Gold Star Parents vs An Actual Loser
Today VoteVets will air an ad featuring Gold Star families calling out Donald Trump for his disrespect towards to the military and the ultimate sacrifice many Americans have paid. Predictably, MAGA is mad because they hate being faced with the reality of who their cult leader is. You can watch the ad here.
Representative Brian Mast of Florida is especially upset. In a statement he said “…it cites a refuted claim debunked by senior officials who were in the room years ago.” The thing is, Trump didn’t only say this one time. There are authoritative accounts of him saying it multiple times in different settings.
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