VoteVets Says Trump “Hates Veterans,” as He Continues to Belittle Their Sacrifice

WASHINGTON, DC – In a stunning statement, yesterday, Donald Trump claimed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, often given to celebrities, is “better” than the Congressional Medal of Honor, because “everyone who gets the Congressional Medal, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead.”

In response, VoteVets posted the following response on its social media channels, on behalf of its over 1.5 million supporters, including Veterans, Military Families and their civilian supporters:

“It isn’t a one-off insult of our Troops and our Veterans. It started when he got out of Vietnam by lying about bone spurs, continued on when he tried to kick Veteran vendors off of 5th Avenue, insulted John McCain, insulted Gold Star Families, called our fallen suckers and losers, refused to go to a military cemetery, told the military to stop having wounded warriors perform at ceremonies because “nobody wants to see that.” It isn’t just that Donald Trump doesn’t respect Veterans and their sacrifice. It’s that Donald Trump hates Veterans and their sacrifice, because he looks so small in comparison to them.”