Veterans and veteran groups have stepped up their rebuke of Trump for his continued attacks on the family of a U.S. Muslim soldier killed in Iraq; his pitiful acceptance Tuesday of a veteran’s Purple Heart medal, which he “always wanted”; and the surfacing of detailed reports that he dodged the draft five times under questionable circumstances.
In a sharply worded statement by the nonpartisan Veterans of Foreign Wars, Brian Duffy, the newly elected commander-in-chief, said, “Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression.”
Gold Star families are those who have lost loved ones in combat.
