‘Disgraceful’: Trump Gets Savaged on Twitter––Especially by Conservatives––over McCain Comment
To say that Donald Trump has crossed a line would be to assume that he hasn’t done so in the past. But this time, he went too far for a lot of people––conservatives especially––with his comments about John McCain.
Trump––who didn’t serve in Vietnam and got draft deferments––attacked John McCain today over, of all things, the fact that he is considered a war hero.
McCain, for those who don’t know, was shot down over Hanoi, captured as a prison of war, and tortured while in captivity. If you want McCain’s full accounting of what he went through, read this. Today Trump, after calling McCain a “loser,” actually said, “He’s a war hero ’cause he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.”
Well, that pretty much crossed the line for a LOT of people, including his own Republican presidential rivals and conservative writers and pundits on Twitter.
Here’s a lot of what people had to say:
John McCain is an American hero. I have nothing but respect for his service to our country.
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 18, 2015
After Donald Trump spends six years in a POW camp, he can weigh in on John McCain's service
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 18, 2015
.@ScottWalker in Sioux City: "I just want to be clear, @SenJohnMcCain is an American hero."
— Tom Evenson (@TomEvenson) July 18, 2015
.@SenJohnMcCain is an American hero & all POW's deserve our nation's highest debt of gratitude. @realDonaldTrump's comments are disgraceful.
— Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) July 18, 2015
.@SenJohnMcCain is an American hero, period.
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) July 18, 2015
.@SenJohnMcCain, like every other POW, went through hell & has earned our respect & gratitude
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 18, 2015
If there was ever any doubt that @realDonaldTrump should not be our commander in chief, this stupid statement should end all doubt.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 18, 2015
If there was ever any doubt that he should not be #GOP standard bearer, his growing mountain of stupid statements should end all doubt.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 18, 2015
Enough with the slanderous attacks. @SenJohnMcCain and all our veterans – particularly POWs have earned our respect and admiration.
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) July 18, 2015
America’s POWs deserve much better than to have their service questioned by the offensive rantings of Donald Trump
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 18, 2015
I don't always see eye to eye with @SenJohnMcCain. But I honor his service and the sacrifices he made for our country.
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 18, 2015
I know @SenJohnMcCain. Senator John McCain is an American hero. Period. Stop.
— Chris Christie (@ChrisChristie) July 18, 2015
— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) July 18, 2015
.@SenJohnMcCain served w honor&courage-proud to call him a friend. GOP voters deserve better than outrageous statements & personal attacks.
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) July 18, 2015
.@RealDonaldTrump idiotic remarks would be shocking coming from anyone else. @SenJohnMcCain & POW heroes in line for the Trump Apology tour.
— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) July 18, 2015
The difference between @SenJohnMcCain and @realDonaldTrump: Trump shot himself down. McCain and American veterans are true heroes.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) July 18, 2015
Trump is a complete and utter disgrace. An embarrassment to humanity. https://t.co/z49JWj9ITD
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) July 18, 2015
Advice to @realDonaldTrump: Apologize for this pronto. Otherwise beginning of end.
Trump Attacks McCain for Being POW
http://t.co/0goAc6mHb8
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 18, 2015
My arguments w/ @SenJohnMcCain are many and public, but always respectful and begun w/ "Sen McCain is a great American…"
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) July 18, 2015
I cannot conceive of any American not honoring his sacrifice and courage, even if he is wrong 50% of the time on bills/issues/arguments
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) July 18, 2015
Saying John McCain is a terrible Senator does not give you license to attack his service to the country in the military.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 18, 2015
Even ppl like me who are sick of McCain recognize a piece-of-shit argument made by a piece of shit when they see it. https://t.co/G3JZHdGXSz
— Jeff B@AoSHQDD (@EsotericCD) July 18, 2015
How many nights do you think Trump would've endured in Hanoi Hilton before selling out his fellow POWs? Guess: one. https://t.co/G3JZHdGXSz
— Jeff B@AoSHQDD (@EsotericCD) July 18, 2015
If Trump had been captured in 'Nam & sent to the Hanoi Hilton, by God he would have made it the classiest, most elegant Hilton in the world.
— Jeff B@AoSHQDD (@EsotericCD) July 18, 2015
Trump is a sandwich hero https://t.co/962eWQYeNp
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) July 18, 2015
No, @SenJohnMcCain is a hero because he put on the uniform and flew into danger in service to our nation. For shame. https://t.co/lz2wQlvyMV
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) July 18, 2015
Nah. He likes winners. https://t.co/dCzJaK7sk6
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) July 18, 2015
He feels this way about all POWs, presumably pic.twitter.com/PeV9OObgUz
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 18, 2015
Reminder: The Vietnamese offered to release McCain because he was an admiral’s son. He refused. http://t.co/EIbhZJoMvT
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 18, 2015
[Patrick] I say this as a right-leaning Libertarian, not a Republican, but friendly enough: May this be Donald Trump's Gawker moment.
— Popehat (@Popehat) July 18, 2015
This is what happens when "telling it like it is" becomes your raison d'être. Live by the unexpurgated snarky quip, die by the snarky quip.
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) July 18, 2015
Disgusting."@philiprucker:Wow.Trump tears into McCain in Iowa."He’s a war hero because he was captured.I like people that weren’t captured.”
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) July 18, 2015
.@SenJohnMcCain is an American hero because he served his country and sacrificed more than most can imagine. Period.
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) July 18, 2015
MORE – on @SenJohnMcCain There is no place in our party or our country for comments that disparage those who have served honorably,
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) July 18, 2015
Gimme a break. @realDonaldTrump says @SenJohnMcCain is not a war hero? Let's just say if I'm ever in a foxhole I'd rather be with John
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) July 18, 2015
And when McCain’s daughter found out…
I can't believe what I am reading this morning. Horrified. Disgusted. There are no words.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 18, 2015
Montel Williams even made a video for Trump and said on Facebook, “For a guy who claims he’ll be the best military president ever, he sure has no respect for those who sacrificed most”:
Oh, and that’s not even including the rampant mockery:
Maybe Donald Trump is the Three Wolf Moon t-shirt of American politics.
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) July 18, 2015
Trump on Helen Keller: “She's a hero because she was blind and deaf. I like people that aren't blind and deaf.”
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) July 18, 2015
Trump on Martin Luther King Jr: "He's a hero because he was assassinated. I like people that aren't assassinated."
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) July 18, 2015
Maybe to up the ante now Trump can go to Walter Reed and tell some soldiers missing limbs what "losers" they are for getting hit by IEDs.
— John Schindler (@20committee) July 18, 2015
Donald Trump prefers to admire presidents that didn't get assassinated. Not like those losers who couldn't dodge a bullet.
— Douglas Hunter (@DWHauthor) July 18, 2015
AIDE: Mr. President, we're sending in Marines to rescue the soldiers captured by ISIS.
TRUMP: no, leave em. they're haters & losers.
— Ethan Booker (@Ethan_Booker) July 18, 2015
You can see what Trump said here, via C-SPAN:
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