PALIN BLAMES OBAMA FOR TRAK'S PROBLEMS?
PALIN IS SIMPLY UNAWARE THAT IT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN THE REPUBLICANS, BUSH, CHENEY, CONGRESSPEOPLE AND SENATORS, WHO'VE ASSURED THAT MOST VETERANS' BENEFITS WERE REDUCED AND/OR ELIMINATED. MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL, MENTAL SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT AND MORE. PRIVATE, HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STEPPED IN TO HELP DUE TO REPUBLICAN CUTS. REPUBLICANS COMPLAIN WHEN OBAMA SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS, BUT, THEN THEY WANT HIM TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDERS IF IT SUITS THEIR PURPOSE AND NEEDS.
Trump backer Sarah Palin charged Wednesday that President Obama didn’t do enough for troubled U.S. war veterans — and more specifically, her recently arrested son.
The former Alaska governor lobbed her verbal grenade at the White House after Track Palin was busted on domestic abuse charges for allegedly holding an assault rifle near his head during a booze-fueled fight with his 22-year-old girlfriend.
"My son, a combat veteran … was fighting for you all, America, in the war zone. My son, like so many others, came back a bit different, they come back hardened," she said at a Tulsa, Okla. Trump rally Wednesday, of her 26-year-old son Track, who spent a year deployed in Iraq with the Army.
"They come back wondering if there is that respect for what it is that their fellow soldiers and airman and every other member of the military so sacrificially have given to this country," she added. "And that starts from the top.”
"They come back wondering if there is that respect for what it is that their fellow soldiers and airman and every other member of the military so sacrificially have given to this country," she added. "And that starts from the top.”
"That comes from our own President," Palin said. "Where they have to look at him and wonder, 'Do you know what we go through? Do you know what we're trying to do to secure America?’"
Track Palin enlisted in 2007, then spent A YEAR deployed in Iraq with the Army’s Alaska-based 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, known as the “Arctic Wolves.”
The war in Iraq began under Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, who was President when Track served in Iraq. And in 2014, the Senate rejected a $24 billion bill to expand health care for veterans; only two Republicans voted for the legislation.
A second bill, with aid slashed to $16 billion, was passed months later despite the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate for the cost of veterans care at $35 billion through 2017."So when my own son is going through what he goes through coming back, I can certainly relate with other families who kind of feel these ramifications of some PTSD and some of the woundedness (sic) that our soldiers do return with," Sarah Palin said on Wednesday."And it makes me realize, more than ever, it is now or never, for the sake of America's finest, that we have that commander-in-chief who will respect them and honor them," she said.
"You deserve someone who will treat veterans better than illegal immigrants in America," she added.
"You deserve someone who will treat veterans better than illegal immigrants in America," she added.
The one-time GOP vice presidential nominee's eldest son was arrested Monday for battering his girlfriend, according to court documents.
Track, who according to court documents lives with his mother, allegedly punched his girlfriend in the eye, kicked her in the knee and then held an AR-15 assault rifle near his head, the 22-year-old woman told police who responded to the incident. (My QUESTION is, ‘If Trak showed problems of mental problems following his return, why did he have an AK47?)
Track, who according to court documents lives with his mother, allegedly punched his girlfriend in the eye, kicked her in the knee and then held an AR-15 assault rifle near his head, the 22-year-old woman told police who responded to the incident. (My QUESTION is, ‘If Trak showed problems of mental problems following his return, why did he have an AK47?)
At one point, Track was "holding onto a gun, yelling 'do you think I'm a pussy?' and 'do you think I won't do it," according to the police report.
The woman, whom the Daily News is not identifying, said he "cocked the gun" and was holding it near his face.Track was charged with fourth-degree assault, interfering with the report of a domestic violence crime and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. All the charges are Class A misdemeanors.
The woman, whom the Daily News is not identifying, said he "cocked the gun" and was holding it near his face.Track was charged with fourth-degree assault, interfering with the report of a domestic violence crime and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. All the charges are Class A misdemeanors.
News of the arrest came just hours before Sarah Palin endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump during a rally in Iowa — an event during which the gaffe-prone Alaskan promised Trump would "kick ISIS' ass" and called the businessman a master of negotiation.
On Wednesday, Palin revisited most of those themes during her Oklahoma speech, before launching into her bizarre connection between Obama and her son.
Trump has lauded the endorsement and took to the airwaves Wednesday morning to explain how it came to pass that he received Palin's highly sought-after support."When she came to see me and she talked to me, I could see that she really liked what we were saying," he said on NBC's "TODAY." "I mean, she just said, 'I really like what's going on, it's an amazing thing, I've never seen anything like it in politics.'"
He also wouldn't rule out adding Palin to his 2016 ticket, if he wins the nomination — although he suggested Palin might not want the job.
"I don't think that it would be something that she'd want to do," Trump said after he was asked whether he would consider the big-mouthed Alaskan as his 2016 running mate. "She's been through that."
He also wouldn't rule out adding Palin to his 2016 ticket, if he wins the nomination — although he suggested Palin might not want the job.
"I don't think that it would be something that she'd want to do," Trump said after he was asked whether he would consider the big-mouthed Alaskan as his 2016 running mate. "She's been through that."
"I don't even think about VP right now. I just want to win," Trump said. "I've always been a closer. I get the deal done.”
But Trump wouldn't rule out placing Palin in another job in a prospective administration.
"She's somebody I really like and respect, and certainly she could play a position if she wanted to," he said.
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