The Veterans of Foreign Wars blasted Donald Trump Monday and a group of Gold Star families of fallen service members demanded he apologize for comments about the parents of a slain Muslim U.S. solider."Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression," said Brian Duffy, who was elected July 27 to lead the nation's oldest and largest major war veterans organization.
"There are certain sacrosanct subjects that no amount of wordsmithing can repair once crossed," added Duffy, the national commander of the near 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary. "Giving one's life to nation is the greatest sacrifice, followed closely by all Gold Star families, who have a right to make their voices heard." The VFW statement came just hours after a group of Gold Star families wrote to Trump.
"Your recent comments regarding the Khan family were repugnant and personally offensive to us," wrote the group of 11 "Gold Star" families, who are those who have lost a family member in war. "We feel we must speak out and demand you apologize to the Khans, to all Gold Star families, and to all Americans for your offensive, and frankly anti-American comments."...
Good to see a traditionally conservative group break free of the apparent moral vacuum that is the Trump campaign.
Trump claimed - of all things - that Khan did not even have the right to criticize him. Thereby ironically providing supporting evidence to Khan's implicit assertion that Trump isn't familiar with the Constitution.
Better men respond to criticism from Gold Star family members like this:
Part of my duty as the President is to meet with those who’ve lost a loved one. And so, you know, listen, I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan. She feels strongly about her –about her position. And I am – she has every right in the world to say what she believes. This is America. She has a right to her position. And I’ve thought long and hard about her position. I’ve heard her position from others, which is, get out of Iraq now. And it would be – it would be a mistake for the security of this country and the ability to lay the foundations for peace in the long-run, if we were to do so.
-George W Bush
I am less concerned about the faux outrage, and demand for apologies, than I am real substance from these campaigns....I think we have to ask ourselves how this sideshow helps anything?
Or, more to the point, how does this sideshow with gold star parents help the Trump campaign?I am less concerned about the faux outrage, and demand for apologies, than I am real substance from these campaigns....I think we have to ask ourselves how this sideshow helps anything?
Good to see a traditionally conservative group break free of the apparent moral vacuum that is the Trump campaign.
Trump claimed - of all things - that Khan did not even have the right to criticize him. Thereby ironically providing supporting evidence to Khan's implicit assertion that Trump isn't familiar with the Constitution.
Better men respond to criticism from Gold Star family members like this:
Part of my duty as the President is to meet with those who’ve lost a loved one. And so, you know, listen, I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan. She feels strongly about her –about her position. And I am – she has every right in the world to say what she believes. This is America. She has a right to her position. And I’ve thought long and hard about her position. I’ve heard her position from others, which is, get out of Iraq now. And it would be – it would be a mistake for the security of this country and the ability to lay the foundations for peace in the long-run, if we were to do so.
-George W Bush
Neither Hillary nor Trump have anything of substance behind them. All we're going to get is the sideshow.
Neither Hillary nor Trump have anything of substance behind them. All we're going to get is the sideshow.
Or, more to the point, how does this sideshow with gold star parents help the Trump campaign?
Look at the bright side: your party might be in line to do a massive DOUBLING of the public support for their candidate in this election and rock the political establishment getting as much as 2% of the popular vote.
Happy days are here again.:2wave:
I am less concerned about the faux outrage, and demand for apologies, than I am real substance from these campaigns....I think we have to ask ourselves how this sideshow helps anything?
How does this distraction help Hillary? Are you comfortable with Hillary being able to use this crap to avoid addressing her horrible record?
Already polling at 10%.
Already polling at 10%.
I expect this kind of despicable and dishonorable behavior from the anti-military dregs on the left. Not conservatives.
Yup - and watch that shrink over the next 97 days as the harsh reality sinks in. But I am on your side on this Ikari. I would absolutely LOVE IT should your party get one out of every ten normal GOP voters to shun Trump and pull the Libertarian lever in November. I would simply love it.
She doesn't have to say anything, she doesn't have to do anything. Which certainly helps her. She just has to sit back and let Trump put his foot in his mouth time after time again, he'll loose popular support each time and lose out votes in swing states. This is mickey mouse, and mickey mouse won't beat a Clinton.
This election is just going to be downright ugly. It's going to be insults and mud slinging, muck racking BS, no substance, drama filled, reality TV styled ignorance. Neither side has anything to really run on other than they are not the other person. That's it.
Hillary and Trump are both toxic for the Republic.
That's what we are left with....So, we can vote for a non politician, and lashes out stupidly, a un indicted criminal, liar, or a pot head.....We are f'ed.!
Trump isn't a conservative.I expect this kind of despicable and dishonorable behavior from the anti-military dregs on the left. Not conservatives.
Good to see a traditionally conservative group break free of the apparent moral vacuum that is the Trump campaign.
Trump claimed - of all things - that Khan did not even have the right to criticize him. Thereby ironically providing supporting evidence to Khan's implicit assertion that Trump isn't familiar with the Constitution.
Better men respond to criticism from Gold Star family members like this:
Part of my duty as the President is to meet with those who’ve lost a loved one. And so, you know, listen, I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan. She feels strongly about her –about her position. And I am – she has every right in the world to say what she believes. This is America. She has a right to her position. And I’ve thought long and hard about her position. I’ve heard her position from others, which is, get out of Iraq now. And it would be – it would be a mistake for the security of this country and the ability to lay the foundations for peace in the long-run, if we were to do so.
-George W Bush
How does this distraction help Hillary? Are you comfortable with Hillary being able to use this crap to avoid addressing her horrible record?
What is Trump to do? Apologize for something he didn't do? Apologize for something possibly generated by the dirty political tricks department of the Hillary campaign?
Trump reserves the right, rightfully so, to comment on the incorrect statement from Mr. Khan that Trump's ban on Muslims was 'unconstitutional. Two completely different subjects.
And if it were Hillary who said this, not Trump, the outrage would all have been reversed. It wouldn't be "faux outrage" then. Everything depends on whether a D or a R did the deed. Opinions and outrage swap depending on that.
How was he personally attacking Khan? So, you're saying Trump was wrong in the way he decided to criticize and correct Mr. Khan rather than Trump being wrong for criticizing and correcting Mr. Kahn?He should apologize for his disgusting and disrespectful smears against Khan, thank him for his sons' service and sacrifice, and move on.
Yeah. That's not what he's done. Instead of disagreeing with Mr Khan, he's been personally attacking him.
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