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14:34Now PlayingOver the weekend Donald Trump made statements saying John McCain was only considered a war hero because he was captured, and that he prefers people who weren’t captured. Comments like these would disqualify most GOP primary contestants, but Trump appears yet unphazed. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Each time Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is given a public platform, he manages to offend even more Americans. On Saturday morning he took aim at Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and veterans, saying McCain is “not a war hero” because he was captured during the Vietnam War.
“He’s a war hero cause he was captured,” Trump said during the Family Leadership Summit. “I like people that weren’t captured.”
Trump later told press that he would not apologize to McCain and that McCain picked the fight. The two have been feuding since McCain said that Trump is “firing up the crazies” afterpeople gathered in Arizona to support the candidate who called immigrants from Mexico “rapists.””*
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