Kamala Harris took aim at Donald Trump on Saturday for him taking pictures with the Gold Star families of the botched Afghanistan withdrawal earlier this week and added that she “will always honor the service and sacrifice of all of America’s fallen heroes.” The families have said that she has never spoken to them once.
When The Post Millennial spoke to the parents of deceased military members Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Nicole Gee, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, they and others close to the families told TPM that Harris has never once spoken to them personally or reached out. Fox News also reported that the families have all said the same: that Harris has “never once reached out” to them.
Harris posted on X, saying that she has had the “privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery several times,” adding that “Donald Trump’s team chose to film a video there” and alleged that it resulted “in an altercation with cemetery staff,” a reported incident that multiple Gold Star family members that were there have said they did not witness.
Harris alleged that “the former president disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt.” Although Trump’s team helped to take the pictures, the families have said that Trump and his team were invited to do so. Cheryl Juels and Christy Shamblin made it a point to take photos in Section 60 where the grave site was for Ryan Knauss, as his parents were not able to be there that day. Section 60 is the resting place that is largely designated for deceased veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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