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Rhiannon12866

(205,257 posts)
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 10:05 PM Sep 2020

Veterans 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
Enough IS enough Deuxcents Sep 2020 #1
K&R! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #2
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #3
vet in ad makes a good point: Why did the generals not speak up when they heard the Con disparage onetexan Sep 2020 #4
What does it take?? Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 #10
precisely. Yet they keep silent, and silence is complicity. onetexan Sep 2020 #11
The fact that veterans are speaking out - that just might finally get through Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 #12
My 73 year old neighbor is a Vietnam vet. MontanaMama Sep 2020 #5
Awww, I am so sorry... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 #8
Sons keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #6
Sons 2 keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #7
Quite a difference. Have any first progeny ever been so despicable?? Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 #9

onetexan

(13,037 posts)
4. vet in ad makes a good point: Why did the generals not speak up when they heard the Con disparage
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 10:30 PM
Sep 2020

the servicemen? Why aren't they speaking up now that it's all out in the open?

Rhiannon12866

(205,257 posts)
10. What does it take??
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 05:47 PM
Sep 2020

The facts are out there, have been since the impeachment, which revelation is one truth too far??

Rhiannon12866

(205,257 posts)
12. The fact that veterans are speaking out - that just might finally get through
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 11:15 PM
Sep 2020

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

(23,313 posts)
5. My 73 year old neighbor is a Vietnam vet.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 12:48 AM
Sep 2020

He’s having a tough time with this. I told him I wished I could hug him...but Covid. We both cried over the fence.

Rhiannon12866

(205,257 posts)
8. Awww, I am so sorry...
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 01:00 AM
Sep 2020

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...

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