Bloomberg reports most of the Republican presidential candidates and the Republican National Committee swiftly condemned the comments, with the notable exception of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. So did press magnate Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox News network will be hosting the first presidential debate next month and will be deciding which of the 16 major Republican candidates get the coveted 10 seats on the stage.
When is Donald Trump going to stop embarrassing his friends, let
alone the whole country?
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) July 19, 2015
A number of leading Democrats also spoke out against Trump, including the party's presidential front-runner, Hillary Clinton, and Secretary of State John Kerry. A former Senate colleague of McCain's and a fellow Vietnam War veteran, Kerry took the unusual step of issuing a statement hailing McCain's endurance in the face of "unspeakable acts of torture." Said Kerry, who as the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, got an assist from McCain when some Republicans questioned Kerry's Vietnam war record:
"If anyone doesn't know that John McCain is a war hero, it only proves they know nothing about war and even less about heroism."On ABC, Trump said he did not serve in Vietnam because of student deferments and then a medical deferment for a bone spur in one of his feet. He called himself "fortunate" because "I was not a believer in the Vietnam war."
The Veterans Administration is in shambles and our veterans are suffering greatly. John McCain has done nothing to help them but talk.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2015
Trump insisted he will do a better job than McCain in advancing veterans' issues. In a statement issued by his campaign after the ABC appearance, Trump cited his contributions to the New York City Vietnam Veteran's memorial and to a 1995 Veteran's Day parade.
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