Twitter Defends John McCain After The Donald Attacks
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Thursday continued his assault on the GOP establishment by publicly mocking Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on social media.
.@SenJohnMcCain should be defeated in the primaries. Graduated last in his class at Annapolis–dummy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2015
The thousands of people that showed up for me in Phoenix were amazing Americans. @SenJohnMcCain called them "crazies"--must apologize!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2015
While some Web-crawlers endorsed Trump’s scorched earth tactics, the overwhelming majority of those who came across the angry missive seemed genuinely shocked by Trump’s antagonistic tone.
Stand Down
@realDonaldTrump @SenJohnMcCain I believe a "Thank you for your Service" would be more appropriate.
— Ashley Tomlinson (@atomlinson31) July 16, 2015
Where Were You?
.@realDonaldTrump @SenJohnMcCain if Trump had served he would have taken out Viet Nam singlehandedly. Damn those deferments!
— Hardon Collider (@hockeenight) July 17, 2015
Running on Empty
@realDonaldTrump @SenJohnMcCain unlike you, McCain is a war hero. You founded Apprentice and have been bankrupt more times than Greece
— BatHedge (@Hedge76) July 16, 2015
Check, Please!
@RussOnPolitics @realDonaldTrump Trump has not gotten a FACT right since his campaign started. He makes everything up.
— Patrick Kelleher (@u233tech) July 16, 2015
Pattern Forming
@realDonaldTrump First you talk down on Mexicans now and now disrespect a US war hero,You are truly a narcissistic,classless,ass clown.
— West Michigans DJLA (@DJLA) July 17, 2015
Trump supporters, meanwhile, seemed more interested in having the business magnate redirect his hate at other targets.
@realDonaldTrump @SenJohnMcCain If this is really you, Donald, please concentrate on those running for President. Tweets like this lose fans
— Frank (@frankrmcc) July 16, 2015
Can you @realDonaldTrump insult dumb azz Bobby Jindal too, please? @SenJohnMcCain
— ❤ βąɓų Ģįŗɭ ❤ (@num1_fan) July 17, 2015
Lucky for them, Trump’s all over it.
.@GovernorPerry failed on the border. He should be forced to take an IQ test before being allowed to enter the GOP debate.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2015
At least one veteran pol would prefer the aspiring POTUS simply bite his tongue — forever.
.@realDonaldTrump Delete your account.
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) July 16, 2015
Only 16 more months to go …
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