Posted on 07/19/2015 9:01:49 AM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he does not owe John McCain an apology for saying the Arizona senator is only a war hero “because he was captured.”
"He's a war hero because he was captured," Trump said of McCain Saturday while at a campaign event in Iowa. "I like people who weren't captured."
Before Trump's comments, McCain had referred to those who attended a campaign event for the real estate mogul as "crazies."
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Agree with what?
SOME POWs deserve admiration?
Oh man!! Some?
You know denton’s story? Really? And you can say SOME POWs are admirable?
Maybe it’s because it’s Sunday on FR. How discouraging
“I know what he said otherwise I would not comment on it.
I am lambasted on Free Republic for, while supporting Trump, pointing out where he insulted a group of wonderful men an insult that Trump easily and understandably overlooked
And I am attacked
If this is the way a Trump presidency will go, it sounds like a dictatorship trading one for another. Watch out”
I agree Trump could have said it another way, but he doesn’t owe McCain an apology. He has already clarified his statements. I’m tired of McCain’s treatment of our Vets, POWs, and especially the MIA families. He’s been hiding behind his former POW status long enough.
The wicked witch of the west who ordered her military escorts to carry her bags, ordered WH military aides to serve cocktails at WH receptions because their uniforms were more impressive to guests than those if the stewards, ordered military staff meeting her VIP aircraft to stay out of her sight and NEVER attempt a handshake, ordered Pentagon staffers and other military doing business at the WH to NOT wear uniforms, ordered any military in the WH to look away if she passed in the halls. and all while her draft dodging oral copulating husband was the Commander in Chief?
That Hillary?
I love veterans,,we are a family of veterans.
BTW,,some vets back Trump.
Trump right about “Hanoi John McCain
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/07/18/trump-right-about-hanoi-john-mccain/
Well said Nea... I've totally with you on every point.
Thanks proud American....
McCain is a disgrace. No hero...
Donald J. Trump
Twitter @realDonaldTrump
The Veterans Administration is in shambles and our veterans are suffering greatly. John McCain has done nothing to help them but talk.
6:22 AM - 19 Jul 2015
I see. Your response is bigger than this issue. You and I apparently aren’t speaking the same language.
Exactly. I’m an Arizonan and I’m not a “crazy”. I’m concerned about Obama’s uncontrolled immigration program because I firmly believe that the world does not need TWO Mexicos. The planet can’t afford it.
Oh oh oh
Which
Could you stop wasting my time and attention.
Post a cut and paste and state where exactly I said he owes McCain an apology
This thoughtless illogical bigoted sterotyping marginalizing pro Trump group not only shows zero respect for veterans, as when I answer the accusation that I am not a vet with I am a combat vet, there is not only no response from the accuser, but piling on in defense of Trump for things I never accused him of
This is new
I’ve never seen free republic favor a person so thoughtlessly and vociferously as they do Trump
I think Trump is great
I can’t point out where he insulted veterans I am ridiculed, railed against, accused, words are repeatedly falsely attributed to me
This is ominous
Whoahhhhh I back Trump. Almost every post I place I say I back Trump
This is awful
Well, look, the way he said the truth was, as Hillary would say, “in-artful”. I agree, it was in-artful.
However, Trump is blowing political correctness (which is nothing if not psychological warfare) through the dang stratosphere, and campaign handlers out of the water, while replacing that fakery with the unadulterated truth.
Unadulterated anything has been missing in the USA at least since the 60’s. Why? Because truth hurts, and we are all by now, too soft to hear it.
This whole entire apology thing, people running around asking and demanding apologies from everything they don't happen to is pure political leftist garbage.
The government has brought us to the point where we have tens of millions of illegals running through our streets with a conga-line of 747's on approach to our towns full of Muslims. People in D.C. are corrupt to the core and negotiate with enemies as if they're they're our allies, and these are the same AH's who've looted the American treasure.
And now we have all these easily bullied diaper wearing leftist running around play acting like they're offended over every word or something someone said.
This is monkey movie insanity. It's a mad house.
I know he’s right about McCain I’ve stated so and have never wavered
You are wasting my time horribly
I’d like to see that skiff try to order me to avert my eyes. I’d stare down that skank like she’s never seen before. I’m sure I’d be arrested for being “threatening”.
Here’s a good summary of McCain
http://www.patriotortraitor.com/john-sidney-mccain-iii/
Every week it's going to be something he said taken out of context (or sometimes in context as he is a bit of a loose cannon).
Ok hold on
Hold on. I get the message you back Trump and you think his statement slammed all POWs. We just simply disagree. I think he was continuing to speak about McCain.
Could he have said it different? Sure,,probably even said it better.
Don’t take it personally. It appears that Trump has done MORE for Vets than McCain,,isn’t that what’s really important?
Being challenged may feel like you’re under attack,,but really, consider it a compliment. If Freepers didn’t give a damn about your opinion,,they would simply ignore it.
We’re all on the same team here.
With the power of the Internet, I hope the true John McCain gets unmasked.
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