Trump: McCain has made America less safe
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) Ratcheting up his attack on Sen. John McCain, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said McCain has abandoned the nations veterans and made America less safe through his votes in Congress.
In an opinion pieced published Monday in USA Today, Trump also lashed out at his fellow GOP presidential hopefuls who have criticized his remarks, calling them failed politicians. Trump said he did not need to be lectured by any of them.
The op-ed comes as Trump is on the defensive for dismissing McCains reputation as a war hero because McCain was captured in Vietnam and I like people who werent captured.
On a contentious appearance on the Today Show Monday, Trump took issue with the medias reporting on his comments about McCains war record, made at a conservative forum in Iowa.
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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2015/07/20/trump_mccain_has_made_america_less_safe/
UPDATE:
Trump's Op-Ed:
Trump: I don't need to be lectured - By Donald Trump
McCain has abandoned our veterans. I will fight for them.
John McCain has called his own constituents who want a secure border crazies. No one in the news media or the establishment, including the Republican National Committee, criticized the senator for those comments.
Now, as respected reporter Sharyl Attkisson has proved point by point, the news media are also distorting my words. But that is not my point. McCain the politician has failed the state of Arizona and the country.
During my entire business career, I have always made supporting veterans a top priority because our heroes deserve the very best for defending our freedom. Our Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals are outdated dumps. I will build the finest and most modern veterans hospitals in the world. The current medical assistance to our veterans is a disaster. A Trump administration will provide the finest universal access health care for our veterans. They will be able to get the best care anytime and anywhere.
Thanks to McCain and his Senate colleague Bernie Sanders, their legislation to cover up the VA scandal, in which 1,000+ veterans died waiting for medical care, made sure no one has been punished, charged, jailed, fined or held responsible. McCain has abandoned our veterans. I will fight for them.
The reality is that John McCain the politician has made America less safe, sent our brave soldiers into wrong-headed foreign adventures, covered up for President Obama with the VA scandal and has spent most of his time in the Senate pushing amnesty. He would rather protect the Iraqi border than Arizonas. He even voted for the Iran Nuclear Review Act of 2015, which allows Obama, who McCain lost to in a record defeat, to push his dangerous Iran nuclear agreement through the Senate without a supermajority of votes.
more:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/07/19/donald-trump-republican-party-presidential-candidate-editorials-debates/30389993/
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)That Trumps message is resonating with the 30% of their party that shows up to vote in the primaries
snooper2
(30,151 posts)or so- like this
"A number of my competitors for the Republican nomination have no business running for president. I do not need to be lectured by any of them. Many are failed politicians or people who would be unable to succeed in the private sector."
polichick
(37,152 posts)KarenS
(4,089 posts)I hope he continues,,,, it makes all of them look ridiculous.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Duval
(4,280 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)It's amusing to see just HOW FAR into the tar pit of stupidity this Ignoratosaurus will persist in wading! Gonna be fun to watch it extract itself as well.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)The Donald is treating us to a situation comedy about as gaffe-prone presidential candidate who doubles down every time he says something he shouldn't. Moreover, the candidate is an annoying fathead and the audience delights at his foolishness and the trouble it brings him.
It's a good thing it's just television, because no candidate, not even a billionaire who can go a long way financing his own campaign, could withstand the disasters he brings on himself every week.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)after he finds whatever excuse he needs to take his football and go home. Problem is, his name is poison these days and I don't think he will find to many reality shows willing to write him checks after what he has said about Mexicans.
ananda
(28,890 posts)McCain really got his goat, and now Trump can't stop attacking him.
That pretty much ends that nine days wonder.
Now it's Walker's turn, but he's been in boot camp training on how
to avoid foot-in-mouth disease.
But McCain isn't exactly known for dealing well with being criticized, either!
Much like pond scum, Trump will rise to the top again!
ananda
(28,890 posts)The world of Reep politics is a glass turned upside down for me. I have to learn to unthink.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)This from a man who pulled the rug out from hungry American families by sending their jobs to another country...
?1436290686
Does he want to be pres of the U.S, or Mexico?
TUE JUL 07, 2015 AT 10:47 AM PDT
Donald Trump hires rapists, murderers and drug dealers to do his work
...
Its something ironic, said Ivan Arellano, 29, who is from Mexico and obtained legal status through marriage. He now works as a mason laying the stonework for the lobby floor and walls of what will become the Trump International Hotel.
The majority of us are Hispanics, many who came illegally, Arellano said in Spanish. And were all here working very hard to build a better life for our families. [...]
Do you think that when were hanging out there from the eighth floor that were raping or selling drugs? Ramon Alvarez, 48, a window worker from El Salvador, said during a break Monday morning just outside the construction site.
...
So there are two possibilities here: Donald Trump is a one-man job machine for rapists, murderers and drug dealers, or he's full of shit. I'll let him decide which one he is.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/07/1400078/-Donald-Trump-hires-rapists-murderers-and-drug-dealers-to-do-his-work
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Just...Plain...Nuts.
bucolic_frolic
(43,422 posts)Those brash, New York, upper crust, dominant, CEO, billionaire roots are showing!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I think Donald Trump will fire John McCain if he gets a chance.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Can't any of the 30? "presidential runners" show some "Leadership skills" and help Republican Senator McCain?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)BWA HA HA HA HA HA
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)BlueStater
(7,596 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)I guess he just has a hard on for some folks
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Saying that the 'crazies' at Trump's rallies were, well...'crazies'.
No way Trump's gonna take that!
No way this is over. The Donald has just re-loaded!
olddots
(10,237 posts)granted he is lipping for a whipping but come on Donny pull yourself together .
roamer65
(36,747 posts)He would have to be brimming with pride that his predictions have come true.
ann---
(1,933 posts)the man is a lunatic. I saw part of his speech today (just to
get a good laugh). Instead of laughing, I was visibly shaken
that such a man gets such a response from AMERICANS.
This country is in deep trouble if this disturbed individual
can rate so high in the polls.