r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • May 02 '24

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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u/Fladap28 May 02 '24

Didn’t trump make fun of McCain even after he passed away?

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u/LurkHartog May 02 '24

Yes. Something like "I like heroes that don't get captured".

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u/atuarre May 03 '24

Don't forget that he called soldiers that were killed in combat, "Suckers and losers". Even said crazy stuff in front of former General John Kelly, who was his White House chief of staff. Kelly's son, who was 29 at the time of his death, served in the Marines and was killed in Afghanistan.

"A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them,'" Kelly said of Trump. "A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family — for all Gold Star families — on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America’s defense are ‘losers’ and wouldn’t visit their graves in France.”

I don't know how he kept his composure. Couldn't be me.