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McCain Calls Out Trump's Draft Dodging
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October 24, 2017
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5:30Now PlayingJohn McCain recently discussed people getting out of Vietnam by getting doctors to write letters saying that they have bone spurs. Guess who did that? Cenk Uygur, the host of The Young Turks, shows you McCain calling out Trump’s draft dodging. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Join TYT
“Sen. John McCain seemed to hit President Donald Trump during an interview about the Vietnam War on Sunday, criticizing Americans from "the highest income level" who were able to obtain draft deferments for ailments like a “bone spur.”
Trump received a draft deferment in 1968 for bone spurs in his heels.
"One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of America and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur," McCain said during an interview with C-SPAN that aired Sunday.
"That is wrong. That is wrong. If we’re going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve," the six-term Arizona Republican added.”
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