Harris says Trump 'disrespected sacred ground' after Arlington Cemetery incident

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "At a Pennsylvania rally on Friday, Trump defended his visit, saying he was there at the invitation of Gold Star families.
43% : The Army defended the official and said participants in the event were informed of federal laws and policies that prohibit political activities at the cemetery.Democrats on Capitol Hill, meanwhile, have hammered Trump and are upping calls for information on the confrontation between campaign and cemetery staff and if laws on political activities were broken.
39% : "They tell me that I used their graves for public relations services, and I didn't," Trump said.
30% : Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said on Friday that Trump "showed that he thinks he is above the rules that the rest of us live by and his absolute contempt for those who serve.
26% : "Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, the top Democrat on the House panel that controls funding for Arlington National Cemetery and veterans' programs, said Trump "violated" the sacred burial site.
24% : Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who served in the Army's Old Guard, which provides funeral details at Arlington, also defended Trump in a statement released by the campaign on Saturday.
21% : Amid the controversy, Trump posted a video on TikTok of his visit, which features a voice-over of him blaming the Biden administration for bungling the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the resulting deaths of 13 service members.
17% : In a post on X, Harris on Saturday accused Trump of politicizing his cemetery visit and using the burial site of fallen service members for a photo opportunity.
16% : Other Democrats have harshly criticized Trump, arguing the confrontation and subsequent video amounted to an inappropriate political stunt.

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