The first sentence is a lie. Trump didn’t “pan” McCain’s war record. If he had he would have said “McCain got 28 medals for flying 20 hours. When your daddy and your grandpa are admirals you can do pretty much anything you want. And there’s a lot that he did that I’m going to talk about in the near future.” That would scare McCain so bad that he would come out in support of Trump.
“When your daddy and your grandpa are admirals you can do pretty much anything you want.”
Yeah, he’d already “lost” three aircraft when he was shot down. I’d say that having him a POW saved the Navy a bunch more losses. He was known as a lousy pilot, but his relatives in high places kept him flying. McCain is not a patriot, and that has nothing to do with his military service. Being a POW doesn’t entitle one to be a worthless turd for the rest of your life.
I wonder if The Donald is going to raise the “wet start” theory when it comes to the fire on the Forrestal.
Of course, McCains record is ammunition enough. Bailout, Keating 5, amnesty supporter, etc.
“When your daddy and your grandpa are admirals you can do pretty much anything you want. And there’s a lot that he did that I’m going to talk about in the near future.”
Like wet starting his plane on the US Forrestal and setting that Zuni missile off? He’d already been warned about it once before. Wet starting is a real no no but he did it again. Totally reckless and irresponsible. Then everyone involved got transferred off the ship immediately and the cover story appeared.