Posted on 09/06/2020 10:27:52 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Vets fume at McGrath's 'degrading' comparison of campaign work to combat
Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath compared supporting her campaign to serving in uniform, prompting condemnation from a group of Kentucky veterans.
During an August 29 virtual event, McGrath told members of her veterans coalition that by "helping this campaign," they were "doing as much" to help the country as when they "wore the uniform."
"What you are doing in helping this campaign, you are literally helping your country," McGrath said. "I would say you are doing as much, right now, in being part of this effort, as you were when you wore the uniform."
Retired master sergeant George Kaelin, a 26-year Air Force veteran, called the comparison "degrading."
"It irritates me because there's nothing that compares to serving in the military," Kaelin told the Washington Free Beacon. "I've been next to people with their legs blown off. I've had friends go out on missions and not come back. I've been shot at. There are people trying to kill you. It's not comparable at all."
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
Quick. Somebody ping Jennifer Gryphon and Dan Rather. They’ll go bat soup crazy.
So, by donating to this idiot’s campaign, I’ll be doing precisely what Travis McGee, 68-69 Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club (RIP), and many other vets on here did during their time in service to our country.
Unbelievable. She can kiss my oversized butt.
OK, never mind, she was talking to vets, not the general public. I apologize for the confusion.
Never heard of her befor, but I know I WON’T BE DONATING to her campaign in ANY WAY.
5th MEB 1968-1973
Thank you for defending our country.
Annie Lois Davies said the said thing about her husband Willard’s campaign...
But Willard lost that war in 2012...
She also said her 5 loser sons were equal to soldiers on the battlefield when they went to their religions so called ‘missionary’ trips...
Sucked out liberal heads...
I don’t know that McGrath actually compared campaigning to combat. Only to service. She is a twenty year Marine and combat vet. That said, she’s also a Democrat, so f*ck her. We already have Tammy Duckworth as an example of how little wearing the uniform equates to fitness to govern.
I am saying that there’s no gdmf way that what this broad sez makes sense, but then again, it’s a broad.
Not sure of my response being right out of surgery, but I certainly remember the statement, he then reenforced his intellect by going into the head, in the room and smoking.
“ There are people trying to kill you. It’s not comparable at all.”
Depends. Wear a MAGA hat to one of Dim Amy’s fundraisers....
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