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BY BRANDON CARTER - 05/18/17 08:51 AM EDT
... "Ive been worse treated than President Trump has, so lets be sure that we know about that," McCain said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
McCain was captured during the Vietnam War, tortured and held as a prisoner of war for more than five years ...
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/334012-mccain-knocks-trump-ive-been-treated-worse-than-him
mcar
(42,329 posts)ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Trump may rue the day he dissed McCain about being a POW.
TheBlackAdder
(28,193 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)Poor persecuted, maligned man
Boo-fucking-hoo.
TNLib
(1,819 posts)Lincoln who was assassinated
JFK who was assassinated
Garfield and McKinley who were also assassinated
Reagan who was shot
Skittles
(153,160 posts)FUCK THOSE SNOWFLAKES
BootinUp
(47,144 posts)dembotoz
(16,803 posts)despite his politics he deserves respect for that
Orsino
(37,428 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)democrank
(11,094 posts)I couldn't, in good conscience, compare what another politician has gone through to what McCain endured. I may not support him politically, but I honor his courage and his service to our country.
Initech
(100,070 posts)Thanks for playing the game, McCain! We have some lovely parting gifts for you courtesy of our sponsors, like the world's tiniest violin:
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MineralMan
(146,307 posts)"I prefer men who were not captured..." -DJ Trump