Haley Campaign Press Release - Widespread Coverage of Trump Mocking Military Members Confirms: "This is Trash."
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Conservatives and liberals alike are covering Donald Trump's attack on military families, and they agree: "This is trash." Widespread coverage shows Trump is taking heat for his unhinged and disgusting comments.
What people are saying...
Mary Katharine Ham: This is trash.
CNN's Jake Tapper: I am old enough to remember a Republican Party where going after someone's husband serving abroad would have been disqualifying.
Former Congressman Will Hurd: It's hard for someone who avoided service to understand people who are willing to serve.
Joey Jones: Trump is about to be the Republican nominee and a LOT of Americans are undecided and scared. Her husband is deployed, maybe talk about how you'll bring him home Mr. President...
DailyWire's Kassy Dillon: Pretty dumb thing to say. Michael is deployed.
KOA's Ross Kaminsky: Yesterday, I posted this including a comment that this kind of talk really makes Trump look like a douche. A Twitter user replied that just seconds afterwards, Trump had acknowledged that Maj. Haley is on a military deployment so I took down my tweet. But then I went back and listened to the next 10 minutes of the speech and he did not say anything about Major Haley being deployed to Africa. I should have known better than to trust what that person said to me. So now, let me reiterate: Trump is a douche.
Washington Post's Josh Dawsey: He's deployed with the military overseas.
David Thul, Iraq War veteran: How any American who supports the US military can stand Trump making a joke out of a deployed soldier is beyond me.
AP: Haley tells Trump to 'say it to my face' after he questions her military husband's whereabouts.
CBS News: Nikki Haley says president can't be someone who "mocks our men and women who are trying to protect America."
Politico: Turf battle erupts in SC after Trump questions Haley's husband's military service.
The State: Trump mocks Haley's husband who's deployed with National Guard. Here's her response...
The Hill: Haley slams Trump after he hit her over absence of deployed husband.
The Hill: Haley says Trump's remarks about her husband are 'insulting to military families.'
USA Today: Nikki Haley denounces Donald Trump's attack on her husband - who is deployed overseas.
ABC News: Haley responds to Trump questioning her husband's whereabouts amid deployment.
Business Insider: Nikki Haley slams Trump for questioning her husband's military service and his whereabouts.
Fox Carolina: Trump targets Nikki Haley's husband.
The Wrap: 'The View' Host Alyssa Farah Griffin Calls Out Trump for Claiming Nikki Haley's Husband Is 'Gone': 'What a Sad Old Man.'
The Jerusalem Post: Donald Trump criticizes Nikki Haley's deployed husband for being absent.
WBTW: Haley renews call for debate after Trump mocked her husband at Coastal Carolina University.
WPDE: Haley says Trump 'mocked' husband's military service during Conway rally, calls for debate.
Newsweek: GOP Strategist Slams Donald Trump for Nikki Haley Attack: 'Below the Belt.'
New York Times: Nikki Haley denounces Trump's NATO comments and defends her husband against his attacks.
Nikki Haley, Haley Campaign Press Release - Widespread Coverage of Trump Mocking Military Members Confirms: "This is Trash." Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/370256