Dear Ma & Pa MAGA,
You say that Donald Trump “loves our troops.”
So, I want to know why that is.
Is it because he received 5 deferments from the draft for military service during the Vietnam War?
Is it because he demeaned a POW, attacked a Gold Star family and told a military widow that her deceased husband “knew what he had signed up for.”
Was it the time he downplayed the traumatic head injuries suffered by our troops after a missile attack as “not real” because they weren’t ‘missing hands and limbs.’
Is it due to all the years he tried to slash benefits for our veterans, the time he said he didn’t want to be seen with war-wounded amputees, and to keep them forever out of his sight, or the time he called our fallen heroes of war “suckers” and “losers”?
Is it the all the times he called our military leaders “dumb” and “overrated” while calling terrorists like the Taliban & Hezbollah “very smart”?
Was it the time he demanded the flags after McCain’s death be returned to full mast, or the time he demanded that a ship bearing his name be blocked from view?
Was it when he stole, hid and lied about our national security secrets, potentially imperiling countless men & women in uniform all over the world?
Or was it when he suggested that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff deserved to be executed?
Maybe it was when he asked Gen. John Kelly (who lost his son in combat) at Arlington National Cemetery, why anyone would sign up for service because as far as he saw it, there was “nothing in it for them.”
Perhaps it was hearing him say that as President he would allow our adversary to attack the same allies this county’s Greatest Generation fought beside and died defending?
Or was it when he insulted Nikki Haley’s husband for currently serving our country overseas?
Which of those things was it that made you believe he loved our troops?
Because I’d really love to know.
@ChancyHales@JoJoFromJerz Skin color shouldn't be an accurate predictor of generation poverty in your family due to systemic discrimination. But here we are. System problems require systemic solutions.
@Acyn Any human, regardless of age or employment status has intrinsic value. It's only under this dystopian capitalist hellscape that we believe otherwise. A person who is perfectly able to work and chooses not to is still a human life. Your value is not defined by your work.
@rewegreatyet@NancyLeeGrahn I think people in wheelchairs would be more inclined to back over her on this. Then move forward, then back over her again. Visibility matters, accessibility matters. You can and should have both. It's not an either or proposition.
@FDsignifier I remember something similar happening years ago when a player got hit in the chest with a baseball. Scary stuff. Hamlin is stable now, thankfully, but not out of the woods yet.