Trump's Latest Actions are Anti-Veteran & Unpatriotic

The hypocrisy of the right has been mind-blowing since President Trump took the oath when they blindly started supporting something that was an obvious and out-right lie, the size of his inauguration crowd.

But for many years the Republicans have pretended to have cornered the market on patriotism. It has been their calling card for many years. But those folks, much like evangelicals, have a lot of explaining to do when it comes to supporting this administration.

President Trump while he was a candidate attacked John McCain, a former POW.

Now look, I agree with very little when it comes to John McCain and policy. He's a Republican and I'm a Democrat. But regardless of his political affiliation, McCain is an American patriot. He was tortured at the hands of the Vietnamese for years as a POW. He refused to be released earlier than his compatriots. That alone, the willingness to endure captivity longer despite having the ability to leave, is the stuff that embodies selfless service.

Seriously, those guys made an American flag out of scraps of material, hid it from their captors and recited the pledge of allegiance at night. Regardless of our differences in policy, that is heroic and something we should all aspire to.

That is why it boggles the mind that Republicans have not only looked the other way, but are defending the Administration following remarks from a low-level staffer about Senator McCain's health.

In this country even dogs are afforded a certain level of empathy when they are suffering. We all look at people who can't show empathy toward a suffering animal with disdain. And yet this administration shows disdain towards not only a human being, but an American patriot.

Kelley Sadler still has a job and that is unconscionable.

The fact that the President of the United States hasn't fired her is unconscionable.

The fact that the right in this country hasn't pressured the President to fire her is unconscionable.

And the fact that the right is now actually defending the President for all of this is embarrassing.

You can't say you support our troops and sanction the actions of this administration.

But lets be honest about WHY the right is okay with Trump and his administration's views toward McCain.

It is precisely because it is said about John McCain.

The GOP does a lot of clucking while they are in the minority about bipartisanship. But when they are in the majority, bipartisanship is disdained.

McCain is the real deal, he really is "Country First".

Members of the GOP that show ANY type of bipartisanship are instantly vilified. Does John McCain's sacrifice and service to this country mean nothing to you people? The man can't raise his arms level because of the torture he endured for this country but you guys mock him?

What happened to the days when your party used to talk about how much character counts? Where is your patriotism? Where is your sense of dignity?

I'll tell you the minute the crazies on the right hi-jacked the Republican Party. It was October 10, 2008 at a town hall.



This is the moment that you can witness the last gasp of decency from the GOP. McCain had the courage to look at woman who was obviously an ignorant Fox News fed extremist, and one of his supporters, in the eye and tell her the truth.

And that was the end of his support in the GOP. That is when his own party turned on him.

Because he had the courage of his convictions.

I'm a Democrat and have no fondness toward the policy positions of my Republican friends. But even I can acknowledge that there was a time when character and patriotism used to mean something to the GOP.

Those days are gone, and its sad to see in the GOP.