Trump used the third anniversary on Monday of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan to attempt to pin the chaotic pullout below President Joe Biden on his vp.
Harris, 59, grew to become the Democratic nominee within the Nov 5 presidential election after Biden, 81, pulled out of the race in July.
The vp’s response to the Trump cemetery go to might give a clue to how she would deal with the subject of their upcoming Sept. 10 debate.
Harris referred to Trump’s historical past of insulting army veterans.
“That is nothing new from Donald Trump. It is a man who has known as our fallen service members ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ and disparaged Medal of Honor recipients,” she wrote.
Trump as soon as mentioned the late Senator John McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate, was not a warfare hero despite the fact that he spent years as a prisoner of warfare in North Vietnam after being shot down whereas a Navy pilot.
Trump referred to fallen World Struggle One veterans as “suckers” and “losers,” in accordance with his former White Home chief of employees, John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps normal. Trump continues to dispute that report.
It was unclear whether or not such incidents would sway the veterans’ vote. In an April report, the Pew Analysis Middle discovered that army veterans favour the Republican Occasion.
