‘How Stupid Do You Think We Are?!’ Chris Hayes on Vance Suggesting Camera Filming Trump Ad in Cemetery Just ‘Happened to Be There’

HAYES But the scandal ░░░░░░░░ does have Trump and ░░░░░░░░ people scrambling for cover ░░░░░░░░ has to do with ░░░░░░░░ bizarre photo op that ░░░░░░░░ president did on Monday ░░░░░░░░ Arlington National Cemetery in ░░░░░░░░ he grinned and gave ░░░░░░░░ camera a thumbs up ░░░░░░░░ the grave of a ░░░░░░░░ killed in Afghanistan The ░░░░░░░░ was off putting enough ░░░░░░░░ itself but then yesterday ░░░░░░░░ reported that Trump campaign ░░░░░░░░ at Arlington had actually ░░░░░░░░ into an altercation with ░░░░░░░░ worker at the cemetery ░░░░░░░░ their filming among the ░░░░░░░░ of the fallen The ░░░░░░░░ campaign s top spokesman ░░░░░░░░ the incident in a ░░░░░░░░ NBC News with a ░░░░░░░░ of typically like priggish ░░░░░░░░ spirited spin saying For ░░░░░░░░ reason an unnamed individual ░░░░░░░░ suffering from a mental ░░░░░░░░ episode decided to physically ░░░░░░░░ members of President Trump ░░░░░░░░ team during a very ░░░░░░░░ ceremony But of course ░░░░░░░░ worker had every reason ░░░░░░░░ Arlington National Cemetery suggested ░░░░░░░░ much telling NBC a ░░░░░░░░ had been filed on ░░░░░░░░ incident adding in a ░░░░░░░░ Federal law prohibits political ░░░░░░░░ or election related activities ░░░░░░░░ Army national military cemeteries ░░░░░░░░ include photographers content creators ░░░░░░░░ any other persons attending ░░░░░░░░ purposes or in direct ░░░░░░░░ of a partisan political ░░░░░░░░ s campaign Arlington National ░░░░░░░░ reinforced and widely shared ░░░░░░░░ law and its prohibitions ░░░░░░░░ all participants Trump s ░░░░░░░░ campaign manager Chris LaCivita ░░░░░░░░ ABC News that Trump ░░░░░░░░ to the cemetery to ░░░░░░░░ Gold Star families not ░░░░░░░░ a political campaign ad ░░░░░░░░ d never do that ░░░░░░░░ JD Vance tried to ░░░░░░░░ it off as some ░░░░░░░░ of media created furor ░░░░░░░░ starts Vance You re ░░░░░░░░ like Donald Trump filmed ░░░░░░░░ TV commercial at a ░░░░░░░░ site He was there ░░░░░░░░ emotional support to a ░░░░░░░░ of brave Americans who ░░░░░░░░ loved ones they never ░░░░░░░░ have lost and there ░░░░░░░░ to be a camera ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends HAYES Oh ░░░░░░░░ there happened to be ░░░░░░░░ camera there How stupid ░░░░░░░░ you think we are ░░░░░░░░ would just call to ░░░░░░░░ emotional support a thing ░░░░░░░░ does all the time ░░░░░░░░ from the cameras and ░░░░░░░░ look at that a ░░░░░░░░ This was the video ░░░░░░░░ posted of course to ░░░░░░░░ social media that day ░░░░░░░░ starts Trump We lost ░░░░░░░░ great great people What ░░░░░░░░ horrible day it was ░░░░░░░░ didn t lose one ░░░░░░░░ in 18 months And ░░░░░░░░ they took over that ░░░░░░░░ the leaving of Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ ends HAYES That s ░░░░░░░░ campaign ad filmed at ░░░░░░░░ obviously Also we didn ░░░░░░░░ lose one person in ░░░░░░░░ months Dozens of U ░░░░░░░░ service members died in ░░░░░░░░ under Donald Trump That ░░░░░░░░ been erased no ceremony ░░░░░░░░ them no add certainly ░░░░░░░░ that s Trump going ░░░░░░░░ a military cemetery to ░░░░░░░░ a video reminding viewers ░░░░░░░░ the U S deaths ░░░░░░░░ the withdrawal from Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ his successor for them ░░░░░░░░ course without mentioning that ░░░░░░░░ tied Joe Biden s ░░░░░░░░ by agreeing to a ░░░░░░░░ timeline set by the ░░░░░░░░ But not a political ░░░░░░░░ right The cameraman happened ░░░░░░░░ be there as JD ░░░░░░░░ said.”