Post by ferris1248 on Aug 18, 2024 9:32:28 GMT -5
It's been referenced elsewhere but it needs it's space. And people continue to rationalize Trump's remarks.
"Veterans of Foreign Wars commander Al Lipphardt has slammed Donald Trump for "asinine" comments he made about the Medal of Honor award."
"At a campaign event in New Jersey on Thursday, Trump sparked fury after he said the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a "better" award than the Defense Department's Medal of Honor, which is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves "through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty."
"It's the equivalent of the congressional Medal of Honor," Trump said of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "But the civilian version, it's actually much better because everyone that gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers."
"They're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead," he said. "
"The Veterans of Foreign Wars group blasted Trump for his comments, calling them "asinine."
"These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our nation's highest award for valor, but also crassly characterizes the sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty," Lipphardt said in a statement posted on the group's website."
"When a candidate to serve as our military's commander-in-chief so brazenly dismisses the valor and reverence symbolized by the Medal of Honor and those who have earned it, I must question whether they would discharge their responsibilities to our men and women in uniform with the seriousness and discernment necessary for such a powerful position," Lipphardt wrote."
"The 3,519 recipients of the congressional Medal of Honor include Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, who was awarded the honor in posthumously in 2021 after he died from burn wounds suffered in 2005 while attempting to save six fellow soldiers trapped in a burning vehicle following a roadside bomb attack in Iraq."
"Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Ramos echoed Groberg's assessment, telling CBS: "Cashe knew the danger in his attempts to rescue his fellow soldiers and absolutely cannot be placed in the same category of a civilian award."
"It dishonors his memory as a hero, but also devalues the Medal of Honor coming from someone hoping to be the commander-in-chief of our armed forces again."
"Trump previously sparked backlash when he made fun of former Senator John McCain for being captured by enemy forces during the Vietnam war."
"McCain was "only a war hero because he was captured" during the Vietnam War, Trump said in 2015, adding: "I like people that weren't captured, OK?"
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/donald-trump-s-asinine-comments-criticized-by-veterans-of-foreign-wars/ar-AA1oXK6c?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=u531&cvid=c704505d7ec546c2a1e40549ead18576&ei=21
"Veterans of Foreign Wars commander Al Lipphardt has slammed Donald Trump for "asinine" comments he made about the Medal of Honor award."
"At a campaign event in New Jersey on Thursday, Trump sparked fury after he said the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a "better" award than the Defense Department's Medal of Honor, which is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves "through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty."
"It's the equivalent of the congressional Medal of Honor," Trump said of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "But the civilian version, it's actually much better because everyone that gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers."
"They're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead," he said. "
"The Veterans of Foreign Wars group blasted Trump for his comments, calling them "asinine."
"These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our nation's highest award for valor, but also crassly characterizes the sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty," Lipphardt said in a statement posted on the group's website."
"When a candidate to serve as our military's commander-in-chief so brazenly dismisses the valor and reverence symbolized by the Medal of Honor and those who have earned it, I must question whether they would discharge their responsibilities to our men and women in uniform with the seriousness and discernment necessary for such a powerful position," Lipphardt wrote."
"The 3,519 recipients of the congressional Medal of Honor include Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, who was awarded the honor in posthumously in 2021 after he died from burn wounds suffered in 2005 while attempting to save six fellow soldiers trapped in a burning vehicle following a roadside bomb attack in Iraq."
"Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Ramos echoed Groberg's assessment, telling CBS: "Cashe knew the danger in his attempts to rescue his fellow soldiers and absolutely cannot be placed in the same category of a civilian award."
"It dishonors his memory as a hero, but also devalues the Medal of Honor coming from someone hoping to be the commander-in-chief of our armed forces again."
"Trump previously sparked backlash when he made fun of former Senator John McCain for being captured by enemy forces during the Vietnam war."
"McCain was "only a war hero because he was captured" during the Vietnam War, Trump said in 2015, adding: "I like people that weren't captured, OK?"
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/donald-trump-s-asinine-comments-criticized-by-veterans-of-foreign-wars/ar-AA1oXK6c?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=u531&cvid=c704505d7ec546c2a1e40549ead18576&ei=21
