Trump insults with Purple Heart comment
The GOP nominee for POTUS has insulted a wide swath of Americans and foreigners in order to play to his radical base, and he has been alarmingly successful.
As someone who was awarded the Military Purple Heart in North Korea in 1952, I felt personally insulted when this person accepted a Purple Heart from a supporter and responded, in a lighthearted manner, by saying that he always wanted a Purple Heart. Well, if this candidate had not dodged the draft during the Vietnam War, it is very possible that he could have legitimately earned a Purple Heart, along with 200,000 Americans who were killed or wounded during that controversial war.
This inept, divisive, truly dangerous candidate should not and must not be elected to represent our nation.
Skip Hannon
Bradenton
This story was originally published September 8, 2016 at 3:22 PM with the headline "Trump insults with Purple Heart comment."