Veterans booted from North Carolina GOP event after asking Republicans to respect election

[Tom of Temecula]

Several veterans and military families appear to have been kicked out of the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro after trying to get attendees to commit to a pledge that would condemn violence incited by former President Donald Trump and respect the peaceful transfer of power, according to footage released on social media.

The video, posted by the liberal-leaning news outlet Cardinal & Pine, showed members of the groups Veterans for Responsible Leadership and Common Defense being ejected. "Time to go. If you're not a delegate, time to walk out. There's the door," said an official at the event. Veterans for Reasonable Leadership confirmed in a post to X that the pledge was not signed.

"We went to the @NCGOP’s convention with a demand that they pledge to honor the election and support a peaceful transfer of power," they wrote. "They didn’t want to hear from us. They haven’t signed that pledge. Until they do, their leadership and their nominees are unfit to lead." The group also has a pledge posted online for veterans to state their opposition to Trump. "An apolitical and non-partisan military is essential to our democratic foundations and is central to American military professionalism," said the letter. "We, the signatories, range the political spectrum. Without regard to partisan issues or disputes, we are simply seeking to address Trump's lack of character and the dangers he presents to our republic."

"I am not a 'sucker' for having served," the letter continued. "My friends who lost their lives in service to this country were not 'losers.' I will not vote for a person who says otherwise. Donald Trump is not fit to be President. I pledge not to vote for him and urge my fellow veterans to do the same."

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/veterans-booted-frrom-north-carolina-gop/

[republianmushroom]

1. Does this tell us something ?

[Cha]

2. Vets & Military Should be Voting For

Dems..

Magats don't give a rats's ass about them.

[Haggard Celine]

11. It's kind of odd what's happening with the

military and the Republican Party. People in the military were mostly in the tank for the GOP back in the 80s and onward from there until relatively recently. Reagan supposedly loved the military and they loved him back. The Republicans have really fucked up their relationship with the military.

[Cha]

15. Thanks to TSF and his big

Diarrhea mouth.

Every last one of them need to know this.

[SoFlaBro]

16. That fucking Orange Bastard hates our men & women in uniform. Rhetorically shits on them all the goddamn time. Fuck him.

[Woodwizard]

3. A bunch of my inlaws are maga.

They refer to me as the ffing liberal. Not one has served I was in the Army, last family gathering I stuck a magnetic bumper sticker on my truck in the same design as his campaign ones that says " Trump For Prison 2024".

[Aristus]

8. I married into my wife's wealthy, ultra right-wing family.

She’s now a liberal Democrat like me.

Not one of those flag-flailing rah-rah, armchair patriots has served in the military. They still have never acknowledged my honorable service, including deployment to the Gulf in 1991.

[10 Turtle Day]

24. Thank you both for your service to our country. (NT)

[Permanut]

4. This Navy vet is still waiting for an explanation..

of why even ONE military or veteran would support Mango Mussolini. Looks like it's gonna be long wait.

Good on these vets for making a statement.

[sheshe2]

5. Way to support our Vets. NOT!

They serve this country with honor. The NC GOP disrespect them, shame on them.

This is a powerful statement:

"I am not a 'sucker' for having served," ..."My friends who lost their lives in service to this country were not 'losers.' I will not vote for a person who says otherwise. Donald Trump is not fit to be President. I pledge not to vote for him and urge my fellow veterans to do the same."

[Takket]

6. imagine just for a second a Democrat refuses to shake the hand of a veteran.........

the media would be apoplectic.

[lindysalsagal]

7. That's good news. Veterans now know the politicians will choose

Their careers over them and tsf will make them choose.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. TSF ABHORS those who served. Why many will still vote for him is beyond me.

[NanaCat]

17. The military isn't all that different from the population at large

And look at how many in the population at large support him.

Being in the military is no guarantee of smarts or morality.

[tom_kelly]

10. Magas measure patriotism

by the number of flags one displays on their clothing, trucks, homes, etc.

I stayed in the active reserves when I got out. A wealthy repub uncle once asked me "Why do you bother with that stuff" when he learned I'd be missing a fishing trip because of drill

[Traurigkeit]

14. Thank you for your integrity

People like you are important to all of us.

[B.See]

12. MAGA"s way of "thanking them for their service"

Like when Tuberville held up hundreds of military promotions over sheer bullshit, when Trump called America's military leadership assholes, or when Republicans and Moscow Mitch McConnell blocked hundreds of House passed bills, including numerous bills intended to benefit veterans and their families.

MAGAS are however prepared to fight Americans to turn the country into a "unified maga REICH."

[Turbineguy]

13. National security and veteran care is for

libtards.

[Emile]

18. Republicans call us veterans suckers and losers.

Screw them, vote them out.

[BoRaGard]

19. Republicans see our veterans and war dead as "suckers and losers"

And that is a treasonous outrage. They do not deserve to be political leaders.

[maxrandb]

20. If the Democratic Party of some obscure neighborhood of 10 people

did this to veterans and their family at a meeting at their neighborhood playground, it would be covered by the MSM 24/7/365 and the NY Times would demand a statement from President Biden.

Funny how that works.

[pecosbob]

21. Hoorah vets...vet activists in particular.

Republicans are no longer a political party. They have become mere coat-tail grifter flunkies of the new robber-baron class.

And just because I haven't said it yet today, fuck Elon.

[Traurigkeit]

22. AG Garland SHOULD make The Republican PArty a Domestic Terrorist Group.

That'll release D.H.S and all the other acronyms to investigate and charge and indict and put in prison many, many, many people that DO NOT think well of The United States.

[DoBW]

23. Happy Memorial Day

friggin' GOP traitors; so full of sh*t