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[–] [email protected] 87 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] RedditWanderer 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised there isn't some phone footage from randos somewhere

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The campaign's spokesperson Steven Cheung, who by the way answers the unasked question, 'what if r/the_donald were a person?', threatened to release a video and then immediately demurred.

[–] mojofrododojo 4 points 2 months ago

Cheung accused an Arlington National Cemetery employee of having a mental health crisis in the response. Because they were doing their job, trying to prevent a thumbs up photo op at a fucking graveside.

Fucker needs jail time.

[–] Illuminostro 68 points 2 months ago

A publicity stunt by Trump's handlers to offset the repugnant shit he said about dead and disabled veterans. And then they physically assault staff who tried to stop him from using the corpses of dead veterans as props. Only the best and brightest.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (3 children)

misleading headline.

In a statement to NPR, Arlington National Cemetery said it "can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed."

that is the extent of the gvt statement, in this article at least.

When the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump campaign staff from entering Section 60, campaign staff verbally abused and pushed the official aside, according to the source.

the source is the venerable "source with knowledge of the incident".

chance of trumps people being complete aholes bullying people around like goons is 100% - but that headline, man.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think NPR updated the headline to “Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery”. Besides “on the record” is completely made up. Anything you say to an official or journalist is “on the record” if they’re recording it. The Hollywood trope is just made up stuff like “you have to tell me if you’re a cop”.

[–] shalafi 15 points 2 months ago

There is now a report on the record. "On the record", meaning that the appropriate authorities have to review it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Uhg. No. Well, yes in the most literal sense: if it is recorded there is a record of it, BUT if you ask a journalist to keep something off the record and they agree, then whatever you then disclose is usually not published of otherwise made public. See: journalists like having good relationships with their sources and if the journalist gets a reputation for saying something is off the record and then writing about it, people stop talking to them. OTH, if a journalist happens to see something heinous, you probably won't be able to retroactively get them to let it slide -- but in that case the journalist isn't betraying a trust.

TLDR; You can't force a journalist keep something off the record, but if you ask in advance, they might agree.

[–] Serinus 7 points 2 months ago

I mean, if we're nitpicking about "pushed" vs "assaulted", well...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The current NPR headline at least is the much more anodyne "Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery"

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Charge that fucking traitorous shitstain already. Surely this violates the terms of his parole, wtf😩

"Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate's campaign," according to the statement. "Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants."

[–] Serinus 20 points 2 months ago

This is how they act when they're actively seeking good PR.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This incident reads like the Bible in front of the church thing while he was President, except this time he was told “No.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Legend is he would have been told "no" at the church, but church people were attacked and driven off along with the protesters.

[–] Sterile_Technique 10 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Classy as always.

[–] nifty 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why does this guy or anyone associated with him even have a political career anymore?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

there is still a money spigot