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RandySF

(59,801 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:58 PM Jul 2015

Trump mocks McCain’s military service: ‘I like people who weren’t captured’

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday made fun of Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) military service during a question-and-answer session at the the 2015 Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa.

The New York business mogul taunted McCain’s six years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War.

“He was a war hero because he was captured,” Trump sarcastically told host Frank Luntz during the 2015 Family Leadership Summit. “I like people who weren’t captured.”

The quip came after Luntz challenged Trump over his criticism of McCain’s political career.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-mocks-mccain’s-military-service-‘i-like-people-who-weren’t-captured’/ar-AAdbuE8?ocid=mailsignout

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Trump mocks McCain’s military service: ‘I like people who weren’t captured’ (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2015 OP
whoa...Oh my! PearliePoo2 Jul 2015 #1
Don't like McCain, but a chickenhawk mocking someone who was captured is beyond disgusting Reter Jul 2015 #2
Trump is a troll. He's the Id of the Republican party. The alligator brain. KittyWampus Jul 2015 #3
Well, if this offends Republican voters gratuitous Jul 2015 #4
Oh..and there's this little jab from last week too: PearliePoo2 Jul 2015 #5
Trump has such a sophisticated vocabulary, doesn't he? BlueStater Jul 2015 #7
Simple two-syllable words his supporters understand! PearliePoo2 Jul 2015 #10
Trump is a fucking idiot but why did Luntz bring up McCain's military service in the first place? BlueStater Jul 2015 #6
^^ This^^ PearliePoo2 Jul 2015 #8
I don't care what McCain's politics are - that's just vile. bluedigger Jul 2015 #9

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
1. whoa...Oh my!
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:06 PM
Jul 2015

Trump's taking it to McGrumps big-time.
Pull up a chair, get some refreshments, this is going to get real entertaining...

 

Reter

(2,188 posts)
2. Don't like McCain, but a chickenhawk mocking someone who was captured is beyond disgusting
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:11 PM
Jul 2015

I'd imagine McCain wants to beat the shit out of Trump. I bet he still can, too.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Well, if this offends Republican voters
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:14 PM
Jul 2015

You should expect to see T Rump's poll numbers go down if Republicans don't care for his comments. Let's see what happens.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
5. Oh..and there's this little jab from last week too:
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:22 PM
Jul 2015

After McCain criticized Trump's visit to Phoenix last weekend, saying he "fired up the crazies" in regard to his controversial comments on illegal immigration, Trump called the Arizona senator a "dummy" on Twitter.

".@SenJohnMcCain should be defeated in the primaries. Graduated last in his class at Annapolis--dummy," he said.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
7. Trump has such a sophisticated vocabulary, doesn't he?
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:42 PM
Jul 2015

"Loser", "idiot", and "dummy" seems to compose about half the crap that comes out of his mouth.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
10. Simple two-syllable words his supporters understand!
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 03:00 PM
Jul 2015

He ain't talkin' like some fancy-pants, book-learned know-it-all.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
6. Trump is a fucking idiot but why did Luntz bring up McCain's military service in the first place?
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:40 PM
Jul 2015

Seriously, I'm sick of military service being used as a shield from criticism for asshole behavior in other aspects of a person's life. That piece of shit criminal Michael Grimm who was recently sentenced to eight months in prison happens to be a Gulf War veteran. Does that make him someone worthy of admiration?

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
8. ^^ This^^
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:49 PM
Jul 2015

Because you are a vet or active duty, you get a pass on being an asshole? Nope, not in my book.

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