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Within hours, Harris, who had just delivered the commencement address during the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduation ceremony a day earlier and shared a video on Twitter of her conversation with history-making Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, was being accused of disrespecting the military. The mistake: Harris didn’t specifically mention Memorial Day in her “weekend” tweet.
This wasn’t the first time right-wing media has tried to turn Memorial Day into a scandal for Democrats, and it likely won’t be the last. A few days ahead of the holiday in 2016, then-President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima, Japan, to discuss peace and nuclear disarmament, sparking outrage on the right about taking part in an “apology tour” and dishonoring Memorial Day. Meanwhile, conservative media didn’t seem particularly upset in 2018 when then-President Donal
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image captionRocks, boulders and metal bars were thrown at the lorries in Calais on Thursday night
Fifteen lorries have been attacked by a group of people in Calais, a driver has said.
The man, a driver from Northampton haulage company EM Rogers, said rocks, boulders and metal bars were thrown at the vehicles on Thursday night.
Company chief executive Ed Rogers said his driver was confronted with a makeshift barrier across the road when driving into the dock and was still shaken and upset .
French police are investigating.
image captionThe Northamptonshire driver is still shaken and upset by the attack
Ed Rogers, owner of E.M.Rogers Transport, told the MailOnline that one of his lorries was attacked in France with iron bars and breeze blocks in a road ambush by Migrants trying to cross the channel.