Posted on 07/18/2015 11:07:26 AM PDT by JoeSeales
2016 Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump spoke at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa and got a standing ovation from the crowd.
Trump made a number of statements deemed 'controversial' by many of the other GOP candidates, including saying that John McCain was only a war hero 'because he was captured.'
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True, as was Bush # 1.
I agree. Otherwise he would have been just another pilot who flew mission after mission during that time.
Quote is confusing and will be misinterpreted. Desite punctuation the words seem to indicate Trump said McCain is not a hero BECAUSE he was a POW.
What Trump meant was McCain is not a hero simply because of the fact he was a POW.
Trump said “Damn”!!!
“Are you sure you want to use that word in this forum?”
Who are these people?
Bush was not captured, he was just shot down.
Pray America is waking
Frank Luntz (sp?) is attacking Trump and Trump is eating his lunch as the audience applauds! Love it.
oh now, according to FOX, this is now a “major story with huge consequences.”
Would that be true of all the other POWs as well?
And when Trump said he liked people who weren't captured, what do you suppose he meant by that?
That tape is from TODAY.
Trump isn’t backing down one bit.
He’s on a roll.
Btw, another great Trump speech.
McCain calling millions of Trump’s supporters “Crazies” is just over the top.
It’s true.
McCain’s treasonous ways as AZ Senator was always given a pass because he was in the Hanoi Hilton. As if nobody else ever was.
McCain is one pompous ass that needs a good smackdown.
DT is the one to do it. Hopefully he has the details on McCains tenure in the Navy and will go public at the right time for maximum embarrassment to McCain.
John McCain has done more to ruin this country than almost anyone else I can think of. It’s high time everyone knows just what kind of ‘hero’ he really was.
Rather than being held up as a hero (by the anti-American media no less), his true colors should be shown for all to see.
ping
The question is how does McCain get a pass calling millions of American’s who support Trump, “Crazies”?
Crazies? Really?
Terrific interview. Trump’s stock just rised another notch.
McCain’s daughter is a real gem too. Heard Fox news has hired her as a “consultant”. I wonder what her credentials are beside being a Jane Fonda wanna be.
True, but, unless I have been misinformed, McCain was offered release in return for making anti-war statements (or some other reason I’m not remembering)and refused. He could have been out years earlier.
He’s an honest guy!!!!!!!!
I appreciate that!
CORRECT!
The term Hero and its meaning has been degraded via the guilt surrounded the Vets of Vietnam, in part thanks to John Kerry who told outrageous tales to congress, the MSM, Hollywood, and Charles Kuralt who declared the war over before it was....awful things happened to some of our military because of that.
Hero now applies to military like the Rules of Engagement-unarmed Marines who were shot by the Terrorist in Chattanooga, TN. I am sure fine men all....but calling them Hero's denigrates those fighting ( with their hands tied behind them) today in far away places.
So Trump called McCain a dummy? Bill O'Reilly calls people "Pinheads" constantly and Obama chastised McCain early on with a put down remark at a meeting "The election is over Senator, I won." Or words to that affect....Trump's 'dummys are someone else's pin heads. Big deal! Moving on......
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