(PM.) On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign repeated a debunked false accusation against former President Donald Trump, claiming without evidence that Trump called military veterans “suckers” and “losers.” The claim, published in The Atlantic in 2020, has been debunked by fact-checkers and several staffers who accompanied Trump that day.
“Four years ago today, The Atlantic reported that Donald Trump called fallen American service members ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ and refused to visit their graves. This was later confirmed by a Fox News reporter and Trump’s former Chief of Staff and retired four-star general John Kelly,” Kamala HQ wrote on X.
Four years ago today, The Atlantic reported that Donald Trump called fallen American service members “suckers” and “losers” and refused to visit their graves.
This was later confirmed by a Fox News reporter and Trump’s former Chief of Staff and retired four-star general John… pic.twitter.com/Xj2r9oTYW5
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 3, 2024
Trump has repeatedly denied the “terrible” accusations made by John Kelly, who claimed that the former president canceled a 2018 visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, near Paris, because he didn’t believe it was important to honor US military members killed in war. Kelly claimed to the magazine – after he had been fired from the administration – that Trump called the fallen veterans “suckers” and “losers.”
However, the allegation has been widely debunked by at least a dozen former Trump staffers who had accompanied the President that day. Additionally, several fact-checking websites, including Snopes, have not been able to verify the accusations. The Atlantic cited anonymous sources for the report, but Snopes found no evidence to back up the assertions.
This story is completely false and has been debunked.
This attack is likely due to Kamala trying to regain support with veterans after what she did in Afghanistan.
Misinformation won’t fix her failures.https://t.co/iF3dgif6OM
— KamalaHQLies (@KamalaHQLies) September 3, 2024
