Gold Star Mother's Letter to Trump Goes Viral

[Wwcd]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/epeak.info/amp/2017/10/18/a-gold-star-mother-just-went-viral-with-an-open-letter-to-president-trump/

A Gold Star Mother Just Went Viral With An Open Letter To President Trump

America’s Gold Star Families have come out, but none more powerful than this letter from Gold Star Mother Candie Glisson.

Glisson lost a son ten years ago, Army Ranger Sgt. First Class Jason Alan Schumann, ten years ago and received very different treatment than Gold Star Families now receive from Trump.
Her courageous words speak for volumes and say everything about the heroes who bravely serve our country and the president who is disrespecting their service.

Her letter is below as shared by Common Defense PAC.

"My son was killed in Iraq. Here’s my message to Trump:

On October 4th, 2017, four of our troops were killed in an ambush in Niger. For twelve long days, we didn’t hear a word from this Commander in Chief. Twelve days. Total silence.

On Monday, he said he was “too busy” to pay respects to the Gold Star families (although he had plenty of time for golfing, sabotaging our health care, and trying to ban Muslims). Finally, last night, he called one of the grieving mothers. But instead of offering sympathy and remorse, he callously said that her son, SGT La David Johnson, “knew what he signed up for.”


This is beyond the pale, even for Trump. When my son, SGT Jason Alan Schumann, was killed in Iraq 10 years ago, George W. Bush sent me a heartfelt letter. Now we have a president who degrades our fallen heroes, then calls their mourning families liars on Twitter.

This goes so far beyond party politics. Trump is a dangerous liar. He fabricated the truth on national television by claiming no previous president ever reached out to Gold Star families. He tried to use fallen heroes to score political points. Now, after saying La David Johnson should’ve known better, Trump is accusing a Gold Star widow and a Gold Star mother of making the story up.

When George W. Bush contacted me, he didn’t brag about it. He did so quietly. When Barack Obama met fallen soldiers at the airbase in Dover, he didn’t take to Twitter or turn it into a politicized photo-op. I may have disagreed with Bush, but at least he was respectful, humble, and dutiful.


To say I’m sickened by Trump’s remarks would be an understatement. And I know, with certainty, that my son would be utterly disgusted too. Not just by Trump’s remarks this week, but by Trump’s entire platform of bigotry, hate, and divisiveness. That isn’t the kind of country he swore an oath to protect. That’s not the kind of country he fought and died for.

Thank you,
Candie Glisson
Gold Star mother

[appleannie1943]

1. It speaks for itself.

[JI7]

2. Good letter but i think it was the soldiers wife that trump talked to

Not his mother.

[Docreed2003]

4. The mother was present and listened on speaker...from what I read from her response earlier

[JI7]

5. Yes , i read the same

[mcar]

3. That these grieving family members have to speak

Is horrific.

[lunasun]

8. It truly is deplorable .

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Get this to the top of the Greaterst page.

Powerful. Very powerful.

[spanone]

7. K&R...

[sheshe2]

9. This pResident did not console.

He condemned. The man has no soul.

[lindysalsagal]

10. This post is gaining a rec/minute.

Finally, someone says plainly that this fool needs to go. Bravo.

[imanamerican63]

11. This man can reach a lower everytime he opens his mouth!

Good for Mrs. Glisson. She deserves the right to have her voice heard.

[TomSlick]

12. I have been upset and nervous since the inaguration.

Now, I'm pissed. You DO NOT treat a grieving service widow with anything but the greatest respect and dignity.

This is an affront to anyone who has ever served.

[tblue37]

18. Remember how he paraded at his address to Congress the widow of a soldier his own reckless idiocy

got killed?

[BigmanPigman]

13. Why is anyone with eyes, ears and a brain surprised by this?

This is par for the course. While the fucking moron was campaigning he was terrible to the gold star parents who spoke at the Democratic Convention. He still stands by his statement that he doesn't consider POWs like McCain heroes since only dead soldiers are heroes in his mind set. This IS who he is and always has been and always will be. He could shoot someone on 5th Ave and get reelected. That is the state of our country.

RESIST! Peace.

[mdbl]

14. This describes the entire Repuglican Party

They have really turned into a bunch of real weirdos. Just when you think it can't get any sicker, it does.

[Scarsdale]

31. They did not "turn into ..."

This is who and what they have always been. Soulless, greedy, selfish, money grubbing self serving cowards. How many have spoken up for the grieving, pregnant young wife in this fiasco? Our troops are just useful when they need to appear patriotic.

[gademocrat7]

15. K&R

[keithbvadu2]

16. Hey!! Donald made his own sacrifices. Trump bragged that avoiding STDs was his personal VN.

Hey!! Donald made his own sacrifices.

Trump bragged that avoiding STDs was his personal VN.
.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

17. K&R nt

[randr]

19. Veterans need to stand up and be counted: what they fought for is being trampled on

They need to express disgust toward not only the lsos but at the people who voted for and still support him.

[mountain grammy]

20. Sadly, many veterans voted for him and still support him.

I see it all the time.

[McCamy Taylor]

21. Trump is pandering to his neo-Nazi base. They will eat this up

and call him a hero. Because they are 100% un American and proud of it.

[smirkymonkey]

22. There are no words to express my disgust for him.

I was in our break room today with a number of people. CNN is usually on, although someone keeps changing it to ESPN. Mostly people refrain from saying anything political out of politeness, but today I was surprised at how many people were mouthing off about how sickened they were by his behavior and how they could not believe he was still in office.

To be honest, I was shocked. I knew there were a few closet liberals in my office, but I was pretty surprised by some of the people who spoke up against him that I was pretty sure would have been conservative. You never know. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised. There are a lot more of us out there than I thought.

[MyOwnPeace]

23. FRONT PAGE!!!!!!!!!

EVERY paper in these United States should be putting this on the front page - and EVERY mainstream media should be leading their evening news (well, we know FAUX won't!) with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How much more will we have to take?

How long will it take for the idiots that voted for him to "get a clue?"

How long will it take for our congress to DO THEIR JOB!!!!!

HE MUST GO - NOW!!!!!!!!

[Achilleaze]

24. K & R

The Republican disrespect for our troops is shameful beyond any other low points in our national history.

[NurseJackie]

25. Thank you for sharing this!

[Gothmog]

26. Great Letter

[Lucinda]

27. TY KNR

[guss]

28. love the enlisted

Love the enlisted hate the burden of when they come home,
Start the war for the warmongers and keep wall street building up points up
but the warrior that they put into the grinder they ignore..
just cannon fodder for the 1%
Trump Prove it using patriotism for profit.
That's the biggest sickness in this country that Only life that matters is
one with a suit

[Scarsdale]

32. A large bank account, too.

Like the rich men tRump has given government positions to, who use taxpayer funds to travel. The fewer qualifications they have, the more likely they will get the job. Calista Gingrich as ambassador to the Vatican is a joke. Adulterer for many years, now she is representing the US in Rome!!!

[Alice11111]

29. She said, this isn't the kind of country he swore an oath

to protect. I'm thinking that is what more and more people
are thinking, who have taken those oaths. That is another reason people are taking a knee, like some of the 90 something WWII vets.

[renate]

33. that was what stood out to me too n/t

[niyad]

34. Gold star families--a group that nobody actually wants to be a member of.