Khan to Trump: 'Put that Purple Heart back'

[Native]

Source: CNN

Khizr Khan on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of dodging the Vietnam War draft, and said he shouldn't have accepted a Purple Heart given to him at a rally earlier in the day, deeming it the latest sign of his inability to empathize with parents of fallen soldiers.

"You dodged the draft," Khan, a Muslim whose son was slain in the Iraq War, said of Trump to CNN's Anderson Cooper. "Put that Purple Heart back on that person's chest."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/khizr-khan-donald-trump-purple-heart/index.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Oh Jesus! Give that good man a cabinet posiition!

[AgadorSparticus]

14. I so agree. Mr. Khan has been nothing but a breath of fresh air.

I am loving this...GO, Khan, GO!!!

[JenniferJuniper]

2. Completely shameful that he actually took that metal from the veteran

Sickening

[mucifer]

4. I kinda disagree. It belonged to the veteran.

It was his. He earned it . If he wanted to give it to trump that's his to give.

But, trump's statement about what the Purple Heart is really is disrespectful.

[Sand Rat Expat]

5. Didn't he say he always wanted to earn one or something like that? NT

[keithbvadu2]

10. Trump probably wanted to get one but not to earn one.

Trump says avoiding STDs was his personal VN.

Dubya accepted a PH, from a veteran who earned it, for his time of troubles in the WH.

[nadine_mn]

23. Wait ... You can't get a Purple Heart for syphilis?

The man is such an idiot

[awoke_in_2003]

28. No, you can't

tRump said (on the Howard Stern show) that avoiding VDs during the VN years was his own personal VN.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

26. He said he always wanted one, and this (just being handed it) was easier

There was no acknowledgement of the sacrifice of the man who gave it to him, or what it means generally. Then he put it in his pocket and launched into his latest rant.

[smirkymonkey]

36. God, he is such a thoroughly disgusting, selfish person!

I'm sorry, but that right there just makes me absolutely sick.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. But an honorable person wouldn't have accepted it,

and instead might have said something like, "I am humbled that you offered this to me but I can't accept it because I didn't earn it - you did. It's an honor that belongs only to you."

[leftofcool]

9. I think I heard it was a replica, not the real one.

[kestrel91316]

11. All medals - originals and replacements - come from the same

government medal-ordering store.

I got a complete set of my dad's medals several years ago because most had been lost over the years. As replacements for family, they were free.

So "replica" isn't really the right think to call it. A spare, perhaps. Or a replacement.

[Native]

31. Yes, it was a copy. Another lie of Trump's per MSNBC'S Bloomberg show.

They said the veteran told Trump it was a copy when Trump asked if it was real, then Trump told the audience it wasn't a copy, that it was the real thing. He lies like he breathes.

[Chemisse]

12. An honorable man would have refused to accept it.

It's disrespectful to those who earned it for him to keep it as his own.

[Skittles]

20. ...............

he can give it to whomever he wants but for a CHICKEN HAWK to *ACCEPT* IT? DISGUSTING.

[Kablooie]

24. The point is that if Trump understood the meaning he would not have accepted it.

[Skittles]

41. reminds me of the people who say HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

f***ing clueless

[Doodley]

3. I want to give Khizr Khan a medal. He stood up to Trump unlike spineless Paul Ryan and colleagues.

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. After the election

It will sit in a forgotten drawer. Or sold on Craig's List to help repay Trump's "loan".

[Beartracks]

7. Re-gifted to Putin.

Putin probably always wanted one, too.

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[Native]

32. He'll probably have it framed and added to that wall in his office dedicated to honoring himself.

[tavernier]

13. Why would Trump want one?

Republicans told John Kerry that Purple Hearts were silly and didn't mean anything. They mocked the soldiers who received them by wearing Purple Heart band aids at their convention.

[ailsagirl]

15. How well I remember

One photo of a woman, in particular, will always stay in my mind!! (I saw it here a few days ago, in fact)

You're making the mistake of trying to be logical-- repukes simply aren't

They can change (their) reality at will-- or think they can, anyway

[ffr]

17. ^^^This^^^

Shape shifting grifters with guns.

Now there's a combination!

[DinahMoeHum]

30. Here ya go. . .

[ailsagirl]

33. OMG!!

That's the one!! Though I've never seen the box of "Bland-Aids"

Whose those damn swift boat creeps did to Kerry was inexcusable

[RapSoDee]

35. Where is she now?

She's probably a rabid supporter of #ComradeTrump & the other Republican Chickenhawks.

Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds.

[Aristus]

42. Jesus, what an ugg.

Repulsive outside and inside.

I nearly wanted to puke the first time I saw that pic.

I hope she's living an empty, highly-unfulfilled life in a tar-paper shack somewhere in East Bumfuck. I hope worms and beetles are the only attendees at her funeral.

[ffr]

16. Unless a family member wills it to you, such a metal should be

graciously refused.

It's not an investment. He didn't earn it. It has no value to him. Thank your supporter for the generous offer and his service, but graciously decline. Don't come and say you've always wanted one and this is the easy way to get one. WTF!! No soul this man.

[MFM008]

22. it should be a requirement

not to "regift" medals to anyone except family.

[roamer65]

18. To quote Captain James T Kirk...

KHAAAANNN!

This man is a true American.

[Thor_MN]

19. If a Dem Candidate did such a thing, the wingnuts would be screaming "Stolen Valor"

from the rooftops. The only thing Trump can do with it that wouldn't be stolen valor is hunch down, alone in the darkness, and talk to his preciousss...

[SunSeeker]

21. All Trump has is a Purple Heart recipient's medal. The honor is nontransferable.

Trump is an idiot.

[The CCC]

25. Khan to Trump: 'Put that Purple Heart back'

Tammy Duckworth earned hers the hard way.
https://twitter.com/TammyforIL

[Hulk]

27. That sick bastard doesn't deserve to TOUCH a Purple Heart.

This is an insult to EVERY soldier who earned that heavy medal. Shame on that bastard for playing lightly for what we hold so dear. I hope Karma comes back and dumps right on his head for the rest of his days.

[ailsagirl]

29. That poor guy who gifted dumdum with it-- wonder what was going on in his mind

And didn't dumdum cavalierly say, "I got one the easy way."

[smirkymonkey]

37. I'm not even military and this just infuriates me to no end!

how dare he accept an honor that he never earned and went out of his way to avoid being exposed to? GRRR!!

[RapSoDee]

34. Republican draft dodgers don't deserve medals

[ck4829]

38. Trump probably thinks getting stuck in an elevator should get him a purple heart

[JustAnotherGen]

39. I really really love Mr. Khan!

And Mrs. Khan! They rock! They are welcome in my home any day any time - whatever they need!

[Skittles]

40. any rational person would have thanked the vet and refused to accept his Purple Heart

but chicken hawk Trump?