Quote:http://www.bustle.com/articles/176481-11...-the-medal

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/natio...story.html

 

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/30/t...diers.html

 

The point is there isnt a percentage point of veterans who disagree with Trmup's message, they exist. 

 

 

Thanks for the sources. The percentage point matters though, because that is what determines the overall feeling of the statements (and votes). If there isn't a percentage point though, we will have to wait for poll numbers on veterans. There were plenty veterans who disagreed with Trump even before this, and there are those who agree with him after. If he incurs a significant drop in veteran voter support, then his comments were a mistake.

 

For example, the Navy Seal who shot and killed Osama Bin Laden disagrees with Mr. Khan and his position/statements:

 

"O'NEILL: ISIS is saying regardless of Mr. Khan the elder saying it's a religion of peace, they are laughing at him saying, 'it's not a religion of peace and your son died an apostate,' who is a non-believer, an infidel. An apostate is a better way to say it...


Mr. Khan should be saying what can we do to defeat this. He is a Muslim, Pakistani born, and all the work that he's done in Saudi Arabia especially with bringing in migrants. We should be using people like Mr. Khan to how are we going to defeat radical Islam rather than yelling at each other back and forth.


LOU DOBBS: But that isn't what he is focusing on unfortunately.


It is unfortunate. They shouldn't be politicizing it. And there was no mistake he came out for the Clintons. He's worked for the Clintons before and there have been three presidential elections since his son was killed. They could have come out for -- this is one he decided to come out for.


This is part of the Clinton machine. There's no mistake that Mr. Trump was interviewed by George Stephanopoulos. He's in the Clinton camp as well and this is how Clinton politics work as opposed to going on Hillary's record we're just going to how bad you are. "

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L_zxixdL2E

 

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2...chine.html

 

This is more about the Khan statement than the Purple Heart event, but the sentiment is the same.

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