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Those statements fall short of the demand for an apology that Democrats are clamoring for, but it’s more than has been said by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and this area’s lone House Republican, Rod Blum. Neither has responded to media requests for comment. That’s disappointing.
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EDITORIAL A new low, even for Trump
Telegraph Herald
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Even for a master of outrageous, insulting and mocking comments, Donald Trump achieved another new low with his attack on a Gold Star family who are Muslim.
A year ago, Trump was just one of a gaggle of Republicans hoping to become the GOP standard-bearer when he mocked and insulted John McCain, long-time U.S. senator and the party’s 2008 nominee. McCain is also a decorated military veteran. As a Navy pilot serving in Vietnam, McCain was shot down and repeatedly tortured during the five-plus years he was a prisoner of war. Yet, despite incarceration and torture, he did not crack.
Nonetheless, Trump said of McCain, “He’s not a war hero.” The beneficiary of draft deferments during Vietnam, Trump added, “I like people that weren’t captured.” He backed off that slightly, later allowing that “perhaps” McCain met his standard for hero status.
Mocking an American hero represented a new low in modern presidential campaigns. However, now Trump has gone lower.
Those statements fall short of the demand for an apology that Democrats are clamoring for, but it’s more than has been said by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and this area’s lone House Republican, Rod Blum. Neither has responded to media requests for comment. That’s disappointing.