At a campaign event in Virginia on Tuesday, a veteran gave his Purple Heart medal to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “I have such confidence in you, ‘” Trump told the crowd at a campaign rally in Ashburn, Virginia, Tuesday. “This was much easier”, continued the celebrity businessman, who has never served in the armed forces.
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Trump avoided the US military draft during the Vietnam War thanks to four student deferments and one medical deferment after he was diagnosed with bone spurs in his heels, The New York Times reported Monday.
Your fake worthiness is rewarded, Donald Trump, by something as phony as you.
Purple Hearts are awarded to soldiers who are wounded or killed in action.
“I was fortunate, in a sense, because I was not a believer in the Vietnam War”, Trump told ABC’s Martha Raddatz back in July 2015. At the beginning of the rally, Trump saluted a veteran who presented him with his Purple Heart.
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.
“It is absolutely frightful for anyone to wear or to have the Purple Heart medal who is not entitled to it”, says John Bircher, a spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart, a service organization that lobbies on behalf of those who have received the honor.
Kerr posted proof on Imgur, with images of a prosthetic leg, the Purple Heart medal and a certificate with his name.
Several Purple Heart recipients around the country responded to Trump’s gift.
Barney, a Democratic congressional candidate from DE, blasted Trump for his “flippant and repugnant” comments.
Khan gained national prominence last week when he spoke at the Democratic National Convention.
“I don’t understand why he’s saying that”, Kapsalis said. In his speech, the elder Khan asked if Trump had read the Constitution and said the GOP nominee had sacrificed nothing.
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Donald Trump doesn’t belong, Cincinnati-area Purple Heart veterans said Wednesday, as they marked National Purple Heart Day with a ceremony on Fountain Square.
