Trump has finally met his Waterloo. Having the VFW rebuke you is a recipe for the loss of veteran’s support. There are 22 million veterans in this country and they vote. Forget John McCain’s useless statement about Trump attacking Gold Star parents and veterans of war, he did not withdraw his endorsement, anything less is an endorsement of Trump and what he says and does.
As President Obama stated today in Georgia in a not so veiled repudiation of Donald Trump...”I'm pretty tired of (some) people trash talking our troops”...and he received huge applause!
This letter/rebuke from the VFW is a big deal. It’s one more constituency that Donald Trump will have alienated.
VFW SUPPORTS GOLD STAR FAMILIES
TO RIDICULE A GOLD STAR MOTHER IS OUT-OF-BOUNDS
August 01, 2016
WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has a history of lashing out after being attacked, but to ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds, said the new national commander of the near 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary. “Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression,” said Brian Duffy, of Louisville, Ky., who was elected July 27 to lead the nation’s oldest and largest major war veterans organization. “There are certain sacrosanct subjects that no amount of wordsmithing can repair once crossed,” he said. “Giving one’s life to nation is the greatest sacrifice, followed closely by all Gold Star families, who have a right to make their voices heard.”
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