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Let’s be clear about this: The presidential campaign of Donald Trump is a test of character for our Republican leaders. Are they willing to speak out and stand up for the principles and ideals on which this nation was founded, or will they cower in silence while the leader of their party sullies the flag and trashes the Constitution?
“It is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that David Young and Rod Blum have both failed their test of character,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “If they can’t stand up to a bully when he attacks Gold Star Families, how will they stand up to Trump if he becomes president? Young and Blum’s inability to muster even a modest amount of courage should be disqualifying.”
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Editorial: Trump represents a test of character for Iowa GOP
Des Moines Register
No successful American politician has ever tried to win public support by minimizing the sacrifices of U.S. servicemen or by denigrating their families.
The exception, of course, is Donald Trump.
Last year, Trump had the effrontery to question the war-time heroism of Sen. John McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war. In Trump’s words, McCain was “not a war hero” because he was captured. “I like people that weren’t captured,” he said.
Now Trump is questioning the behavior of the Muslim-American parents of an Army soldier who 12 years ago was killed in Iraq in a selfless act of courage that saved his fellow troops from injury.
Trump’s comments displayed more than the profound ignorance we’ve all come to expect from him. They demonstrated a callous disregard for a military family’s grief and displayed a disturbing, narcissistic view of the world. One can only shudder at the thought of President Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office and calling the parents of American soldiers killed in combat. Would he attempt to show empathy by comparing the families’ sacrifice to his financial success in the world of business?
Let’s be clear about this: The presidential campaign of Donald Trump is a test of character for our Republican leaders. Are they willing to speak out and stand up for the principles and ideals on which this nation was founded, or will they cower in silence while the leader of their party sullies the flag and trashes the Constitution?