McCain hits Trump where it hurts, attacking ‘bone spur’ deferments in Vietnam

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TONIGHT - @SenJohnMcCain talks about the Vietnam War's legacy on C-SPAN, at 6 & 10pm ET.

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After a week in which President Trump endured not-so-veiled criticisms from his two predecessors as president and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), McCain delivered another broadside that seems clearly aimed at Trump — in the most personal terms yet.

McCain, whose status as a war hero Trump publicly and controversially doubted as a 2016 presidential candidate, appeared to retaliate in kind against the president in a C-SPAN interview about the Vietnam War airing Sunday night. In the interview, McCain pointed to wealthy Americans who were able to get out of being drafted into service in the conflict in which he spent years as a prisoner of war. And he pointed to a very specific type of deferment which Trump just happened to use.

“One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest-income level of America, and the highest-income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur,” McCain said. “That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.”

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

That’s funny.  

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

23 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

That’s funny.  

What part?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

His sly way of getting back at Trump for the remarks about his service.  

[ILikeBread 43]

Can't wait for Trump tweet response. Too bad it's too early for popcorn. 

[natty bumppo 297]

speaking of tweets ... songbird is at it again?

[eieio 1,594]

1 hour ago, natty bumppo said:

speaking of tweets ... songbird is at it again?

Yea….he is chirping away.  

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

22 hours ago, IDWAF said:

His sly way of getting back at Trump for the remarks about his service.  

Or his not so sly way of calling Trump a rich draft dodger, albeit a legal one.