JD Vance criticizes Kamala Harris for criticizing Donald Trump over Arlington incident: “Go to hell!”

JD Vance said Kamala Harris could “go to hell” if she wanted to criticize Donald Trump for attending a ceremony honoring the 13 fallen soldiers who died during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Vance made the remark after the Trump campaign team reportedly got into an altercation with an officer at Arlington National Cemetery. The officer allegedly tried to stop them from filming and taking photographs in Section 60, the burial site for service members who died in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Michael Tyler, Harris' spokesman, later said in an interview with CNN that the incident was “pretty sad” and “not surprising.” Vance was asked to comment on the incident at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, August 28. Trump's vice presidential candidate, visibly disturbed, responded that Harris could “go to hell” if her team wanted to attack Trump.

“Kamala Harris is a disgrace”

Vance also accused the vice president of failing to fire those responsible for the withdrawal. “What is even more important to our veterans is that three years ago, 13 brave, innocent Americans died. And they died because Kamala Harris refused to do her job, and there was not a single investigation or firing,” he said.

“Kamala Harris is a disgrace. We want to talk about the story of these 13 brave, innocent Americans who lost their lives? This is about Kamala Harris being so asleep that she doesn't even want to conduct an investigation into what happened. And she wants to yell at Donald Trump for showing up?” he said, adding that she “can go to hell.”

Vance accused the media of exaggerating the incident. “In the altercation at Arlington Cemetery, the media is making up a story that I really don't believe exists,” he said, adding that Gold Star families wanted the former president there. He stressed that the incident was not an “insult” to the memory of the deceased soldiers, adding that an Arlington National Cemetery employee had “a little disagreement with somebody,” but the media simply wanted to make up a “national news story.”