Donald Trump holds a Purple Heart, given to him by veteran Louis Dorfman, during a campaign event August 2, 2016 in Ashburn, Virginia.
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“I was fortunate to really not have to go – this was during the Vietnam period and we were in a very, very highly contested and unpopular war”, Trump said.
Ret. Vice Admiral Kevin Green said Trump acted like he was “handed a popsicle” and that he had no real understanding what it’s really about. “This was much easier, but I tell you it was such an honor”.
“Something very nice just happened to me”, Trump said at a rally in Ashburn, Virginia on Tuesday. Barney called out Trump in a Facebook post, noting, “No one should ever “want” one of these”, while holding up his own Purple Heart.
“Donald Trump shows a lack of understanding and appreciation for the sacrifices of our service members and their families”, Duckworth wrote.
Rep. Duckworth received her Purple Heart in 2004 after losing both her legs and full function in her right arm when serving as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Iraq War. “You escaped! You dodged the draft”, Khizr Khan, whose son was also a Purple Heart recipient, said to Trump on CNN Tuesday evening.
“I said to him, ‘Is that like the real one or is that a copy?”
Clinton has made it clear that she will veto any bill that tries to roll back Wall Street protections that were put in place after the crash and that she will veto efforts to take away health insurance from 20 million people, Warren said. “But I wanted to say this today”.
But Khan clearly did not find Trump’s comments amusing. “This was much easier”. “The media is saying it’s a replica”, Trump said, to a chorus of boos from the audience.
Your fake worthiness is rewarded, Donald Trump, by something as phony as you. “We’re going to turn that around so fast your head is going to spin”.
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“The Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president”, Obama said at a White House news conference with the Prime Minister of Singapore. “What a attractive baby”. “You can get that baby out of here”. It was unclear if the child’s mother left the room or if the child just fell silent.
