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President Trump called Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) a “loser” and “a total Fake” after Blumenthal criticized news that cost estimates for Trump’s proposed military parade exceeded initial estimates by millions. Blumenthal had criticized news that cost estimates for the parade had reached $92 million, around $80 million more than initially estimated.
The president’s attacks on Blumenthal followed Blumenthal’s tweet earlier in the evening urging the Trump administration to show “real patriotism” by supporting and improving health benefits for veterans instead of spending money on a costly parade.
Real patriotism should mean $92 million to honor military service & benefit veterans, not glorify politicians. Improve vets health care, more jobs & skills, end vet homelessness & suicides—still killing at least 20 heroes every day. https://t.co/G7gG1fo4AI
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) August 16, 2018
.@TuckerCarlson speaking of John Brennan: “How did somebody so obviously limited intellectually get to be CIA Director in the first place?” Now that is a really good question! Then followed by “Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is a FAKE War Hero…” So true, a total Fake!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
How can “Senator” Richard Blumenthal, who went around for twenty years as a Connecticut politician bragging that he was a great Marine war hero in Vietnam (then got caught and sobbingly admitted he was neither a Marine nor ever in Vietnam), pass judgement on anyone? Loser!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
Trump takes a truth – Blumenthal lied that he’d served in Vietnam – and adds lies. Blumenthal didn’t claim to be a war hero, just that he was there. He didn’t sob when he admitted the lie. He spent 6 years in the Marine Reserve in the U.S. after getting Vietnam deferments. pic.twitter.com/9jaj3pZxJQ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 17, 2018