Veterans on Trump’s fundraiser: ‘He doesn’t

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Graham Platner, a Marine who fought in the battle of Ramadi, thinks that Trump is playing the part of “patriotic culture warrior” and thinks that Trump’s “knee-jerk patriotism” plays directly to his base.

“We know that he doesn’t give a damn about vets either way. His absurd comments about [Sen.] John McCain and his own military prep school experience illuminate that,” said Platner, referring to Trump’s disparaging comments about McCain that Trump preferred “people who weren’t captured.”

Echoing Platner, combat-wounded Army veteran J.R. Salzman noted that Trump is just another political candidate who has offered veterans little more than lip service.

“Veterans have come to expect two things during election season: being used as political props, and empty promises,” Salzman said. “Our perpetually incompetent VA health system is proof of those empty promises.”

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