She said she was shocked he took it in the first place and couldn’t believe his comments after.
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Because usually, when you get one, you’re not standing on a stage safe as can be, and they’re not something usually awarded to draft dodgers.
“He wants to be the leader, commander-in-chief of this United States of America?”
At the campaign rally in Ashburn, Virginia, Trump said a veteran in the audience had offered him his medal, given to military members who are wounded or killed while serving.
“Well, people have the freedom of speech and the freedom of action, so whoever gave that Purple Heart to Mr Trump is, you know, it’s his decision not mine”, Nadia McCaffrey told CNN.
Mike Pence, Trump’s VP pick, attempted to do damage control, but it didn’t seem to be enough as establishment Republicans shifted in their seats – some publicly defecting from the party – while his poll numbers sunk to new lows.
This follows a feud between Trump and a Gold Star family of Muslim faith who spoke at the Democratic National Convention.
“You had the time, you did not serve”. Khan said. “He should have put that Purple Heart back”.
“You dodged the draft”. I have such confidence in you.’ And I said, ‘Man, that’s, like, that’s, like, big stuff.’ I always wanted to get the Purple Heart.
“I fought in Iraq, was injured, and was awarded a Purple Heart”, Sean Barney, a DE congressional candidate wounded in Iraq, tweeted. “A gentleman handed me a check, and he said ‘this is for your campaign, ‘ Trump said”.
But supporters continue to defend Trump, saying that they don’t think he meant any disrespect.
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Hillary Clinton, by contrast, deserves the vote of Bernie Sanders supporters and other progressives because she has a “strong, progressive agenda”, Warren added. Obama asked at a White House news conference on Tuesday, saying Trump was temperamentally unfit to be President. He thanked the lieutenant colonel onstage and joked, “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart”.
