A great example of the media bias and outright dishonesty today. Trump tried to make a point that it was a high honor for a civilian to get the Presidential Medal of Freedom and that it was "better" than the Congressional Medal of Honor in the sense that don't have to risk getting killed in war to receive it. The media twisted this somehow to claim he was disparaging soldiers. He did no such thing. He just pointed out that you didn't have to risk your life to get the Freedom Medal. Ironically, in so doing he was by implication actually complimenting the soldiers who had to perform an act of heroism to get the CMH.
"That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better, because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor – that’s soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead,”
"She gets it, and she’s a healthy, beautiful woman, and they’re rated equal."
-- Trump said of billionaire megadonor's medal.
"These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our
nation’s highest award for valor, but also crassly characterized the
sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond
the call of duty.
When a candidate to serve as commander-in-chief so brazenly
dismisses the valor and reverence symbolized by the Medal of Honor,
I question whether they would discharge their responsibilities with the
seriousness and discernment necessary"
-- Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
"It isn’t a one-off insult of our Troops and our Veterans. It started when
he got out of Vietnam by lying about bone spurs, continued on when
he tried to kick Veteran vendors off of 5th Avenue, insulted John McCain,
insulted Gold Star Families, called our fallen suckers and losers, refused
to go to a military cemetery, told the military to stop having wounded
warriors perform at ceremonies because 'nobody wants to see that.'"
--VoteVets (endorsed Harris)
"There was nobody at the plane, and she 'A.I.'d' it, and showed a
massive 'crowd' of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST!"
DonOLD's latest "Fake News".
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