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The Army defended the Arlington National Cemetery staffer at the center of the controversy involving former President Trump’s visit for a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week.
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这个Section 60是埋葬近期殉职军人的地方，这个区域的管理，有专门的法律。 禁止摄影录像，禁止政治活动。而川普的阵营，去那个地方拍竞选视频，不顾劝阻，才发生了冲突。 这个地方归军队管。军队的声明，支持那个公墓的官员。
The Army defended the Arlington National Cemetery staffer at the center of the controversy involving former President Trump’s visit for a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week.
An Army spokesperson said the employee was trying to enforce rules prohibiting political activities on cemetery grounds when they were pushed aside.
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"Donald Trump has no right to use our most hallowed ground for his political aims," Fred Wellman, a 22-year Army combat veteran, said Wednesday. "For a lot of us, and I'm not the only one, people are aptly furious."
The Trump campaign's insistence on using the setting to shoot campaign material is a "new low," said former Army undersecretary and Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Murphy.
美国前总统川普（Donald Trump）日前前往阿灵顿国家公墓（Arlington National Cemetery）悼念在阿富汗撤军行动中殉职的美军士兵，却意外引发风波。共和党副总统候选人万斯（JD Vance）更因民主党贺锦丽（Kamala Harris）阵营的批评，怒呛贺锦丽“可以下地狱”。
《纽约邮报》报导，事件起因于川普竞选团队在公墓内拍摄照片和视频时，与一名公墓官员发生争执。该官员试图阻止他们在第60区拍摄，该区是安葬在阿富汗和伊拉克战争中阵亡美军的区域。《美国国家公共电台》（NPR）报导指出，两名川普团队成员对该官员“言语辱骂并推挤”。阿灵顿国家公墓发言人则证实发生了“事件”，已提交报告，并强调联邦法律禁止在国家军人公墓内进行政治竞选或相关活动，包含摄影和拍摄。
对此，川普竞选团队发言人史蒂芬·张（Steven Cheung）反驳表示，当时是该名官员“精神状况不佳”，且“并未发生如报导所述的身体冲突”。一名在场的殉职军人家属胡佛（Darin Hoover）也出面支持川普团队的说法，并指责公墓工作人员“公然说谎”。他强调，是他们邀请川普前来，因为川普支持并关心他们，远胜于“什么也没做”的现任政府。
贺锦丽发言人泰勒（Michael Tyler）接受《美国有线电视新闻网》（CNN）採访时，表示这起事件“令人难过却不意外”。万斯则在宾州伊利市（Erie）一场竞选活动中被问及此事时，怒火中烧。他为川普辩护，称讚川普关心退伍军人，并将矛头指向贺锦丽，指责她任内发生阿富汗撤军导致13名美军丧生却不闻不问，直言：“我们的退伍军人更关心的是3年前13名勇敢的美国人为何丧生，他们是因为贺锦丽失职而死！”最后更怒呛：“贺锦丽可以下地狱了！”
据报导，针对此事件，许多参加万斯伊利市造势活动的民众表示，万斯的军旅经历和退伍军人身份为共和党加分不少。69岁的赛普（Gene Seip）认为万斯吸引了许多军人的支持；68岁的奈特（Chris Knight）则表示自己是万斯的粉丝，并强调万斯十分重视退伍军人，这点十分重要。
美国前总统川普（中）26日与前陆战队下士莱恩哈特（左）一起向在阿富汗撤军时殉职的美军献花致敬。