plus, the rediscovery of Ed Markey
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Joe Biden: Trump’s military comments are ‘sick,’ ‘deplorable,’ ‘un-American’ |
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Democratic nominee Joe Biden issued a fiery response Friday afternoon to recent reports that President Donald Trump disparaged fallen World War I soldiers as “suckers” and “losers,” along with his well-documented jabs against veterans and military family members.
“I am always cautioned not to lose my temper. This may be as close as I’ve come this campaign,” Biden said during an address in Wilmington, Delaware.
Biden called Trump’s words “deplorable,” and mentioned his own deceased son, Beau, whose political career overlapped with his military service.
“When my son was an assistant U.S. Attorney and he volunteered to go to Kosovo while the war was going on, as a civilian, he wasn’t a sucker,” Biden said.
“When my son volunteered and joined the United States military as the attorney general and went to Iraq for a year and won the Bronze Star and other commendations, he wasn’t a sucker. The servicemen and women he served with, particularly those who did not come home, were not losers.”
The Atlantic reported in a story on Thursday that Trump called 1,800 deceased American soldiers “suckers” for getting killed. Sources told The Atlantic that when Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he asked why he would want to go to a cemetery “filled with losers.” The Associated Press, Washington Post and Fox News confirmed details of The Atlantic’s piece.
Trump on Friday denied said allegations, calling it a “fake story.” |
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 | WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING | Sen. Tammy Duckworth slammed President Trump on Friday for reportedly referring to American service members who’d died in World War I as “losers” and “suckers” while in France in 2018. “I am not shocked, but I am appalled,” Duckworth said. | |
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Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican, defended the 17-year-old accused of killing two protestors and injuring a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last week. | |
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Republican House candidate and QAnon follower Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a photo of herself holding a rifle next to images of Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.). | |
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