Posted on 07/27/2015 5:13:11 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A day after Donald Trump announced the formation of “Veterans For Trump,” a small New Hampshire-based coalition that supports the bellicose business mogul’s bid for the White House, at least two of the veterans named as supporters distanced themselves from team Trump. The announcement of the veterans group came five days after Trump said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is only considered a war hero because he was captured by the enemy during the Vietnam War.
“I don’t know anything about it,” said Ernie Fusi, a World War II veteran whose name was still listed among the 51 veteran supporters on Trump’s campaign website on Saturday.
In a report published Friday by the Guardian, the 88-year-old resident of Atkinson, New Hampshire, said he never mentioned to anyone that he supported the New York billionaire. Fusi said he's abstaining from the Republican primary vote but that he would vote for whichever candidate emerges as the Republican nominee at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland next July.
Donald Richards, a veteran based in Laconia, New Hampshire, and his wife Connie were also named as supporters, but Richards, who is president of a local parks association, said the only connection he has to the candidate is that Trump paid his group to rent a community center for a July 17 event.
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The article also states that the Trump campaign has written confirmation from all those who signed.
Then Trump needs to produce it.
Maybe this story can be posted a dozen times today. More, if you really try.
Maybe it will be.
Maybe he will, just to humor you.
Or what? You’re going to find every instance of the Guardian story that has been rewritten and hosted by every news outlet and rehash the same information as a new thread?
Well it is a huge story. Really earthshaking.
Humor me?
How about showing the voters that he’s not astroturfing?
Trump’s above the fray - too good to be vetted, criticized, questioned?
What?
Do you protest too much? All I said was that it’s a huge, earthshaking story.
Right......
Actually, you’re on to something. Another way he’s like Obama. His supporters do not want anyone to vet him. No one can find out who or say who the real Trump is. Just believe and become a True Believer. If you question Obama, you’re a racist. If you question Trump, you’re a RINO.
Right.
Just like Hillary.
No he isn’t above it. But he doesn’t have a supporter here that I can see as avidly rabid in their determination to advocate for their candidate - even to the point of outright virtual vendettas when someone starts getting into THEIR candidate’s numbers.
There is a marked difference between personal political advocacy for a candidate (Trump is not mine, BTW) and unrelenting political activism, especially on a site where free ideas and interchange is so important. Further, to be rude, condescending and confrontational in responses to questions isn’t what I’d call friendly by any means.
Now I understand. Trump is just like Obama. I didn’t see that before, but now I do.
Now that she’s super rich will she donate to his candidacy?
Now I understand. Trump is just like Hillary. I didn’t see that before, but now I do.
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