Gold Star families defend Trump

VP Harris called ex-president’s Arlington cemetery visit a political stunt

- BILL BARROW

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump stands with Misty Fuoco, whose sister was among 13 U.S. service members killed during America's withdrawl from Afghanistan in 2021, at Arlington National Cemetery last week in Arlington, Va.

Donald Trump's campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery as they defended the Republican presidential nominee and insisted that Vice-President Kamala Harris is the candidate politicizing fallen U.S. service members.

It's the latest volley in a back-and-forth as Trump tries to saddle Harris with the Biden administration's handling of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, including a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members.