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Why many veterans are sticking with Trump, even after he insulted a Gold Star family
Washington Post ^ | Aug. 22, 2016 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Dan Lamothe

Posted on 08/22/2016 7:02:36 PM PDT by Innovative

Evan McAllister was 23 years old when he fought in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in 2006. He killed men and buried friends. Eight years later, he watched the same city fall to the Islamic State.

To McAllister, a former Marine staff sergeant and scout sniper instructor, the war he fought was a harebrained mission planned by Republicans, rubber-stamped by Democrats and, in the end, lost to al-Qaeda’s brutal successor. The foreign policy establishment of both parties got his friends killed for no reason, he said, so come Election Day, he is voting for the man he believes answers to neither Democrats nor Republicans: Donald Trump.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: elections; military; terrorism; trump; veterans
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Because veterans are not stupid and don't believe the MSM lies.
1 posted on 08/22/2016 7:02:36 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

The Gold Star family attacked him first.


2 posted on 08/22/2016 7:06:49 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: Innovative

...and, Trump did not disrespect a Gold Star family. He made a valid observation, and the LSM twisted it to suit their needs. Of course, the ‘conservative’ media went along for the ride, too.


3 posted on 08/22/2016 7:07:12 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2017; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: Innovative

Why?
Gee, I dunno.
Maybe because good kids can come from bad parents.
(and visa versa)
Just because a kid is good doesn’t mean the parents are good.
Who knows, maybe the kid joined and was patriotic, etc to defy scum bucket and Islamic parents?
Duh?
I knew a couple.
They had 3 kids.
One was good.
The other two were really, really bad.
Not the parents’ fault....they did their best to instill honor, honesty, etc.
But sometimes someone is simply bad.
Like his parents, the Dad in particular.


4 posted on 08/22/2016 7:07:43 PM PDT by OldArmy52 (All change is progress.)
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To: PubliusMM

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!


5 posted on 08/22/2016 7:08:25 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: Innovative

There are gold star families and there are gold star families...


6 posted on 08/22/2016 7:08:26 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: Innovative

Hey Whopper, why don’t you run another story on Valerie Plame. Just for old times slime.


7 posted on 08/22/2016 7:08:27 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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He said the mother wasn’t talking. How is that insulting or disrespectful?


8 posted on 08/22/2016 7:09:20 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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Here we go again.

He didn’t ‘insult a “Gold Star Family”

He insulted the murderous cult they belong to, that doesn’t allow women to speak.


9 posted on 08/22/2016 7:09:44 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: OldArmy52

Only a Democrat or RINO or an idiot or someone insane would fail to figure this out.

Individuals can be individuals....duh?

Sheesh! A basket of rocks has more smarts than a lot of people.


10 posted on 08/22/2016 7:09:47 PM PDT by OldArmy52 (All change is progress.)
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MSM should be asking how any Military person can vote for Clinton given her record in Benghazi. This goldstar family crap is bs. The media doesn’t give a damn about the military and the Muslim shill for Hillary standing atop his son to lift up the women who helped put his son in his grave should be ashamed.


11 posted on 08/22/2016 7:09:59 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Free is just another word for someone else has to pay.)
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So vets are to cuddle up with the Butcher of Bengazi? Right


12 posted on 08/22/2016 7:10:12 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (Remember the Court)
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Gold Star family my ass. Anti-american, pro Muslim demosocialists is more like it. I don’t see many veterans taking Khan’s side...


13 posted on 08/22/2016 7:10:23 PM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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Maybe they saw how Hillary treated other Gold Star Families by flat-out lying to them and then about them.


14 posted on 08/22/2016 7:10:55 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Innovative

Cindy Sheehan comes to mind as an example of a parent whose kid was a hero, but his mother was a nut job.


15 posted on 08/22/2016 7:11:51 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (The reason for Gun Control has always been Government's Fear of Rebellion.)
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This vet supports him.

This vet is way, way, WAY superior to the b*tch in every way.

Shove it, MSM.


16 posted on 08/22/2016 7:12:32 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Innovative

The son was killed by Islam.

The shameful father was a shill for Hillary.

Everyone has a price.


17 posted on 08/22/2016 7:14:50 PM PDT by IncPen (Hey Media: Bias = Layoffs)
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To: Innovative

Donald Trump didn’t insult Gold Star families. He upset a mother and father that chose to use the death of their son for political purpose that fought and lost his life for this country.


18 posted on 08/22/2016 7:17:00 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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"...Because veterans are not stupid and don't believe the MSM lies..."


"DING DING DING! What do we have for him, Johnny?"

Boy, no kidding. Any time the Washington Post opens their pie holes about anything having to do with the military, it is time to turn down the sound. As if even a single one of those pieces of crap had any idea.

Truth is, vets may not like anyone bashing a Gold Star family, but they are also astute enough to recognize when an anti-American scum (Clinton) is assaulting the country using a willing dupe (and a muslim at that) as the tool to do it with.

19 posted on 08/22/2016 7:17:06 PM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Innovative

Gold star means nothing if you pimp out the dead family member to a political cause. Especially if it is to a traitorous bribe-taking islam-loving military-hating liar like Hillary.


20 posted on 08/22/2016 7:17:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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