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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Thu Sep 3, 2020, 10:19 PM Sep 2020

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"Trump asked his staff not to include wounded veterans..."

"...on the grounds that spectators would feel uncomfortable in the presence of amputees. "Nobody wants to see that" he said".

(Trump at a planning meeting for his proposed military parade)

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

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"Trump asked his staff not to include wounded veterans..." (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2020 OP

What a pig of a man? pwb Sep 2020 #1

im sure theres a bible story that applies here. nt BootinUp Sep 2020 #2

I'm surprised that he didn't want them there ... NanceGreggs Sep 2020 #3

Maybe some vestigial trace of humanity told him gratuitous Sep 2020 #4

pwb

(12,660 posts)

1. What a pig of a man?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 10:22 PM

Sep 2020

Absolutely awful in every way.

BootinUp

(51,309 posts)

2. im sure theres a bible story that applies here. nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 10:32 PM

Sep 2020

NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)

3. I'm surprised that he didn't want them there ...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 11:00 PM

Sep 2020

... given how much delight he takes in mocking the disabled.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

4. Maybe some vestigial trace of humanity told him

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 11:06 PM

Sep 2020

That it wouldn't be good look to call Sen. Duckworth "Stumpy" or Rep. Crenshaw "Cyclops."

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