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DURHAM D

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1. Interesting. They are trump voters

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:09 AM

Jan 2020

I just googled "average age of VFW members". This is what I got -

67

Of the organization's 1.3 million members, the average age is 67 — and with more than 400,000 members age 80 and older, numbers will plummet further over the next decade without an influx of new blood.May 23, 2016

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VFW Demands Trump apologize for downplaying severity of TBIs [View all] Ohiogal Jan 2020 OP

Interesting. They are trump voters DURHAM D Jan 2020 #1

Older voters "count" for more SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #4

New 'blood' is right. Harker Jan 2020 #7

Everyone with any influence should poke and prod the VFW to keep up this line of talk... RockRaven Jan 2020 #2

I know but rabid_decline Jan 2020 #8

Will we be hearing from the American Legion? DURHAM D Jan 2020 #3

a five-time deferred Putin-owned COWARD should have ZERO opinion of PTSD Skittles Jan 2020 #5

And now it's 50 injured in that attack. I hope the VFW keeps up the pressure, plus I'd like to hear Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #6

Then let's hope they remember this insult (and all the other ones) on November 3, 2020. catbyte Jan 2020 #9

KnR Hekate Jan 2020 #10

Good luck to anyone who thinks tRump will apologize or in any way backtrack on what he said Grammy23 Jan 2020 #11

VFW can whistle for their apology. mwooldri Jan 2020 #12

yup. Malignant narcissists aren't fond of admitting fallibility flibbitygiblets Jan 2020 #13

they demand an apology? orleans Jan 2020 #14

Trump likes spitting on our soldiers. rockfordfile Jan 2020 #15