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Greater than a dozen Congressional Medal of Honor recipients endorsed former President Trump within the 2024 presidential race.
“We, 15 recipients of the Medal of Honor, having served this nice nation in wars, help and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the USA,” they wrote.
The recipients embody those that have served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.
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“We imagine that American citizenship is a revered privilege. We imagine {that a} patriotic nation is a robust nation. We imagine that the sacrifices by the women and men in our armed forces preserves and protects American freedom,” they wrote.
The Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who endorsed former President Trump embody those that have served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Pictures)
“We imagine that the integrity of our establishments is prime to the belief positioned in them. We imagine within the dedication to the USA Structure and our solemn oaths to guard it. We imagine valor is nice fortitude when confronted with profound adversity,” they continued.
“We imagine within the devoted pledge of allegiance to the USA of America. We imagine that American veterans needs to be celebrated and supported by our nation,” they wrote. “We imagine that our nation should have borders safe from our enemies.”
The recipients additionally mentioned they imagine in “defending the precise for all residents to take part in free and truthful elections.”
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In an obvious swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris’ operating mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the recipients mentioned they imagine that “fabricating army service is beneath the dignity of a veteran and demeaning to those that have served honorably within the Armed Forces.”
Former President Trump speaks at a city corridor occasion in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Oct. 4. (AP Picture/Karl B DeBlaker)
Walz had come beneath hearth for his service within the Minnesota Nationwide Guard. He retired in 2005 after 24 years of service forward of his battalion being deployed to Iraq. He’s been confronted with accusations of “stolen valor,” with some saying he retired early and didn’t full trainings.
The recipients additionally mentioned they imagine that “the enemies of freedom have to be defeated,” and that “the flag is a strong image of freedom.”
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“We imagine the USA of America is the best nation the world has ever imagined. We imagine in mutually pledging to each American our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor,” they wrote.
“We imagine in Donald Trump.”
In the meantime, the Harris-Walz marketing campaign touted in September the endorsements from “a bipartisan group of greater than 700 nationwide safety leaders and former army officers.”
The Harris-Walz marketing campaign declined to touch upon the Trump endorsements when reached Friday by Fox Information Digital.