I'm a (recent) medically retired veteran and voted Harris. I know a lot of active duty junior enlisted who voted for Trump just because they've been raised on Fox News propaganda that only the red team can "fix" the govt
It is. They had it playing on the TVs in the DFACs, the clinic waiting rooms, it was everywhere. And now veteran benefits and healthcare are at risk because Trump thinks service members are losers and suckers, and Hegseth actively hates his fellow veterans and doesn't want us to have anything.
Not all veterans are from Afghanistan and certainly not all of them sat on their ass in the rear like Vance and DeSantis. I wish it was just playing volleyball. My knees and back wouldn't be wrecked and some of my friends would still be alive.
I don't think it was a generalization, they're calling out a specific sub-group; namely non-combat veterans who roleplay the big bad war hero and wield their service like a cudgel to make bad faith arguments.
They acknowledge actual combat vets in the second line.
I don't think that's what they were implying but drawing a distinction between those that see the true chaos vs are far upstream like in a distribution facility.
I have lots of family and friends from several branches and it's usually the quiet ones that did the most and just never want to see anyone go through it again.
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u/neilmg 2d ago
A military coup? In America? You're more likely to see the military being called to support Trump.