(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Questions, Questions!! I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MAGA LAND!!! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-08-30 They’re strange creatures, aren’t they, these MAGA types. So charming in their demeanor: Why, they EPITOMIZE family values! And so very reasonable and easy to talk to! So I’m not saying that asking questions of them will do anything to change them. But the questions might change someone who ISN’T one of them, someone who might be on the fence and who ISN’T hardcore MAGA. I’ll let Jo from Jersey (https://x.com/JoJoFromJerz) start the fun: Dear Ma & Pa MAGA, You say that Donald Trump “loves our troops. ”So, once again, I want to know why that is. Is it because he received 5 deferments (for a fake medical condition) from the draft during the Vietnam War? Is it because he demeaned a POW, attacked a Gold Star family and told a military widow that her deceased husband “knew what he had signed up for. ”Was it the time he downplayed the traumatic head injuries suffered by our troops after a missile attack as “not real” because they weren’t ‘missing hands and limbs.’ Is it due to all the years he tried to slash benefits for our veterans, the time he said he didn’t want to be seen with war-wounded amputees and to keep them forever out of his sight, or the time he called our fallen heroes of war “suckers” and “losers”? Was it the time he skipped an event in France honoring our Marines because it was raining? Is it the all the times he called our military leaders “dumb” and “overrated” while calling terrorists like the Taliban & Hezbollah “very smart”? Was it the time he demanded the flags after McCain’s death be returned to full mast, or the time he demanded that a ship bearing his name be blocked from view? Was it when he stole, hid and lied about our national security secrets, potentially imperiling countless men & women in uniform all over the world? Or was it when he suggested that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff deserved to be executed? Maybe it was when he asked Gen. John Kelly (who lost his son in combat), why anyone would sign up for service because as far as he saw it, there was “nothing in it for them.” Perhaps it was hearing him say that as President he would allow our adversary to attack the same allies this county’s Greatest Generation fought beside and died defending? Or was it when he insulted Nikki Haley’s husband for currently serving our country overseas? Was it when he said the Medal of Freedom he gave to his rich donors was “much better” than the Medal of Honor because the recipients of that honor are “in bad shape or dead.” Or was it when he insisted on using the sacred shrine that is Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place for more than 400,000 veterans and their families, as a photo op for his campaign despite the fact that he wasn’t allowed to do so and officials there were attacked by his staff for trying to stop him? Which of those things was it that made you believe he loved our troops? Which one? Because for the life of me, I can’t figure it out, and I’d really love to know. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/30/2266924/-Questions-Questions-I-HAVE-QUESTIONS-FOR-MAGA-LAND?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/