Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on Wednesday continued to attack President Joe Biden for the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan -- but during his remarks, Vance seemed to confuse the gate where a suicide bomber killed 13 American soldiers with a street in London made famous by the Beatles.
During a campaign event, Vance was asked about an incident at Arlington National Cemetery when officials of the cemetery told Trump's campaign that they couldn't take photos in the Iraq and Afghanistan section and that no political activity could happen on cemetery grounds.
Trump has already used the images and videos he took at the cemetery in campaign videos, ABC News reported on Wednesday afternoon. The voice-over of Trump then delivers a campaign message blaming Biden for the withdrawal.
Vance told the press that the media just invented the incident.
"There is verifiable evidence that the campaign was allowed to have a photographer there," Vance said. "There's verifiable — they were invited to have a photographer there. There's verifiable evidence that the families of these poor people who had their loved ones die three years ago at Abbey Road. They had — er Abbey Gate. A lot of those 13 Americans were there with the president. They were invited to be there and support them."
Vance was referring to former President Trump in his comments.
"That's not an insult to the memories of their loved ones," continued Vance. "They wanted Donald Trump there and thank God we have a president who stands with our veterans instead of one who runs away from them."
"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. Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants. We can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed," the statement from Arlington Cemetery reads.
"Campaign officials — not professionals — were also taking photos and videos of the day's events," the ABC report said.
Trump's campaign denies any incident took place.
See Vance's video below or at the link here.
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