Posted on 07/27/2015 4:36:42 AM PDT by Kevin C
Several people listed as part of the Veterans for Trump coalition formed by Donald Trump following his incendiary comments about John McCains war record have denied they are part of the group, the Guardian has learned.
Trumps campaign announced the formation of the New Hampshire-based group in response to criticism of the business moguls labelling of McCain, who spent five and a half years in a North Vietnamese jail, where he was tortured, as not a war hero.
A number of people were named as members of Veterans for Trump on Trumps election website. These veterans have pledged their support to Mr Trump in the primary, and they will be advocating for him, a press release said.
But when the Guardian contacted several claimed Veterans for Trump members on Friday, three said they had never heard of the organisation and had not signed up as members.
I dont know anything about it, said Ernie Fusi, an 88-year-old second world war veteran from Atkinson, New Hampshire. His name was among 51 Veterans for Trump whose details were sent out to the media and listed on Trumps website.
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And for anyone who thinks he truly is a small government conservative, ask him what he thinks of the Kelo decision. He's used the same tactics to kick people out of Atlantic City. He's a big business crony type capitalist.
But in Trumps case, it is right to question not only the makeup of the veterans organization, but the campaigns denial that there are any ghost members.
The Trump campaign used a consulting company to hire dozens of actors to cheer at Trumps announcement speech. Theres nothing wrong with this, except the campaign denied they did so. The Hollywood Reporter then released the email sent to casting agents proving the Trump campaign a liar.
Trump has been a good stalking horse and has flushed out many things that needed to be.
But he’s not conservative. I don’t trust him with his past political activity (supporting Dems) and his coziness with the Clinton’s among other things. He’s a New Yorker in case people have forgotten that fact; not many conservatives there!
I am getting slowly excited about Cruz.
I have always thought that Reagan was the only person who really got it; how to really shrink the role of government in our lives.
Reagan knew how to take it to the people.
I’m starting to think Cruz may be able to do that.
I really think he could do as Reagan did; and pull some people left of center over to vote for him. He would need to properly articulate (as Reagan did); the tremendous potential of this great nation; vs the evils of big government.
I think many Americans are not big fans of the toxic intersection of big government combing with corporate cronyism. In other words what Hillary represents!
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