Crow - "The comments of this President are the last full measure of his disgrace"

Statement

Date: Sept. 4, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Veterans

"Trump's long history of disparaging our troops and veterans is abhorrent. He simply doesn't understand or respect service. He views the world only as a series of transactions for his own benefit.

I took oaths under both Democrat and Republican presidents. Each time I was willing to give my life to keep that oath because I believed those presidents would try to do the right thing for the country. But we can't say that about Trump, and that's why he puts both our troops and national security at great risk.

I can't explain why I came home and some of my friends didn't. But what I do know is that they were great Americans, and we owe them a debt we can never repay. Abraham Lincoln solemnly honored America's war dead as those "who gave the last full measure of devotion."

Lincoln knew that when you serve, you do so selflessly. You don't do it for the paycheck, the medal, or the uniform. You do it because you believe in America. That's something Trump will never understand. He doesn't believe in anything more than Trump.

And while the service of our fallen will remain the last full measure of their devotion, the comments of this president are the last full measure of his disgrace. It's time for all Americans of conscience to repudiate this man."


Source
arrow_upward