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Fri Oct 9, 2020, 07:14 PM Oct 2020

Former Marine and Congressional Candidate Says Trump Would've 'Flunked Out Immediately'

After President's Gold Star Families Comments

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Newsweek logoFormer Marine and Congressional Candidate Says Trump Would've 'Flunked Out Immediately' After President's Gold Star Families Comments

Former Marine and current Democratic congressional candidate Jake Auchincloss said President Donald Trump would have "flunked out immediately" of Marine Corps during basic training as a response to the president's handling of coronavirus and past denigrating comments towards veteran families.

On Friday afternoon, Auchincloss joined former Missouri Secretary of State and Afghanistan veteran Jason Kander, congressional candidate and Air Force veteran Col. Moe Davis and Vets for Biden Chief of Staff and former Marine Claire Russo in a press conference to discuss Trump's comments on veterans and their families in light of the president's statements that he may have gotten the coronavirus during an event for Gold Star families.

The four participating veterans highlighted the president's pattern in denigrating the military, referencing Trump mocking John McCain as a prisoner of war, The Atlantic article detailing Trump dismissing fallen American veterans as "losers" and "suckers," and the disrespectful comments the president made towards the late Army Captain Humayun Khan's family—a Gold Star family—in 2016.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-marine-and-congressional-candidate-says-trump-wouldve-flunked-out-immediately-after-presidents-gold-star-families-comments/ar-BB19S7u9?li=BBnbfcL
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Former Marine and Congressional Candidate Says Trump Would've 'Flunked Out Immediately' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 OP
Thank You for posting,The Vets showed that Trump cares nothing about Vets.,Good Read.K&R Stuart G Oct 2020 #1
KR Cha Oct 2020 #2
More Davis has inched ahead of the uneducated Nazi Madison Cawthorn blm Oct 2020 #3
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