There are two points worth making on this incident.
https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/1828564672490152400
First, any normal campaign would be apologizing to the staff of Arlington Cemetary as well as the family and friends of the veterans buried there for violating its rules.
The rules are pretty straightforward -- no photographs for political events -- and Trump violated them.
It's pretty bad that Trump did this, but the normal thing to do is to apologize.
Unfortunately, Donald Trump never learned how to apologize. Just like some kids have problems with arithmetic and can never learn basic adding and subtracting, Donald Trump never learned how to apologize.
The other more important point is that if the Harris campaign had ever done anything like this, EVERY SINGLE Republican politician and pundit would be screaming bloody murder.
They would all be demanding that Harris be removed from the ticket since she lacks the moral standing to be president.
You know damn well this is true.
And more mainstream outlets like the New York Times would be taking a "neutral" stand on the controversy, giving tons of attention to all the Republicans hyperventilating about the incident.
They would then also have a few balancing comments from Harris' campaign, which would of course have already apologized, and would be describing the incident as a regrettable mistake.
This is clearly how it would play out if the shoe were on the other foot, but the people who own and control the major media outlets will pay lower taxes with Donald Trump back in the White House.
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