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Rubio: Trump's McCain attack a 'disqualifier'
CNN ^ | 7/19/15 | Eric Bradner

Posted on 07/19/2015 11:19:20 AM PDT by jimbo123

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Donald Trump's comment that Sen. John McCain is not a war hero should disqualify him from the 2016 presidential race.

"It's not just absurd, it's offensive. It's ridiculous. And I do think it's a disqualifier as commander-in-chief," Rubio said in an interview Sunday with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."

The Florida senator was the latest Republican White House contender to hit Trump after the real estate mogul said Saturday that McCain "is not a war hero" because he was captured and held prisoner in Vietnam.

"He is a war hero because he was captured," Trump said. "I like people that weren't captured, OK?"

He walked back those comments on Twitter later, saying that "captured or not, all our soldiers are heroes!" But opponents who'd been looking for openings to criticize Trump were already piling on.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Florida; US: New York
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To: skeeter

Cruz/Trump or Trump/Cruz. The rest of the GOP “contenders”(except Carson and maybe Fiorina) can take a flying leap.


41 posted on 07/19/2015 11:38:03 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Politicalkiddo

” douchecanoe “


LoL...


42 posted on 07/19/2015 11:40:03 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: jimbo123

Trump speaks out of one side of his mouth, THE RIGHT SIDE!


43 posted on 07/19/2015 11:41:25 AM PDT by teletech
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To: Wasichu
They can’t beat up on Obama who needs beating up on politically instead they beat up on each other

GOP Congress Hides Under Their Desks



Spinal Column Fracture


44 posted on 07/19/2015 11:42:15 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Cheerio

That implies they actually have a spine.


45 posted on 07/19/2015 11:43:00 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jimbo123

Sorry, Marco, but you’re wrong again.


46 posted on 07/19/2015 11:44:46 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: dfwgator

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3313871/posts?page=1#1

Al Frankenstein wasn’t excoriated; there’s a huge double standard ....


47 posted on 07/19/2015 11:46:14 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: jimbo123

According to Rubio, a presidential candidate is not allowed to say somebody is not a hero! Now there is a truly crazy statement.


48 posted on 07/19/2015 11:50:20 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: jimbo123

1. McCain doesn’t have a lot of fans, anyway. Most of his votes in 2008 came from people holding their noses and hoping Sarah Palin was enough to save the country. It’s not like McCain has a huge conservative base to offend.
2. Outside the Republican base, most voters can’t tell what century the Viet Nam war was in and are vaguely anti-military.

So I’m not sure Trump hurt himself this time, especially since he didn’t say what the media attributed to him, anyway. What this episode foreshadows, though, is Trump shooting his mouth off on some important topic.


49 posted on 07/19/2015 11:51:03 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: jimbo123

Thank You Senator Rubio


50 posted on 07/19/2015 12:04:31 PM PDT by rrrod (Just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: jimbo123

I feel like I just stepped on my dog’s chew-toy that goes “Squeaaaaak!”

then ‘Squish’

Help me remember, what has Rubio ever done for veterans?


51 posted on 07/19/2015 12:05:16 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: jimbo123
So Rubio joins the blacklist.

He can watch the mailbox for Hillary's thank you note.

52 posted on 07/19/2015 12:06:28 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: jimbo123

Donald Trump should be kicked out of the Republican Party. Let him run on a resurrected Know Nothing Party line.


53 posted on 07/19/2015 12:18:47 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

What?

He has 9 bestselling books and is worth billions because he knows nothing?

Trump has created more private sector jobs than ALL the other candidates - combined!

So he’s not PC. Big deal!


54 posted on 07/19/2015 12:21:23 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: jimbo123

No, it’s not!

McCain has been riding the gravy train of “hero” when he is nothing more than a shot down flyer that co-operated with the enemy while a POW.

Trump doesn’t respect McCain....well, neither do I.


55 posted on 07/19/2015 12:26:19 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare berry bear formerly known as Arctos Horribilis.)
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To: jimbo123

You’ll be a great Waterboy for President Trump...signori Rubio.


56 posted on 07/19/2015 12:30:32 PM PDT by 1217Chic
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To: jimbo123

We’ll decide what is a disqualifier. Not you.


57 posted on 07/19/2015 12:35:58 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: jimbo123

Trump said McCain was a war hero four times in his remarks. The MSM and certain Reps have distorted what was said.


58 posted on 07/19/2015 12:38:56 PM PDT by kabar
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To: jimbo123

Rubio is a joke and nothing more.


59 posted on 07/19/2015 12:43:30 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: jimbo123

Clinton wrote that he “loathed” the Military and he was a Two Term President Marco.


60 posted on 07/19/2015 12:49:13 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If you can't beat them, try, try agan.)
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