Khan to Trump: 'Put that Purple Heart back'
Source: CNN
Khizr Khan on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of dodging the Vietnam War draft, and said he shouldn't have accepted a Purple Heart given to him at a rally earlier in the day, deeming it the latest sign of his inability to empathize with parents of fallen soldiers.
"You dodged the draft," Khan, a Muslim whose son was slain in the Iraq War, said of Trump to CNN's Anderson Cooper. "Put that Purple Heart back on that person's chest."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/khizr-khan-donald-trump-purple-heart/index.html
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)I am loving this...GO, Khan, GO!!!
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)Sickening
mucifer
(23,565 posts)It was his. He earned it . If he wanted to give it to trump that's his to give.
But, trump's statement about what the Purple Heart is really is disrespectful.
Sand Rat Expat
(290 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Trump says avoiding STDs was his personal VN.
Dubya accepted a PH, from a veteran who earned it, for his time of troubles in the WH.
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)The man is such an idiot
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)tRump said (on the Howard Stern show) that avoiding VDs during the VN years was his own personal VN.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,592 posts)There was no acknowledgement of the sacrifice of the man who gave it to him, or what it means generally. Then he put it in his pocket and launched into his latest rant.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I'm sorry, but that right there just makes me absolutely sick.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)and instead might have said something like, "I am humbled that you offered this to me but I can't accept it because I didn't earn it - you did. It's an honor that belongs only to you."
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)government medal-ordering store.
I got a complete set of my dad's medals several years ago because most had been lost over the years. As replacements for family, they were free.
So "replica" isn't really the right think to call it. A spare, perhaps. Or a replacement.
Native
(5,943 posts)They said the veteran told Trump it was a copy when Trump asked if it was real, then Trump told the audience it wasn't a copy, that it was the real thing. He lies like he breathes.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)It's disrespectful to those who earned it for him to keep it as his own.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)he can give it to whomever he wants but for a CHICKEN HAWK to *ACCEPT* IT? DISGUSTING.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)f***ing clueless
Doodley
(9,124 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)It will sit in a forgotten drawer. Or sold on Craig's List to help repay Trump's "loan".
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Putin probably always wanted one, too.
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Native
(5,943 posts)tavernier
(12,400 posts)Republicans told John Kerry that Purple Hearts were silly and didn't mean anything. They mocked the soldiers who received them by wearing Purple Heart band aids at their convention.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)One photo of a woman, in particular, will always stay in my mind!! (I saw it here a few days ago, in fact)
You're making the mistake of trying to be logical-- repukes simply aren't
They can change (their) reality at will-- or think they can, anyway
Shape shifting grifters with guns.
Now there's a combination!
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)That's the one!! Though I've never seen the box of "Bland-Aids"
Whose those damn swift boat creeps did to Kerry was inexcusable
RapSoDee
(421 posts)She's probably a rabid supporter of #ComradeTrump & the other Republican Chickenhawks.
Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)Repulsive outside and inside.
I nearly wanted to puke the first time I saw that pic.
I hope she's living an empty, highly-unfulfilled life in a tar-paper shack somewhere in East Bumfuck. I hope worms and beetles are the only attendees at her funeral.
ffr
(22,671 posts)graciously refused.
It's not an investment. He didn't earn it. It has no value to him. Thank your supporter for the generous offer and his service, but graciously decline. Don't come and say you've always wanted one and this is the easy way to get one. WTF!! No soul this man.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)not to "regift" medals to anyone except family.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)KHAAAANNN!
This man is a true American.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)from the rooftops. The only thing Trump can do with it that wouldn't be stolen valor is hunch down, alone in the darkness, and talk to his preciousss...
SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)Trump is an idiot.
The CCC
(463 posts)Tammy Duckworth earned hers the hard way.
https://twitter.com/TammyforIL
Hulk
(6,699 posts)This is an insult to EVERY soldier who earned that heavy medal. Shame on that bastard for playing lightly for what we hold so dear. I hope Karma comes back and dumps right on his head for the rest of his days.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)And didn't dumdum cavalierly say, "I got one the easy way."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)how dare he accept an honor that he never earned and went out of his way to avoid being exposed to? GRRR!!
RapSoDee
(421 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)but chicken hawk Trump?