Subject: ICYMI: Trump: I Don’t Regret McCain Comments, My Poll Numbers Went Up
From: Hillary For America Press <[email-masked]>
To: Hillary for America Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 11:20:06 -0400
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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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