Trump insensitive in cemetery incident
Small details in news stories can often teach us a lot. For example, the recent incident at Arlington National Cemetery contains a notable detail.
On Aug. 26, former President Trump appeared with an entourage of people, including cameramen, campaign staffers and some Gold Star family members in Section 60, a restricted area of the cemetery. There, federal law prohibits both public speeches and filming for campaign events. The Trump group had been previously notified of this federal restriction.
An ANC employee arrived “to ensure adherence to” the law. According to news reports, not only was the employee’s warning ignored, but Trump staffers “verbally abused” this employee and “pushed her away.”
The key detail here is “her.” Would this same employee have been “verbally abused and pushed away” if she were a man? I doubt it.