris was invited as well and declined the invitation.

Taking pictures and to some extent taking video was not the problem. It was the fact that his campaign staff then took that video and posted the video on TikTok thus breaking the Federal prohibition on "photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate’s campaign”. A prohibition that they were warned about prior to the visit as well as upon their arrival. Sorry, no excuse/pass given on this one.

Also, "what/which media" has no application to the federal regulations that govern visits and behavior at Arlington, or for that matter, all Veteran's Cemetaries.

As for my intake of news media, it runs the gamut from FOX to CNN to News Nation as well as local stations. Don't waste my time on OAN, MSNBC and several others as they are of the chart on 'lopsided'

Well, nobody was arrested. I guess I just don't have a problem with any of it. He attended at the request of the families. The images were taken at the request of the families.. There was no disrespect for the fallen.

It's a non-issue for me

You not having a personal issue is not the question at hand. The problem is with an individual who wants to be POTUS and yet ignores the rules and etiquette of one of this country's most solemn and sacred places.