She confirmed that President Donald Trump was in fact invited by the Gold Star families to the ceremony held on the anniversary of the Abbey Gate evacuation from Afghanistan to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier and that she witnessed no altercation between Trump or anyone else during the event.
"When President Trump came graveside to pay his respects and lay flowers at our loved ones' graves, it was beautiful, so respectful," she recounted. She reported he spoke very little and listened to the stories from the families the entire time he was there.
Shamblin also told Posobiec that she was dismayed by the backlash from Trump's visit and called it "disrespectful," adding that the current Biden-Harris administration was invited to the ceremony as well to show their gratitude and that the families "never heard back from them."
"Every time we've had an interaction with President Trump it's at the invitation of both parties and we don't get a response from one party," she said. "To ignore these heroes that died ... cements that it's going to happen again."
"I have a lot of family that was able to attend as we always do on the anniversary of our loved one's death and they were happy to have a picture with the President [Trump]," Shamblin told Posobiec.
