Trump-McCain war-hero fight distracts from unsolved immigration issue
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump is high on Republican polls and leading by 24%. How has this happened?
He speaks his mind and doesn’t play by media and GOP rules. His message, “Make America great again!” resonates with everybody.
Recently in Arizona, 9,000 tickets were sold out. For Arizonians, securing the border was and is the No. 1 issue. They were fired up by Mr. Trump’s message about solving this country’s problems.
It was reported that war hero and Purple Heart medalist, Sen. John McCain, referred to Mr. Trump’s followers as “crazy” people. Let’s put both men’s comments on a scale and see who owes whom apology — presidential candidate Trump’s words vs. Sen. McCain’s words and actions.
How many families and people in Arizona were hurt because of foreigners crossing the federal border and committing crimes? Statistics are clear; no one argues with them.
Does the senator feel any responsibility for these happenings? How could he call his constituents — Arizonians — crazy? While Mr. Trump demanded an apology from the senator for insulting 12,000 Arizonians, we ended up with “war hero, not war hero,” discussion that had nothing to do with today’s unsolved immigration issue.
There we go again: Media creates controversies for ratings; comedians crack jokes; constituencies get confused and disengaged from the politics.
Astine Zadourian, Fowler
This story was originally published July 23, 2015 at 4:24 AM with the headline "Trump-McCain war-hero fight distracts from unsolved immigration issue."