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Trump called military veterans ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’, former Chief of Staff claims
The Independent
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8/10/2024
Trump called military veterans ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’, former Chief of Staff claimsCNN
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Trump turned to Kelly on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in 2017 and asked,
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I don't get it. What was in it for them?
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This is Kelly confirming on the record stories of Trump insulting Senator John McCain
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and former President George H.W. Bush, because in Vietnam and in World War II, respectively,
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the former aviators were shot down.
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Kelly describes Trump as, quote, a person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform
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or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat or spend years being tortured as POWs
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are all, quote, suckers because, quote, there is nothing in it for them.
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A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because,
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quote, it doesn't look good for me. A person that demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star
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family, for all Gold Star families on TV during the 2016 campaign.
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