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oldsoftie

(12,492 posts)
Thu May 23, 2019, 08:37 PM May 2019

Buttigieg: Trump faked being disabled to get out of Vietnam

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Source: The Hill

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Thursday hammered President Trump for in the past saying he had bone spurs to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War, saying he faked the disability.

“Well, I have a pretty dim view of his decision to use his privileged status to fake a disability in order to avoid serving in Vietnam,” Buttigieg, an Afghanistan War veteran, said during a livestreamed interview with The Washington Post.


“Yeah, at least not that one,” he doubled down when asked if he thought the condition was faked. “This is actually really important because I don’t mean to trivialize disability, but I think that’s exactly what he did.”

The South Bend, Ind., mayor has shot to national prominence in recent months following a media blitz that has included various interviews with national outlets as well as more niche publications.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445220-buttigieg-trump-faked-being-disabled-to-get-out-of-vietnam



I think THIS should be shouted from the rooftops. PROVE it, Trump.
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Buttigieg: Trump faked being disabled to get out of Vietnam (Original Post) oldsoftie May 2019 OP
trump won the purple bone spur award Gothmog May 2019 #1
The tweet and film clip. . . DinahMoeHum May 2019 #2
Buttigieg was spot on. Way to go. hot2na May 2019 #3
Goddamn straight. Finally! Finally a fucking call out. Go Mayor Pete. Shaddox May 2019 #4
Well, he is pretty mentally disabled, but there are no bone spurs. milestogo May 2019 #5
"A great and very brave soldier" keithbvadu2 May 2019 #6
Trump actually received a Purple Heart keithbvadu2 May 2019 #7
That is going to leave a mark. Good for Mayor Pete. yellowcanine May 2019 #8
Locking ... Yonnie3 May 2019 #9

Gothmog

(144,951 posts)
1. trump won the purple bone spur award
Thu May 23, 2019, 08:42 PM
May 2019

DinahMoeHum

(21,779 posts)
2. The tweet and film clip. . .
Thu May 23, 2019, 08:59 PM
May 2019



There is also a link in the tweet to the full interview he had with the Washington Post (YouTube)

hot2na

(357 posts)
3. Buttigieg was spot on. Way to go.
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:16 PM
May 2019

Trump show us the medical reports.

Thank you for posting.

Shaddox

(384 posts)
4. Goddamn straight. Finally! Finally a fucking call out. Go Mayor Pete.
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:19 PM
May 2019

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
5. Well, he is pretty mentally disabled, but there are no bone spurs.
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:30 PM
May 2019

I would feel sorry for anyone who had to serve in the same unit as Trump, who would do anything to save his own skin and nothing for anybody else.

keithbvadu2

(36,678 posts)
6. "A great and very brave soldier"
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:40 PM
May 2019

"A great and very brave soldier"

keithbvadu2

(36,678 posts)
7. Trump actually received a Purple Heart
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:43 PM
May 2019

Trump actually received a Purple Heart

https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+got+a+purple+heart&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1

Today, a Donald Trump supporter handed him a Purple Heart. Trump’s flippant and repugnant reply: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.”

yellowcanine

(35,696 posts)
8. That is going to leave a mark. Good for Mayor Pete.
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:45 PM
May 2019

And don't forget to bring up his lame claim of military experience based on his prep school soldier playing.

Yonnie3

(17,422 posts)
9. Locking ...
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:50 PM
May 2019

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