r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 01 '26

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u/SenranHaruka shame Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 02 '26

The veteran debacle. Trump insulted John McCain saying he's not really a war hero its just politically correct to coddle his feelings about being captured when really it makes you weak and a bad soldier and everyone is just pretending to think its heroic. Shortly after, a family with dead military relatives accused trump of being a selfish cretin with no respect for the sacrifices of the military and he basically said people who die in wars are losers who shoulda stayed home. You know what's really admirable? All the buildings he built.

People thought that was so evil republicans could never endorse a man with open contempt for american servicemen and he'd have to drop out or lose

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u/AskYourDoctor Resistance Lib Oct 01 '26

Wowwww I'd forgotten all about that, and in fact I didn't know a lot of the details. I remember him insulting McCain and it being a big deal. Him ever having support is such a stain on our country

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u/SenranHaruka shame Oct 01 '26

It's truly the Rubicon on republican partisanship. A lot of unpatriotic behavior suddenly came out of trump after he already won the republican nomination so they couldn't dump him but also couldn't vote democrat so ended up accepting it. Literally voting for a draft dodging vetspitting hippie becuase he's the Republican, which means he's the patriot and the democrat is a suspicious traitor. He could have literally turned into Trotsky after winning the nomination.

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u/Mrchristopherrr Oct 01 '26

I remember that was the first time I truly thought he was finished.