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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHOLY SHIT !!! - Vote Vets Already Has An Ad Up Regarding Arlington !!! - Watch THIS !!
Link to tweet
FirstLight
(15,771 posts)I may not have served, but my dad did.
He'd be so pissed about it 😠 ( passed last year)
SheltieLover
(79,383 posts)sdfernando
(6,051 posts)Dad was a Mustang, drafted in WWII, became an officer and went to Korea & Vietnam .also died last year (95yo). He would be so pissed about this. We have lots more of family that didnt make it back from those wars. trump is such scum!!!
Attilatheblond
(8,637 posts)Condolences on the recent loss of your dad. And the loss of all those who didn't make it home.
Mom worked on 2 Nave bases, Long Beach back in the days of the Vietnam war, and Port Hueneme SeaBee base. At sunset, as the colors were struck, TAPS was always played. Even on those bases, with no cemeteries, EVERYTHING came to a complete halt. And every sunset that I was on base, tears would flow down my cheeks. Yeah, I am sort of emotional and as transparent as a window.
Never wanted to go to a high school reunion. Knew there would be too many empty chairs.
The stunt the Trump campaign pulled this week should make it impossible for him to ever hold office again.
sdfernando
(6,051 posts)And thank you to you mother and father! Respect!
. Thats really what it is all about.
Attilatheblond
(8,637 posts)May we ALL be mindful of the many privileges we have in our nation, privileges maintained by those who serve in military and other public service careers.
sdfernando
(6,051 posts)Ver well said!
Thanks for the reminder.
niyad
(131,400 posts)Rebl2
(17,611 posts)networks and cable.
COL Mustard
(8,132 posts)Media market. 24/7. Also in the Bedminster market.
3auld6phart
(1,683 posts)Especially in heavy leaning mAGa States. I just dont understand serving and retired Service Members voting and kissing that orange abominations ass. I have kin laying and missing in foreign fields. thankfully we DONT have to put with that triple chinned! Porcine eyed buffoons crap. vote BLUE
GoneOffShore
(18,012 posts)StarryNite
(12,083 posts)barbtries
(31,268 posts)Xavier Breath
(6,608 posts)Powerful stuff.
barbtries
(31,268 posts)sometimes the twitter links play in the DU window. when they don't i just immediately close X.
lindalou65
(389 posts)flamingdem
(40,845 posts)This needs to go everywhere, to everyone!
DFW
(60,007 posts)I have been contributing to Vote Vets since they first showed up, but now that I see the fruits of my contributions, I see that they need to be increased substantially. That is one hell of a powerful message, and one that should resonate even deep into Trump country.
StarryNite
(12,083 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(13,771 posts)hawkeye21
(313 posts)Trump has said and done SO MUCH BULLSHIT that it's nearly impossible to keep track of it all. But yes, that would have been a great thing to include, but that it wasn't doesn't really matter. The ad is a scathing, honest, accurate portrayal of the worst scum humanity has to offer.
FakeNoose
(41,132 posts)It should be obvious to all that Chump has no honor, and he never did.
This is not 2024 politics, this is the way he's been his entire life. Our Vets should not be required to salute him. And they certainly shouldn't vote for him. I understand that the military folks normally vote R without thinking about it. But this isn't a normal election and Chump isn't a normal candidate.
There are a lot of Republican voters out there who are refusing to vote for Chump again. They don't want him back in the White House and they recognize the threat he is to our country.
Skittles
(170,768 posts)I really thought the subject was a Meidas clickbait special.
rubbersole
(11,147 posts)Oh, you'll get 37% of the vote. You can read about it on your phone while you're skipping out to Venezuela.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)The shite has hit the fan...
TheDemsshouldhireme
(224 posts)because I would like to see this in every battle ground state from now until election day.
Woodwizard
(1,304 posts)TheDemsshouldhireme
(224 posts)just sent them some money. Awesome ad that is so true about how he is unfit to serve as CIC. Im in PA and want to see this ad regularly.
generalbetrayus
(1,729 posts)I just donated to VoteVets for the first time today after seeing the video. It should be seen EVERYWHERE.
majdrfrtim
(340 posts)and I wholeheartedly approve this message!
Rubyshoo
(1,959 posts)Figarosmom
(11,271 posts)byronius
(7,950 posts)LilElf70
(1,495 posts)Msnbc? CNN? FAUX?
Great find Ruby. Ty
He wants to play political games?
GAME ON SUKKA !!!!!!
Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
(1,117 posts)hlthe2b
(113,502 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)Susan Calvin
(2,425 posts)Glad to see they're putting it to good use. They also have sent me and are going to send me some great yard signs.
BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)I hold the whole G.O.P. to blame for this.
Thanks to Vote Vets for this hard-hitting, fact-based ad.
gab13by13
(31,870 posts)LizBeth
(11,222 posts)hawkeye21
(313 posts)I wish it could be shown everywhere 24/7. That MAGA Trump continues to have any chance at all of being elected is, perhaps, the greatest stain on this nation next to slavery.
There is NO choice. There is NO comparison. It's Democrats or civil war, because we're not going back. And when we fight, we win! I'd rather do it with the ballot, but if necessary, the Declaration itself explains that it would be our duty to stop this country from being turned into a malignant dictatorship. Trump and his cowardly MAGAt friends should make no mistake about that.
Jrose
(1,527 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,777 posts)Ping Tung
(4,336 posts)Bird Lady
(1,996 posts)after I ran over him.
gademocrat7
(11,877 posts)Thank you, VoteVets for this ad and thank you for your service.
Wounded Bear
(64,114 posts)BlueWavePsych
(3,319 posts)
republianmushroom
(22,223 posts)Never again !
johnnyfins
(3,685 posts)That those who have served honorably and the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to this country, have to see this. What alternate universe are we living in where a presidential candidate from one of our two major parties can do this and get away with it? This is not ok. It is beyond "weird". I dont see how ANY current service member or ANY veteran can support him now.
Martin68
(27,468 posts)Number9Dream
(1,869 posts)The higher ups of the Democratic Party need to do whatever it takes to get this ad on TV all over the Country.
I live in the Lehigh Valley of PA, and I've only seen one negative, anti-Trump TV ad locally and on Philly TV. Meanwhile, the Trump folks are hammering VP Harris constantly.
Tickle
(4,131 posts)Here's the link https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/votevets-org/
Political leanings: Democratic
2018 total spending: $14.2 million
VoteVets.org is a political group that supports veterans and promotes liberal causes. Its mission is to elect Veterans to public office, and its agenda includes working with progressive allies representing labor, immigration, gay and lesbian rights, and environmentalists, when their issues coincide with the needs of troops and veterans.
It operates two political committees: the VoteVets PAC and the VoteVets Action Fund.
The VoteVets PAC is a Carey committee, a hybrid organization that functions as a PAC and a super PAC. Like a traditional PAC, the committee can give money directly to a campaign. However, like a super PAC, it can also raise and spend unlimited amounts of money for independent expenditures, which are funds spent on advertisements or other communications in order to elect or defeat specific candidates.
The VoteVets Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, a social welfare organization that must spend less than 50% of its funds for political purposes. It does not disclose its donors, but it must report its independent expenditures to the Federal Election Commission.
Evolve Dammit
(21,704 posts)julmur
(222 posts)This has to be broadcast on every media platform out there!!
IbogaProject
(5,775 posts)That really shows how out of touch with Military Decorum he is.
Vinca
(53,712 posts)LeftInTX
(34,056 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)No... Daaaaaaaaamn!
albacore
(2,747 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)Waterguy
(302 posts)We must make sure that DonOld TrumpScum is never in charge. Once was too much! It would be a major travesty for this fascist to ever hold office again!!!
bluedigger
(17,425 posts)My Harris-Walz lawn sign from them is being shipped. Should be here any day.
soldierant
(9,308 posts)has any money left over from donating to Haeeis/Walz and local candidates, VoteVets could use some money too (to keep putting these out.
liberalla
(10,996 posts)GREAT!
Thank you Vote Vets!
tclambert
(11,187 posts)And I think you know which one.
oasis
(53,520 posts)because this has legs.