Posted on 07/18/2015 4:30:46 PM PDT by VinL
Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican presidential hopefuls have finally had it with Donald Trump.
Wisconsin's Republican governor had repeatedly said he wouldn't criticize the billionaire real estate mogul or other 2016 GOP candidates, but that changed Saturday after Trump took his feud with Arizona Sen. John McCain to a new level.
"He's not a war hero," Trump told the crowd at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa. "He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."
Walker promptly tweeted, "Just told a crowd in Sioux City: @SenJohnMcCain is an American hero."
And Kirsten Kukowski, a Walker campaign spokeswoman, followed up with another tweet adding that Walker said "I unequivocally denounce him" for attacking an American hero.
Other Republican candidates were also quick to condemn Trump's comments.
"John McCain is an American hero," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal tweeted. "After Donald Trump spends six years in a POW camp, he can weigh in on John McCain's service.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and others joined in with swift, sharp criticism of Trump's latest attack on McCain.
Walker had vowed not to criticize, or try to speak for, Trump or other GOP contenders.
"What I've said is that Donald Trump can speak for himself," Walker told reporters after addressing supporters at an Iowa ballpark Friday. "I'm going to answer questions about my positions, not about Donald Trump's or Jeb Bush's or Marco Rubio or anybody else out there."
But on Saturday, Walker called for Trump to apologize to McCain.. "He needs to apologize to Senator McCain and all the other men and women who have worn the uniform," Walker told reporters following a campaign stop in Sioux City. "It's just a disgrace."
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McLame called the folks who care about the USA ‘the crazies’ at the Trump rally. Thanks Donald for sticking up for the true blue Americans. Perhaps Trumps comments were over the top but McLame’s words were a complete insult. Cant handle the heat get out of the cocina Juan-a-Mac.
Walker walks into it again, news at 11, 12, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11...
So glad he spent all that money on campaign advisers.
These republicrats are being harder on Trump than they ever were on obama or the democrats.
yup, opportunists.
Let me know WHEN Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican presidential hopefuls have finally had it with Obama/Hillary and Dems.
That was in doubt? He’s buddies with Eddie Munster and Rancid Prius, both also from Wisconsin.
New York Times (7/18/2015): “Asked about his own military draft status, Mr. Trump, 69, said he had received medical deferments from the Vietnam War because of a bone spur in his foot. Mr. Trump could not recall which foot had been afflicted.”
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/us/politics/trump-belittles-mccains-war-record.html?_r=0
Yes, my sentiments exactly! We should relentless in pressing that point.
Walker just definitively established himself as a Party Man.
That’s what it looks like to me
He's no hero. It was admirable that he endured captivity, let's give him that. But he came home and what did he do? Dump the disabled wife who stood by him for an heiress. At this point, he's an enfeebled traitor.
Sorry, dwarfs. If you defend the younger McCain, you can't ignore what he's become. Walker showed neither foresight nor wisdom with his answer. I wonder if he's speaking for himself.
Yeh.. Paul Ryan-- what a disappointment he's turned out to be.
Buuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnn!
I've always thought the word is "hero" is thrown around too lightly, to the point where any service member is branded as one even if their job is to guard a supply depot. McCain was defiant in the face of his captors, refusing to be released for propaganda purposes (cause his daddy was an important Admiral) unless others were released as well. I'm not sure if that qualifies as "heroism". It definitely qualifies as nuts if you ask me, the prisoner's first duty is to escape. And his dad's command would have likely benefited from taking away the stress of fearing for his son's life.
I have no problem with any of the others defending McCain's status though. I mean come on, I expect Veteran's groups aren't happy. None of this has anything to do with John McCain's ideology. If McCain was a solid conservative instead of a RINO douche, freepers would probably be ripping Trump for saying this.
Perhaps Cruz will be the winner here.
I suspect The Donald has gone too far.
Brad Dayspring.
But we are all “Crazies” according to McCain.
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