GOP slams Trump on John McCain

[Jazzy]

Republicans are demanding an apology from the real estate mogul and GOP presidential hopeful after he mocked Arizona Sen. John McCain’s military service in a Saturday interview.

“He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured,” Mr. Trump, speaking to host Frank Luntz at a forum in Ames, Iowa, said of Sen. McCain, who spent six years as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam after his plane was shot down over Hanoi in 1967. “I like people who weren’t captured.”

The comment is the latest strike in a week-long war of words between Trump and McCain that began when the Arizona senator said Trump had “fired up the crazies” with the latter’s harsh words about Mexico and undocumented immigrants. But Trump’s Saturday statement sparked outrage across the Republican party in a response that stands in contrast to the reactions that followed his portrayal of Mexican immigrants as drug pushers and rapists – although voters on the ground may have a different opinion.

“His attack on veterans make him unfit to be commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces, and he should immediately withdraw from the race for president," former Texas governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry said in a statement.

“I respect Sen. McCain because he volunteered to serve his country,” Mr. Perry, one of two candidates who have military experience, continued. “I cannot say the same of Mr. Trump. His comments have reached a new low in American politics.”

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the other candidate who served in the military, said that anyone serious about running for president would not disrespect prisoners of war. He predicted that when the time comes, states in the early nominating process will show their disapproval for Trump.

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Thoughts?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

It was a stupid comment from Trump but it seems McCain gets a complete pass for the equally stupid thing he said that started the whole dispute.

 

[Webster]

It was a stupid comment from Trump but it seems McCain gets a complete pass for the equally stupid thing he said that started the whole dispute.

Given that the Donald had several deferments from service during the Vietnam War, he's one of the last people who should be attacking John McCain in that regard...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Given that the Donald had several deferments from service during the Vietnam War, he's one of the last people who should be attacking John McCain in that regard...

If the medical deferments are proven to be bogus I agree. That said I sure wish this honest bluntness was coming from the better candidates for president. But overall am really liking his unfiltered responses for the most part that so many people have been wanting to say out loud for all to hear.

 

[Webster]

If the medical deferments are proven to be bogus I agree. That said I sure wish this honest bluntness was coming from the better candidates for president. But overall am really liking his unfiltered responses for the most part that so many people have been wanting to say out loud for all to hear.

*scratches head in thought* I think it was 3 or 4 student deferments, Liberty, followed by a medical deferment...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

*scratches head in thought* I think it was 3 or 4 student deferments, Liberty, followed by a medical deferment...

I heard medical and student deferments. Either way I don't want this guy as president but I do want him to keep speaking out the way he is doing on illegal aliens and am hoping the better candidates take notice and do it also.