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The Trump campaign then released the statement signed by family members of 7 of the 13 U.S. troops killed by a suicide bombing at Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago.
The statement spoke of the heroism of the troops killed at Abbey Gate, and the grief that the family members have felt in the three years since their loved ones were killed. But it also sought to blame Ms. Harris for the politicization of the cemetery, asserting that it was the vice president who had “disgracefully twisted” Mr. Trump’s visit “into a political ploy,” and effusively praised Mr. Trump’s leadership, with the family members of the troops asserting that “if he were still commander in chief, our children would be alive today.”
ffs
Trump set the deadline for the withdrawal and his administration was responsible for a lot of the planning, even if it did ultimately end up under the next President.
I'm sure that timing wasn't at all politically motivated to make Biden look bad./s
Anyone who would consent to being coined a 'gold star family' are the same people who would use the term to get a free appetizer with the purchase of a 'premium' entree at applebee's.
It's like when the CO's spouse wants to be called by their partner's rank. GTFO here with that shit.
Your family member gambled their life for the g.i. bill and a shot at a decent pension, they lost fighting a bullshit war, go cry into your busch light.
Those are a lot of assumptions and generalizations about a very broad group of people. How does recognizing a family's loss relate to a spouse wanting a title they haven't earned? Feel free to keep any dumb opinions to yourself.
So their response to being accused of politicizing a graveyard is..."no you're politicizing it?"
Why is it always 3rd grade level stupidity?
Because conservative republicans. Not that I've met any other type.