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Give That Medal Back
Purple Heart Recipient To Donald Trump: No One Should Ever ‘Want’ To Get The Medal
“Donald Trump has not sacrificed for this country and he does not understand duty to any cause other than himself.”
Speaking at a campaign event in Virginia, Trump thanked an Iraq War veteran who had given him his Purple Heart as a gift prior to taking the stage.
“I said to him, ‘Is that like the real one or is that a copy? And he said, ‘That’s my real Purple Heart. I have such confidence in you,’” Trump said in Ashburn, Virginia. “And I said, ‘Man that’s big stuff.’ I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier, but I tell you it was such an honor.”
The comment drew the ire of Sean Barney, a Democrat running for Congress in Delaware who was shot in the neck by a sniper while on patrol with the Marine Corps in Fallujah.
“Today, a Donald Trump supporter handed him a Purple Heart. Trump’s flippant and repugnant reply: ‘I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier,’” Barney wrote in a post on Facebook. “As someone who fought for our country in Iraq, was injured, and was awarded a Purple Heart, I can tell you, no one should ever ‘want’ to get a Purple Heart.”
“Again and again, Donald Trump has proven that he is unfit to be the Commander in Chief of our armed forces. As Khizr Khan poignantly argued, Donald Trump has not sacrificed for this country and he does not understand duty to any cause other than himself,” Barney added, referring to the father of a Muslim American war hero who last week addressed the Democratic convention.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs in Iraq posted this:
Donald Trump, this is how one usually looks when getting the Purple Heart. Nothing easy about it.
Last edited by Goose (8/03/2016 5:17 am)
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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I will keep saying it because it is true. The man is a schmuck.
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Offering up your Purple Heart in such a manner is disrespecting the medal and all the men and women who "earned" it. A rather disgusting move.
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He should return the medal. Say something like, "Thanks for your support, but accepting this is something I can't do because I didn't earn it. You did, and you need to keep it."
Ok, let's see if he does something like that.
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-He should return the medal. Say something like, "Thanks for your support, but accepting this is something I can't do because I didn't earn it. You did, and you need to keep it."
Ok, let's see if he does something like that. --Fred
This would require some tact, sense, and diplomacy. In other words no, he won't give it back.
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Mr Trump if you "always wanted one" -- sign up and get wounded or killed in combat. Those are the ONLY people that deserve to have the medal.
Schmuck.
Last edited by tennyson (8/03/2016 7:44 am)
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