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Former Republican operative Tim Miller questioned the authenticity of Sen. J.D. Vance when he attacked a CNN reporter asking about the reported physical altercation at Arlington National Cemetery.

Vance pivoted from alleging the story was being blown out of proportion to attacking President Joe Biden's administration for the abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan.

On Thursday morning the panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" was stunned by Donald Trump's faltering presidential campaign which is finding itself spending precious time pushing back on gaffes and scandals as it slips behind in the polls.

With fill-in host Jonathan Lemire pointing to blowback from Trump's controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery for a photo-op which has resulted a furious backlash from veterans and their families, he also highlighted Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance telling Vice President Kamala Harris to "go to hell."

That led one MSNBC political analyst to claim the Trump campaign is derailing itself.

Noting that a complaint was made about Trump aides engaging in an altercation with a cemetery staffer that then allegedly led to Trump's spokesperson attacking that person afterward, Lemire remarked, "In a normal campaign, campaign of years past, if there had been an altercation between a staffer, a campaign staffer and someone who works the cemetery, it'd be the campaign staffer immediately fired or at least suspended."

CNN's Kasie Hunt corned one of Donald Trump's senior campaign aides on a crude post the former president shared about Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton on his Truth Social page.

The Republican presidential nominee shared a post by another Truth Social user that showed an early photo of Harris and Clinton, with a comment from yet another user referencing oral sex by saying, "Funny how b------- impacted both their careers differently," and Hunt challenged Trump campaign official Jason Miller to justify the demeaning post.