Harris says Trump campaign "disrespected" Arlington Cemetery for "the sake of a political stunt"

Vice President Kamala Harris condemned former President Donald Trump and his campaign for disrespecting a "sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt."

In a post on X, the Democrat Party nominee said Arlington National Cemetery is a "place where we come together to honor American heroes" and it is "not a place for politics."

These are Harris' first comments since it was reported that an altercation between a female cemetery official and a Trump campaign staffer on Monday. Trump took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to commemorate three years since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He was joined by Gold Star families whose family members died.