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displacedvermoter

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17. Not saying we all are

Reply to comradebillyboy (Reply #13)

Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:37 AM

Jun 2025

But organized veteran groups are a hot bed of Trumpism. Sorry to say it, as it makes no sense to me that groups like the VFW or the Legion, at both national and local chapter levels, are so enamored of this selfish prick and his cronies.

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Are Our Veterans Going To be Cheering At Dear Leader's Parade [View all] gab13by13 Jun 2025 OP

Many veterans will indeed be cheering BeerBarrelPolka Jun 2025 #1

Racist-nationalists sop Jun 2025 #2

I BeerBarrelPolka Jun 2025 #5

Said this before the November election displacedvermoter Jun 2025 #4

Make no mistake BeerBarrelPolka Jun 2025 #6

Huge numbers of women vote displacedvermoter Jun 2025 #8

True BeerBarrelPolka Jun 2025 #10

As a white woman it was dispiriting to see more white women than not voting Against Kamala. electric_blue68 Jun 2025 #22

No support for him from this veteran. MineralMan Jun 2025 #20

They were playing video games with our lives. travelingthrulife Jun 2025 #3

Not this veteran. That money would be better spent on healthcare for Emile Jun 2025 #7

This vet never voted for trump, never will... Wounded Bear Jun 2025 #9

with a gun pointed at their backs.. probably.. Peacetrain Jun 2025 #11

Oh you haven't heard? It's not Trump's parade it's a parade honoring the Army. BannonsLiver Jun 2025 #12

It just happens to be on his birthday. gab13by13 Jun 2025 #15

IMO. Not a parade, a funereal for democracy. The U.S. Army is surrendering to a fascist dictator on home soil without Hotler Jun 2025 #23

We veterans are not a monolithic group. comradebillyboy Jun 2025 #13

Not all, but far too many. My fellow vets can be the biggest bigots, probably because they Wonder Why Jun 2025 #14

Not saying we all are displacedvermoter Jun 2025 #17

Vets love the VA, gab13by13 Jun 2025 #16

Not this one. I imagine that that many of the poor troops are going to be too drunk or hungover to cheer. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #18

I don't get something: Is the orange guy gonna prop himself at some elevated point along allegorical oracle Jun 2025 #19

Nah, It is just a troop review Jacson6 Jun 2025 #21