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'He's Not a War Hero': Donald Trump Mocks John McCain's Service
Donald Trump didn't hold back Saturday when asked about his recent remarks calling Arizona senator and former presidential nominee John McCain a "dummy."
McCain lost the White House in 2008 to then-Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
"I don't like losers," Trump, a Republican presidential contender for 2016, said at the Iowa Family Leadership Summit during a question-and-answer session.
Moderator Frank Luntz described McCain — a former naval pilot taken prisoner for almost six years during the Vietnam War — as a "war hero."
The real estate mogul then took a swing at McCain, whom he said he had supported in 2008.
"He's not a war hero," Trump said mockingly. "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured."
He then changed his tune, adding, "He's a war hero because he was captured. OK, I believe — perhaps he's a war hero."
Trump, who has come under fire in recent weeks for his comments on illegal immigration, is among 10 GOP candidates speaking at the Family Leader Summit, a conference of religious conservatives.
Trump first tweeted Thursday that McCain was a "dummy" after the senator criticized his July 11 rally in Phoenix against illegal immigration.
"This performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very hurtful," McCain told The New Yorker after the event. "Because what he did was he fired up the crazies."
McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, also a political commentator, tweeted Saturday that she was "disgusted" by Trump's words.
Tweeted reactions of Republican notables: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hes-not-war-hero-donald-trump-mocks-john-mccains-service-n394391
Alan: Although Trump's McCain criticism is bizarre, his fellow clowns outdo him on global warming, economic austerity, the "apocalyptic" Ebola threat, immigration policy, voter suppression, Medicaid expansion, "no new taxes," the advisability of the Iraq and Vietnam wars...
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