Khizr Khan, father of 27-year-old Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was awarded a Bronze star following his death in 2004 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, speaks about Trump's obscene stunt of staging a political photo-op in the cemetery:
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SufferForMe 🆘replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Put it all together and what you have is a man who wants to utilise and mobilise armed forces who he considers losers to serve his own ends.
If you are serving in the military think about that for a moment.
Trump thinks you're a loser but he would have no hesitation demanding you serve him, potentially by killing your fellow citizens. But if you die in the process, he won't care one bit.
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Kaysee Coloradoreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Who are all the people in the photo with Trump? They are all smiling with thumbs up too. Is that his staff?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"The fascist overtones from the Arlington National Cemetery incident are unmistakeable: a presidential campaign run like a gang, with enforcers shoving aside a public servant enforcing the rules and a mob of millions of supporters with a track record of doxxing, harassing, intimidating, & threatening anyone who gets in their candidate’s way, all the while being egged on by the candidate himself."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #military #veterans
/12Cemetery Staffer Declines To Press Charges For Fear Of Retaliation
INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Jack Smith ... Kamala Harris
(morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"You can’t blame the cemetery official for declining to press charges rather than put herself in the line of fire for continued and unending abuse. She didn’t sign up for that. She’s already been baselessly accused by the Trump campaign of having a 'mental health episode,' being 'despicable' and a 'disgrace,' and not deserving to have her job."
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"The erosion of any kind of strong, unified, national, countervailing force to Trump’s public bullying and nastiness only enables and emboldens the thuggery that is central to his appeal and that he has already notoriously used on Jan. 6 to try to retain power."
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans #bullying #thuggery #fascism
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Kaysee Colorado last edited by
@KayseeColorado I had thought they're a mix of some of the families who invited him to their family members' graves for this photo-op event and of his staff.
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FallsMom 🟦 🤖 🌻🌴🥥replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to SufferForMe 🆘 last edited by
@sufferforme "Put it all together and what you have is a man who wants to utilise and mobilise armed forces who he considers losers to serve his own ends."
Excellent. You put your finger on a very important point there.
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Ken Larsonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I totally agree with your posts on this fiend of an ex president.
However, I wish social media, the press and many other venues of expression today would understand the following:
THE SHEER VOLUME of bytes you are offering is the biggest MAGA phone for this man that exists. He and his base have thrived on it for a decade.
Consider a vision of absolute silence regarding this man, and astonished looks on the faces of 47% of America losing a daily dose of hate.
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MamiyaMan 🇨🇦 🇺🇦replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy DonOld is a very special boy.
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BeeCyclingreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Has he ever issued an apology for anything? Like that time a bunch of people attending one of his rallies were left stranded far from their cars, because the bus company that took them to the rally earlier in the evening pulled all their vehicles out as they had still not been paid. Any apology to them for that? (And was that company ever paid? Probably not.)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to BeeCycling last edited by
@beecycling I think his self-image, his cherished view of himself as a dominant, macho man, precludes every saying he's sorry. What a burden to go through life that way!
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to MamiyaMan 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 last edited by
@mamiyaman Yes, can say that again!
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Ken Larson last edited by
@Smalltofeds I liked the point with which Tim Miller began his video commentary today:
We cannot refuse to talk about him and what he's doing. We absolutely have to talk about him and what he's doing.
Silent complicity paved the way for Hitler.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to FallsMom 🟦 🤖 🌻🌴🥥 last edited by
@FallsMom Indeed.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"There's something fundamentally broken about Donald Trump, and it was on full display during his recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery. ...
This is where Trump's moral failing becomes most apparent. It's not just that he and his campaign were willing to break the law for a photo op; it's that they were so quick to vilify anyone who stood in their way."
~ Parker Molloy
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
/15Trump's Arlington Disgrace Reveals a Deeper Moral Failure
PLUS: Harris/Walz sit down for their first interview since the DNC
(www.readtpa.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"The Arlington employee's fear of retaliation wasn't unfounded — it was a reminder of how Trump's influence has twisted the public discourse, where those who uphold the rules are the ones who end up under attack."
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Today, it became known that the family of Army Master Sergeant Andrew Marckesano, a soldier buried next to the grave behind which Trump posed, told the New York Times that they had not given permission for Trump and his campaign to film his gravesite, which appeared in photographs and videos of Trump."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
/17Trump manages to disrespect both veterans and women as Arlington visit blows up his campaign
There are lots of places in Washington D.C.
(luciantruscott.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"'The Trump campaign staffers did not adhere to the rules that were set in place for this visit to Staff Sergeant Hoover’s gravesite in Section 60, which lays directly next to my brother’s grave,' Marckesano’s sister Michelle told the Times in a statement. Master Sergeant Marckesano served six tours in Afghanistan over the 20-year duration of that war, and died by his own hand in 2020 after a long battle with PTSD."
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
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Philip Cardellareplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy the thing is, I'm guessing it comes out who she is and she gets that treatment anyway.
I hope not.
At the same time it's understandable and yet terrifying.