(DCNF)—CNN anchor Jim Acosta suggested that Republican nominee Donald Trump is “politicizing” the deaths of the 13 service members killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, by visiting Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
Trump attended a ceremony to commemorate the three-year anniversary of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, where a suicide explosion killed 13 U.S. service members outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Acosta questioned whether Trump’s arrival at the cemetery was simply a political statement — without mentioning President Joe Biden’s vacation during the anniversary.
“[I]s he politicizing these soldiers’ deaths? Should he even be at Arlington National Cemetery if he’s gonna make some politics out of this?” Acosta asked Democratic Colorado Rep. Jason Crow.
“Well, I also mourn the deaths of those 13 service members,” Crow responded. “Every death of a service member is a tragedy. At the same time, I mourn the deaths of the 2,400 service members who died during the 20 years we were at war and I just look at President Biden, under whose leadership we actually ended and made the tough decision to end our nation’s longest war. It becomes very clear to me years ago that this war was not winnable through military means and sitting here today, we are honoring the death of those who died in service to our country and at the same time, we are not at war in Afghanistan and that was the right move by President Biden.” […]
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