Subject: FW: ICYMI: Trump: I Don’t Regret McCain Comments, My Poll Numbers Went Up
From: "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 08:23:45 -0700

From: Hillary For America Press [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 11:20 AM
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Subject: ICYMI: Trump: I Don’t Regret McCain Comments, My Poll Numbers Went Up

Donald Trump has been under increasing pressure for his contempt for our veterans, but it seems there is nothing that will change him. Earlier this week, over 50 veterans issued a joint statement<https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2016/05/08/veterans-denounce-trumps-lip-service-disrespect-toward-those-who-have-served-our-country/> hitting Trump for his disrespect and calling on him to follow through on his promise to donate the millions of dollars he supposedly raised for veterans four months ago. As CNN reported yesterday<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzw4ixx6MPo&feature=youtu.be>, the majority of the money remains unaccounted for. And he’s signaled his apparent opposition to the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, prompting Rep. Ted Lieu, a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, to release a strong statement<https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2016/05/09/statement-from-rep-ted-lieu-on-trumps-apparent-opposition-to-the-post-911-g-i-bill/>.

Monday, the Military Times wrote this story, “Trump faces mounting attacks on veterans issues<http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/election/2016/05/09/trump-faces-attacks-veterans-issues/84134896/>,” which in part focused on Sen. John McCain’s call for Trump to apologize to veterans and especially to U.S. prisoners of war.

But amazingly, today, Trump doubled down on his attack about Sen. McCain being captured, saying,“There are many people that like what I said. You know after I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points.”

Trump: I Don’t Regret McCain Comments, My Poll Numbers Went Up<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-i-dont-regret-mccain-comments-my-polls-numbers-went-up?utm_term=.kgVeP3OMm#.lw439Rxbl>

BuzzFeed | Andrew Kaczynski

Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Wednesday that he doesn’t regret calling Sen. John McCain, who was captured and held prisoner during the Vietnam War, “not a war hero.”

Last July, Trump said of McCain: “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

Appearing on the Imus in the Morning, Trump was asked if he would apologize to veterans, as McCain has recently requested.

“Well I’ve actually done that, Don,” Trump replied. “You know frankly, I like John McCain, and John McCain is a hero. Also, heroes are people that are, you know, whether they get caught or don’t get caught — they’re all heroes as far as I’m concerned. And that’s the way it should be.”

“So do you regret saying that?” asked Imus.

“I don’t, you know — I like not to regret anything,” Trump said. “You do things and you say things. And what I said, frankly, is what I said. And some people like what I said, if you want to know the truth. There are many people that like what I said. You know after I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points.”

“You understand that, I mean, some people liked what I said,” added Trump. “I like John McCain, in my eyes John McCain is a hero. John McCain’s a good guy.”

Imus said someone like Trump, who got multiple Vietnam War draft deferments, shouldn’t be criticizing someone like McCain.

“I understand that. Well, I was going to college, I had student deferments. I also got a great lottery number,” Trump said.
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