Trump used the third anniversary on Monday of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan to try to pin the chaotic pullout under President Joe Biden on his vice president.
Harris, 59, became the Democratic nominee in the Nov 5 presidential election after Biden, 81, pulled out of the race in July.
The vice president’s response to the Trump cemetery visit may give a clue to how she would handle the topic in their upcoming Sept. 10 debate.
Harris referred to Trump’s history of insulting military veterans.
“This is nothing new from Donald Trump. This is a man who has called our fallen service members ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ and disparaged Medal of Honor recipients,” she wrote.
Trump once said the late Senator John McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate, was not a war hero even though he spent years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam after being shot down while a Navy pilot.
Trump referred to fallen World War One veterans as “suckers” and “losers,” according to his former White House chief of staff, John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general. Trump continues to dispute that report.
It was unclear whether such incidents would sway the veterans’ vote. In an April report, the Pew Research Center found that military veterans favour the Republican Party.
Source: CNA
