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On Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:08:32 -0400,
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On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 17:59:09 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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Nomen Nescio wrote:
Because denying reality is part of what Trump****s are good at...

"At the 2015 Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, during his
presidential campaign, Trump mocked McCain, who was captured and
tortured by North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, saying
he liked people who “weren’t captured” and aren’t “losers.”

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...ld-trump-john-
mccain-loser-a4540421.html




What made McCain a hero?

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https://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-refused-early-release-as-a-pow-in-vietnam-2018-8

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After nearly a year of imprisonment in Hanoi, McCain was offered
release. But he refused to leave his fellow prisoners behind.
McCain's subsequent torture and false confession, which provoked him
to attempt suicide twice, earned him special respect in the eyes of
many Americans.

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Agreed.
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