Trump Marks Memorial Day By Calling Rep. Who Is A Marine Vet An ‘American Fraud’

President Donald Trump hugs the US flag as he arrives to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 2, 2019. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)
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President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day by calling Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA), a Marine Corps veteran, an “American fraud.”

Besides the misspelling, Lamb can hardly be called a “puppet” of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) — he was one of 15 Democrats who did not vote for her for speaker in 2019.

Sean Parnell, also a veteran, is running unopposed in the Republican primary on June 2.

The Cook Political Report ranks the race “likely Democratic,” though the district, Pennsylvania’s 17th, has a Republican lean of +3.

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  1. Honoring the troops is a full-time job for Dr. Cadet Cöckhölster mit der Bone Spurs von Toadglans.

  2. Current Occupant: “Asshattery-R-Us”

  3. President Bonespurs is an expert on American frauds.

  4. Those polls that show his strong disapproval at record highs are definitely getting to him.

    He is headed for an epic wipeout, and he knows it.

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