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Related: About this forumVeterans React to Trump Calling Fallen Soldiers 'Losers' - NowThis
'Any veteran out there who continues to support Donald Trump needs to wake up.' These veterans are speaking up after President Trump called fallen soldiers 'losers.'
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Veterans React to Trump Calling Fallen Soldiers 'Losers' - NowThis (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2020
OP
vet in ad makes a good point: Why did the generals not speak up when they heard the Con disparage
onetexan
Sep 2020
#4
The fact that veterans are speaking out - that just might finally get through
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2020
#12
Deuxcents
(25,994 posts)1. Enough IS enough
He makes me sick. The silence is deafening.
SheltieLover
(78,202 posts)2. K&R!
tblue37
(68,340 posts)3. K&R for visibility. nt
onetexan
(13,913 posts)4. vet in ad makes a good point: Why did the generals not speak up when they heard the Con disparage
the servicemen? Why aren't they speaking up now that it's all out in the open?
Rhiannon12866
(252,137 posts)10. What does it take??
The facts are out there, have been since the impeachment, which revelation is one truth too far??
onetexan
(13,913 posts)11. precisely. Yet they keep silent, and silence is complicity.
Rhiannon12866
(252,137 posts)12. The fact that veterans are speaking out - that just might finally get through
But for those of us who have been paying attention, we knew the truth back in 2015 when he attacked war hero John McCain.
MontanaMama
(24,644 posts)5. My 73 year old neighbor is a Vietnam vet.
Hes having a tough time with this. I told him I wished I could hug him...but Covid. We both cried over the fence.
Rhiannon12866
(252,137 posts)8. Awww, I am so sorry...
If this hurts and angers those of us who have family members who served, I cannot imagine how vets feel - to hear such remarks from a "Commander in Chief" has got to be the worst insult ever and completely demoralizing...
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)6. Sons

keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)7. Sons 2

Rhiannon12866
(252,137 posts)9. Quite a difference. Have any first progeny ever been so despicable??
Apples and trees and all that...
