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znModeratorznModeratorStu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams GM Les Snead on rookie RB Raymond Calais:“The odds of him getting a jersey on Sunday Night Football is slim, but we really liked him in the draft. We liked the superpower he brings of explosiveness, speed, and that being able to translate on the football field.”
Rams Wire@TheRamsWire
Sean McVay won’t reveal starting RB but Rams will ‘ask a lot’ of Cam AkersStu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams GM Les Snead on keeping 10 offensive linemen on initial 53-man roster: “There’s an element of depth” from game experienced gained by several players last year. “We liked the quality of our depth.”Snead said it will be helpful in event of COVID-19 attrition.
September 7, 2020 at 4:23 pm in reply to: Trump admits (today) that he’s trying to sabotage vote-by-mail. #120588znModeratorAn investigation is underway after surveillance video captured bags of mail being dumped in a parking lot in the Los Angeles area https://t.co/Lg6pDfsvmT pic.twitter.com/Xh21HTn7JW
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 7, 2020
znModeratorJ.B. Long@JB_Long
Sean McVay “optimistic” that @RamsNFL RB Darrell Henderson will be ready to go for SNF against the Cowboys.Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
With no preseason to check out the competition, Michael Brockers says he even dug into YouTube videos that Cowboys team media put out on his own time, just to try to get a better sense of what was going on with them.Rams Wire@TheRamsWire
Rams are only team over salary cap after final roster cutsAlbert Breer@AlbertBreer
As of this AM, the Rams were actually over the cap. Per the NFL report, the teams closest to the cap …1) Rams -$404K
2) Saints $1.50M
3) Vikings $1.65M
4) Falcons $1.93M
5) Steelers $6.01M
6) Seahawks $6.19M
7) Cardinals $6.51M
8) Bucs $6.79M
9) Chiefs $7.04M
10) Bills $7.58MSeptember 7, 2020 at 4:18 pm in reply to: Rams make waiver claim of LB Justin Hollins. Rooster at 53. #120586znModeratorStu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams HC Sean McVay said today was new LB Justin Hollins’ first day with team. Someone that DC Brandon Saley identified as someone who could help contribute to both defense and special teams. McVay said Hollins will active for opener vs. Cowboys.McVay also pointed to Hollins’ versatility one of the reasons that made him appealing to the Rams.
McVay on Hollins: “He’ll be a quick study.”
Familiarity with DC Brandon Staley likely helps with that.
znModeratorJ.B. Long@JB_Long
“We’re hopeful and optimistic it’ll be positive reports back,” on Terrell Lewis knee.McVay continues to emphasize this is a unique case and promises Wednesday it’ll make sense when they can get tests results back.
September 7, 2020 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120584znModeratorStu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams HC Sean McVay confirmed this move today. Calais will come in for a physical tomorrow, then do COVID-19 testing. Team must make corresponding roster move to create spot for Calais; McVay said that move will be shared Wednesday.Team likes his explosiveness, return ability.
September 7, 2020 at 4:01 pm in reply to: on Staley & the NUMBER ONE RATED defense … VERY updated #120574znModeratorfrom PFF Rankings: Ranking all 32 defenses ahead of the 2020 NFL season
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-rankings-ranking-all-32-defenses-ahead-of-the-2020-nfl-season%5DPFF
10. LOS ANGELES RAMS
The Rams’ pass-rush is subpar outside of Aaron Donald, but when you have a player as dominant as Donald, it really doesn’t matter. Disregarding positional value, Donald is perhaps the best player in the entire league. No interior defensive lineman even sniffs what he has done as a pass-rusher over the last five years. Donald had produced the highest pass-rush grade at the position in each of those years, totaling 437 pressures in that span — 92 more than second.
Depth at cornerback is a minor concern, but the Rams have a solid starting group spearheaded by Jalen Ramsey. Ramsey enters his first full year as a Ram as an easy top-five cornerback, as he is one of few who can shut down some of the league’s top wideouts. Ramsey has gone toe-to-toe with DeAndre Hopkins, T.Y. Hilton and Antonio Brown more than any receiver in his career and has still managed to allow just a 77.4 passer rating to those three while posting a ridiculous 24% forced incompletion rate. For perspective, only one cornerback produced a forced incompletion rate higher than 24% in 2019.
Opposite him is Troy Hill, one of the league’s most underrated corners entering the 2020 season. He came in clutch for L.A. after being thrown into the starting role in Week 6 of last year. From that point on, Hill finished eighth in PFF grade and fifth in catch rate allowed (45.1%).
It’s reasonable to say safety John Johnson III doesn’t get his fair share of respect, either. He’s looking for a bounce-back 2020 after being limited to only six games due to injury. Still, in his two years in the league before that, he posted the second-best coverage grade we have ever recorded by safety in their first two years in the NFL.
znModeratorCheck it out! My first piece in @Jacobin. Joe Biden is trying to use Martin Luther King’s legacy to make the case for a law-and-order crackdown on protests. But King drew a distinction between violence against people and violence against property. https://t.co/MXPHgbXzWa
— Meena Krishnamurthy (@mkrishnamurthyX) September 6, 2020
znModeratorfrom https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/07/nfl-rams-espn-season-simulation-record/
ESPN runs 20,000 simulations each year to project what will happen in the regular season and playoffs, doing so once again this year.
…here’s what ESPN came up with for the Rams.
It has Sean McVay’s team going 11-5 and finishing second in the NFC West, sneaking in as a wild-card team. The 49ers win the division in this simulation, also at 11-5, but they win the tiebreaker with Los Angeles despite splitting the season series 1-1. This simulation has the Seahawks going 9-7 and the Cardinals 8-8, making the NFC West the only division with all four teams at .500 or better.
znModeratorLet’s see your humor side
“SO NOW ASSUME THAT MATHEMATICALLY THIS POINT RIGHT HERE, EXACTLY RIGHT HERE, IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.”
September 7, 2020 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120567znModeratorfrom https://theramswire.usatoday.com/lists/rams-raymond-calais-buccaneers-facts/
Calais is more than just a running back. He’s also a very talented kick returner, using his combination of speed and strength to rip off big returns. Last season, he was named first-team All-Sun Belt as a kick returner, taking back 19 kickoffs for 541 yards – a stellar average of 28.5 yards per return.
In his college career, he had 2,493 kick return yards on 99 attempts, returning two for touchdowns.
September 7, 2020 at 1:32 pm in reply to: Discuss game one! Dallas at Rams, Sunday 9/13 … 8:20 et, 5:20 pt #120566znModeratorRams Brothers@RamsBrothers
The pressure is all on Brandon Staley. The Cowboys have absolutely no reason to change their gameplan from last year. Will be interesting to see how Kiser handles his role, and who ends up starting next to him.znModeratorEven more hilarious in context pic.twitter.com/io7Af5qkuo
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) September 7, 2020
znModeratorThat's a huge absence for the Cowboys ahead of Sunday's game against the Rams. Collins was the fourth-highest graded offensive tackle by PFF last year and a big part of Dallas' success running the ball. https://t.co/f5MNx9cIvf
— Stu Jackson (@StuJRams) September 7, 2020
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Rams-Cowboys preview: Dallas places 2 starters on IR ahead of Week 1 https://t.co/2EeNiGIN6c
— TurfShowTimes (@TurfShowTimes) September 7, 2020
znModeratorfrom Facebook
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“Erased” History……..
— From the book, The Warmth of Other Suns
http://www.theapartment’sersuns.comOn the evening of July 11, 1951, one of the biggest riots in U.S. history began after a young black couple moved into an apartment in all-white Cicero, IL, west of Chicago. The husband, Harvey Clark, was a World War II veteran who migrated to Chicago from Mississippi and was working as a bus driver.
He and his wife Johnetta had been crammed with their two children in a two-room tenement along with a family of five on the city’s overcrowded South Side. The couple found more space and cheaper rents in Cicero, closer to his work. The local sheriff turned them away when they first tried to move in.
With a court order in hand, the couple moved their belongings into the new apartment on July 11, as a mob formed around them, heckling and throwing rocks. The mob, many of them eastern European immigrants, grew to as many as 4,000 by nightfall. The couple fled, unable to stay overnight in the new apartment.
That night, the mob stormed the apartment and hurled the family’s belongings out of a third floor window: the sofa, the chairs, the clothes, the baby pictures. The mob tore out the fixtures: the stove, the radiators, the sinks. They smashed the piano, overturned the refrigerator, bashed in the toilet. They set the family’s belongings on fire and then firebombed the building, leaving even the apartment’s white tenants homeless.
The rioters overturned police cars and threw stones at firefighters who tried to put out the fire. The Illinois Governor, Adlai Stevenson, had to call in the National Guard for the first time since the 1919 race riots in Chicago. It took more than 600 guardsmen, police officers and sheriff’s deputies to beat back the mob that night and three more days until the rioting over the Clarks to subside.
The Clarks were prevented from spending a single night in Cicero. A total of 118 men were arrested in the rioting but none were indicted. Instead, the rental agent and the owner of the apartment building were indicted for inciting a riot by renting to the Clarks in the first place. The Cicero riot attracted worldwide attention and became a symbol of northern hostility to the arrival of millions of African Americans during the Great Migration.==
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Riot
Firemen who rushed to the building were met with showers of bricks and stones from the mob. Sheriffs’ deputies asked the firemen to turn their hoses on the rioters, who refused to do so without their lieutenant, who was unavailable. The situation appeared to be out of control and County Sheriff John E. Babbs asked Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson to send in the Illinois National Guard. As troops arrived at the scene, the rioters fought with them. Armed with bayonets, rifle butts, and tear gas, the troops ended the riot by setting a 300-meter (328-yard) perimeter around the apartment block in which the rioting was in progress. By July 14, most of the violence had ended.
Aftermath
The Cook County grand jury failed to indict any of the accused rioters, instead indicting Clark’s attorney from the NAACP (George N. Leighton, later a federal judge; his own defense counsel would be future Justice of the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall), the owner of the apartment building, and the owner’s rental agent and lawyer on charges of inciting a riot and conspiracy to damage property. The charges were dropped after widespread criticism.
A federal grand jury then indicted four Cicero officials and three police officers on charges of violating Clark’s rights in connection with the race riots after the United States Attorney General launched an investigation of the incident. Charges were dropped against the fire chief, whose firefighters refused to direct their water hoses at the rioters when requested by the police, and the town’s president. The police chief and two police officers were fined a total of $2,500 (equivalent to $25,000 in 2019) for violating Clark’s civil rights. The federal prosecution was hailed as a courageous achievement, since it was rare that civil rights in housing had stirred action by federal officials.
The Cicero Race Riot of 1951 lasted several nights, involved two- to five thousand white rioters, and received worldwide condemnation. It was the first race riot to be broadcast on local television. Most viewed the rioting in Cicero from the comfort of their living rooms on TVs before they read it in the papers. The press in the 1940s Chicago housing attacks was largely ignored, but when the eruption occurred in Cicero in 1951, it brought worldwide condemnation for the first time and a dramatic climax to an era of large-scale residential change. The black population continued to increase in Chicago despite the incident, and the Chicago Housing Authority reported a decrease in the number of black families requesting police protection. Although the housing assaults did not end, they became less frequent than in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
In an editorial dated July 14, 1951, The Chicago Tribune used their disapproval of rent control to explain why the mob’s behavior should be condemned, stating “We think it was wholly indefensible, exactly as we think the similar behavior of the majority [tenants] on rent control is wholly indefensible. When majorities are right, it is not because they are majorities but because they are right. When majorities abuse their strength to impose injustice upon a minority, they are always wrong, whether the victims are an economic, a racial, a religious, or any other kind of minority.”
The buildings at the center of the riots are still standing and occupied as of 2017. Harvey E. Clark Jr. died in 1998 aged 75 at his home in Swannanoa, NC.
September 7, 2020 at 12:03 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120560znModeratorSEATTLE RAM, IN A TWEET: The newest LA Rams player taking one back Tony Horne style.
Is he a Trung?
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vMore of a Sproles? Though bigger than Sproles. Lighter than DH though. The Horne comparison is apt because though Horne was a WR he was also a great KR AND a great special teams gunner. Calais has the same potential on special teams.
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from https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/raymond-calais/5IeuoLJqqj
RAYMOND CALAIS
RB, LouisianaHT 5’9″ — WT 180 lbs
PROS: Has game-changing speed and he’s dangerous in space. When he gets free on the second level, tacklers have a tough time getting their hands on him. Averaged 7.8 yards per rush on 236 career carries, a testament to his big play potential. Isn’t shy of contact for a smaller back. Runs with daring purpose and challenges defenders to square him up. Springy feet and lateral quickness. Controls his speed well and has good balance when stringing together moves. Appears to have good hands despite only 17 career catcher. Dynamic kick returner and experienced covering punts.
CONS: Why didn’t he get more chances to catch the football in college? Unlikely to be an asset in pas protection. Smaller back that won’t have the same success with the power components in the NFL as he did in college. Modest field vision and he requires runways to be created for him. Does not illustrate much in the way of patience as a ball carrier and he can get overeager, not allowing for blocks to take form.
BEST TRAIT – Speed
WORST TRAIT – Size
RED FLAGS – None
Louisiana running back Raymond Calais enters the NFL after making his share of explosive plays in college as a runner, returner and occasionally a receiver. At the next level, he projects as a space player where his home run ability can be fully maximized and his lack of size and vision won’t be as problematic. Asking Calais to pound the rock between the tackles and pass protect aren’t likely within his wheelhouse but that doesn’t mean he can’t be useful in the NFL by an offensive creator that can intelligently get him the football. In addition to an x-factor type role on offense, Calais has been an exceptional kick returner and has experience serving as a gunner on punt team. Calais brings considerable value in the variety of meaningful ways he can make an impact as a depth player in the NFL.
znModeratorRams open season as 3-point underdogs vs. Cowboys https://t.co/WPYXBlIaky
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) September 7, 2020
September 7, 2020 at 9:51 am in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120554znModeratorThe newest LA Rams player taking one back Tony Horne style. https://t.co/ML1tuorvk4
— SeattleRams (@seattlerams_nfl) September 7, 2020
September 6, 2020 at 11:51 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120545znModeratorSeptember 6, 2020 at 10:40 pm in reply to: Rams make waiver claim of LB Justin Hollins. Rooster at 53. #120543znModeratorfrom https://theramswire.usatoday.com/lists/rams-justin-hollins-waivers-things-to-know/
Hollins improved his draft stock in the East-West Shrine Game last year, which is a pre-draft all-star game for some of the top prospects in the draft. In the game, he had 10 tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss. He was named defensive MVP for his performance, putting his name on the radars of more NFL teams and draft analysts.
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Hollins is a bigger linebacker, but he has plenty of speed. He ran a 4.50 in the 40-yard dash at the 2019 NFL combine, which was the sixth-fastest time among all edge rushers and linebackers.September 6, 2020 at 8:47 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120541znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
So the Rams do plan on signing RB Raymond Calais as @TomPelissero noted; but are still mulling a corresponding move. Calais was a later-round target of the Rams during the draft process because of specifically his explosive ability as a return specialist and potential at gunner.So, less about RB depth than possible special teams contribution…
September 6, 2020 at 8:46 pm in reply to: Rams make waiver claim of LB Justin Hollins. Rooster at 53. #120540znModeratorDOWNTOWN RAMS [DTR]@DowntownRams
From the #Broncos official site. Vic Fangio on cutting #Rams LB Justin Hollins yesterday:“He’s a good football player, and if he doesn’t get claimed today, he’s a guy we’ll have interest in”
September 6, 2020 at 8:45 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120538znModeratorULL RB Raymond Calais keeps flashing his speed at the NFLPA Bowl. This 101-yard KR TD will catch scouts attention. pic.twitter.com/gN8Vz5Fhqr
— Bobby Football (@RobPaulNFL) January 19, 2020
September 6, 2020 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120537znModeratorULL RB Raymond Calais keeps flashing his speed at the NFLPA Bowl. This 101-yard KR TD will catch scouts attention. pic.twitter.com/gN8Vz5Fhqr
— Bobby Football (@RobPaulNFL) January 19, 2020
September 6, 2020 at 8:35 pm in reply to: Rams sign RB, Raymond Calais off TBay’s Practice Squad #120536znModeratorfrom https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/06/rams-raymond-calais-practice-squad-buccaneers/
This is possibly a bad sign for Darrell Henderson Jr., who’s still dealing with a hamstring strain that has kept him out of practice. The Rams haven’t yet ruled Henderson out for Week 1 like they have with Terrell Lewis, but his status is very much up in the air.
Like Henderson, Calais has experience on kick returns, and the Rams could use him in that role early in the season if Henderson is sidelined for a while. Calais was first-team All-Sun Belt as a return specialist in his senior year, averaging 28.5 yards per return.
Because Calais was poached off another team’s practice squad, he must remain on the 53-man roster for at least three weeks before he can be sent to the Rams’ practice squad.
znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Malcolm is at his apex. Cam is learning how to be a pro. You see how massive the potential is, tho.I think Reynolds and Jefferson will have different jobs. I think Josh will be more situational (deep threat, has good size for RZ) and that will naturally mean Van ends the year with more targets.
znModeratorThere was a lot of talk about Hoecht, Rozeboom, and Williams. All 3 made it to the PS.
September 6, 2020 at 3:57 pm in reply to: Rams make waiver claim of LB Justin Hollins. Rooster at 53. #120519znModeratorznModeratorSo far, the Atlantic article has been backed up by reports from the AP, the NYT, the WaPo and now Fox News
More on this.
From Facebook.
(I don’t know who the original poster was, it was re-posted anonymously).
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This has all been fact checked. Below please find a laundry list of things the POTUS has done that disgraces our country.
• In May 2020, the White House ended National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits
• The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government
• Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew.
• After Iran’s retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as “headaches”
• On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies”
• Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019)
• Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection
• Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange.
• There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility
• Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built
• On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America’s allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey’s president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces.
• Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11
• In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there’s no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn’t close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he’s forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there.
• In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump’s border wall.
• In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. “They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling.”
• Veterans graves will be “dug up” for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property
• Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)
• On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall
• On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals
• Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019)
• Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019)
• Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019)
• In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better “aesthetic appearance”
• Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)
• Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019)
• Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019)
• On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain
• Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship’s name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019)
• Trump purged 200,000 vets’ healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019)
• Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019)
• On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn’t thank him for his funeral
• Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party’s funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise
• He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019)
• He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019)
• He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019)
• When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances,” Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019)
• He called a retired general a ‘dog’ with a ‘big, dumb mouth’ (Jan 1, 2019)
• He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018)
• He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018)
• He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018)
• Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn’t going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama’s. It wasn’t.
• He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays
• He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)
• He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he’s most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)
• He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018)
• He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018)
• While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn’t attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain — other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)
• He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018)
• He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)
• Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018)
• Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018)
• Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018)
• He forgot a fallen soldier’s name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)
• He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn’t have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)
• He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)
• He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present)
• He deported veterans (2017-present)
• He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)
• On Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren’t strong (note: yes, he said it’s ‘because they aren’t strong.’ He didn’t say it’s ‘because they’re weak.’ This distinction is important because of Snopes)
• Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016)
• Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present)
• Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016)
• Trump said he has “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military” because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography)
• Trump said he doesn’t consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)
• Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)
• For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991
• Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs.
• No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service. -
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