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I'm your host, Greg Sergeant. Donald Trump has now rolled out a new lie about the scandal over his campaign's use of Arlington National Cemetery has a campaign setting.

In an extended rant on Sean Hannity's radio show, he declared that there had been no conflict

whatsoever at Arlington, even though the Army flatly confirmed

that an employee had been shoved aside by Trump's campaign goons.

We think this latest turn in the story exposes something larger about the role of

bullying, violence, and rage in magapolitics. So we're talking today to David

Kurtz, the executive editor of Talking Points memo, who has been writing incisively at

TPM's morning memo newsletter about the Arlington Incidents darker subtext.

Great to see you again David.

Yeah, Greg, good to see you too.

All right, folks, let's just quickly listen to what Trump said on Hanofy's show,

courtesy of media matters.

What happened is so horrible if you look at just the records. There was no conflict, there was no fight, there was no anything.

And I get home that night and I get like a call that from one of the people that is

press sir there's a story that your people got into a tremendous fight with people

representing the the cemetery.

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