Chuck Darwin<p>In Arlington cemetery fracas, Team Trump shoved a woman and called her crazy <br>-- because that’s what they do</p><p>When the event took place on Aug. 26 <br>— the third anniversary of the bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members <br>— just one journalist raised questions. </p><p>Esquire’s Charlie Pierce <br>— a relic from journalism’s lost golden era <br>— wrote a scathing pieceheadlined: <br>🔥“How The Hell Was Trump Allowed To Use Arlington National Cemetery As A Campaign Prop?” 🔥</p><p>Two NPR reporters — Quil Lawrence and Tom Bowman — went to work answering Pierce’s question <br>and learned two things, one of them stunning. </p><p>They reported <br>a) no one except cemetery staff is <a href="https://c.im/tags/allowed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allowed</span></a> to take pictures or shoot video in Section 60, and <br>b) a woman staffer from Arlington who tried to enforce those rules said she was physically confronted by Trump campaign staffers and <a href="https://c.im/tags/shoved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shoved</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/aside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aside</span></a> during the altercation.</p><p>More than a week later, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on Capitol Hill are calling for more public information about what actually happened, <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/groups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groups</span></a> are expressing outrage over the idea that fallen heroes were used for props by a politician who’s long shown disrespect for soldiers and their sacrifices, <br>and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Team" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Team</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has fought back with statements of support from pro-Republican Gold Star Mothers. </p><p>The mainstream media that botched the initial coverage should be pushing for answers on key unanswered questions, </p><p>including the identity of the alleged shover. </p><p>But despite a week of headlines, there’s one critical aspect to this story I feel is being ignored, even though it is central to the very essence of Trump’s warped campaign:</p><p>The people closest to Trump allegedly shoved and verbally abused a woman <br>— because that’s what they do.<br><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/trump-arlington-cemetery-sundown-towns-ferguson-20240903.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inquirer.com/columnists/attyto</span><span class="invisible">od/trump-arlington-cemetery-sundown-towns-ferguson-20240903.html</span></a></p>