Even BEFORE #Bountygate, so many of my fellow #Veterans became #VetsAgainstTrump. I wrote the following in @GlobeOpinion before we knew about the Russian Bounties Trump ignored. Some highlights of just how anti-veteran he is follow in this thread. (1/13) https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/03/opinion/trumps-landmines-rollback-is-last-straw-veterans/">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/0...
Trump& #39;s tenure in the political eye has been a never-ending string of attacks on veterans. He is a draft dodger — not out of principle but out of cowardice. #BountyGate #VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden (2/13) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/27/trumps-lawyer-no-basis-for-presidents-medical-deferment-from-vietnam/">https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pent...
After dodging the draft, @realdonaldtrump bragged that trying to dodge sexually transmitted infections was “my Vietnam.”
58,220 Americans died in Vietnam. (3/13)
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/05/trumps-flippant-talk-about-vietnam-war/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...
58,220 Americans died in Vietnam. (3/13)
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/05/trumps-flippant-talk-about-vietnam-war/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...
During his campaign, Trump famously denigrated a gold-star family whose son was killed on the battlefield. #VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden (4/13) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/3...
Trump belittled every single American prisoner of war in attacking the late Senator John McCain, stating, “I like people who weren’t captured.” (5/13)
#POWMIA #VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/trump-attacks-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured-120317">https://www.politico.com/story/201...
#POWMIA #VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/trump-attacks-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured-120317">https://www.politico.com/story/201...
When calling the families of the first service members killed during his presidency, Trump could not remember the name of Sergeant La David Johnson. (6/13)
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-us-soldier-widow-forgets-husbands-name-call-sergeant-la-david-t-johnson-a8015251.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl...
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-us-soldier-widow-forgets-husbands-name-call-sergeant-la-david-t-johnson-a8015251.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl...
Trump promised a fallen service member’s father a $25,000 check, but only sent it months later when it was reported that he had never followed through. (7/13)
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-offered-a-grieving-military-father-25000-in-a-call-but-didnt-follow-through/2017/10/18/8d4cbc8c-b43a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat...
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-offered-a-grieving-military-father-25000-in-a-call-but-didnt-follow-through/2017/10/18/8d4cbc8c-b43a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat...
The Trump Foundation illegally misused funds raised for a veterans charity. (8/13)
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/777287610/judge-says-trump-must-pay-2-million-over-misuse-of-foundation-funds">https://www.npr.org/2019/11/0...
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/777287610/judge-says-trump-must-pay-2-million-over-misuse-of-foundation-funds">https://www.npr.org/2019/11/0...
Earlier this year he minimized the traumatic brain injuries incurred by dozens of service members in the aftermath of the Trump-ordered assassination of an Iranian general. (9/13)
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-minimizes-concussion-injuries-iraq-attack-headaches/story?id=68448853">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/...
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-minimizes-concussion-injuries-iraq-attack-headaches/story?id=68448853">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/...
Trump railroaded the patriotic and decorated @AVindman out of the military for *doing his job* and reporting national security concerns on the Ukraine call which led to Trump& #39;s impeachment. (10/13) https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/08/vindman-retiring-army-lawyer-blames-trump.html">https://www.military.com/daily-new...
And of course, Trump did nothing when he learned about #Bountygate. Russian bounties on the heads of American troops overseas, and Trump. Did. Nothing. (11/13)
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/2...
#VetsAgainstTrump #VetsForBiden https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/2...
And just last week, Russian troops attacked and injured US Forces in Syria. Trump has done NOTHING about it. (13/13) https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/politics/pentagon-russia-syria/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/2...
From the very beginning of his campaign, Trump has been the most anti-veteran and anti-servicemember candidate and president in American history. It& #39;s why as a veteran I am with #VetsAgainstTrump and #VetsForBiden. If you honor our service, you must be too. </end>