As Twitchy reported, Sen. John McCain shared his thoughts on the Vietnam War on C-SPAN over the weekend, and he made what pretty much everyone assumed was a veiled shot at President Donald Trump when he said that rich Americans “found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur,” while poorer Americans had no choice but to serve.
That had to be a swipe at Trump, right? McCain says it wasn’t.
Update: McCain says he doesn't consider Trump to be a draft dodger https://t.co/uV75fEZ0wa pic.twitter.com/amHRRyYGnt
— POLITICO (@politico) October 23, 2017
Politico reports that, during an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” McCain clarified he wasn’t trying to characterize Trump as a draft dodger.
“Senator McCain was referring to one of the great injustices of the Vietnam conflict that led to a majority of poor, undereducated and minority draftees,” McCain spokeswoman Julie Tarallo said. “Senator McCain has long criticized the selective service program during the Vietnam War, which left the fighting to the less privileged.”
Furthermore, Andrew Desiderio of The Daily Beast reported that McCain “blasted” reporters who asked him if he was referring to Trump.
McCain, unprompted, just blasted reporters for saying his “bone spur” comment about draft-dodgers was targeted at Trump.
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 23, 2017
McCain: “I was against that 40 years ago, so for you people to say I’m taking a shot at Trump over that, you don’t know my record.”
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 23, 2017
More McCain >> "The rich people didn’t serve and poor people did. It has nothing to do with President Trump." https://t.co/wu1vIPskME
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 23, 2017
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So, the bone spur comment wasn’t a veiled shot at Trump?
It was.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) October 23, 2017
C'mon John. Come on! https://t.co/IKhwBlVaxD
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 23, 2017
Ok dude https://t.co/hEp3ZVzHJ2
— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) October 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/922588303580307457
— Jennifer Thorne-In-Your-Side (@sashajenn) October 23, 2017
Okay, John. You can try and backtrack now, but we all heard what you said. https://t.co/fqKDBpm6kC
— A Little Royal (@alittlebitroyal) October 23, 2017
Typical McCain backsliding or clever gaslighting? Who can tell anymore?
— Fleisch (@Fleisch2) October 23, 2017
Many rich people found ways to avoid the draft – but who besides Trump used bone spurs as an excuse – Is this the Straight Talk Express?
— Phillydude (@Fairwinds10) October 23, 2017
The Maverick strikes again. https://t.co/CoL9CGPWIC
— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) October 23, 2017
classic maverick https://t.co/KI4jkL9Qt6
— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) October 23, 2017
Good 'ol Maverick. Really taking a stand like always. https://t.co/GJFhaq2NCv
— sick of Woodburn after 1 article (@wernies) October 23, 2017
Just a coincidence he picked bone spurs as a malady. https://t.co/Svq87P4myI
— PetsVoteToo (@PetsVoteToo) October 23, 2017
I mean, come on now. https://t.co/BPFrBtnbY6
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 23, 2017
Now I want to know how many people skipped Vietnam because of a bone spur https://t.co/ILsB2Cgb9o
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 23, 2017
Let’s see who had five deferments for bone spurs… can’t imagine who
— peter zecher (@pztuc) October 23, 2017
Ridiculous. Who else was famous for evading service because of bone spurs. https://t.co/rIjCktxGMT
— (((Robert Arthur))) (@jaunte) October 23, 2017
"listen there were a lot of rich guys who took five deferments for bone spurs and became president stop pressing me ok just stop" https://t.co/vfNocVJOQ2
— darth™ (@darth) October 23, 2017
"Get off my lawn, you're not getting your ball back either. " https://t.co/LThfa7orr0
— Jim Early (@mkearley2008) October 23, 2017
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ICYMI: Did John McCain just go there on bone spurs and Vietnam? Watch for yourself… https://t.co/hp7UxfXBzM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 23, 2017
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