In searing new ad, father of Navy SEAL killed in Yemen accuses Trump of 'playing big man going to war'
By Catherine Garcia · The Week ·A Gold Star father whose son was the first U.S. service member to die in combat under the Trump administration is urging people not to vote for President Trump this November, saying he cannot be trusted "with your kid's life or your own....
Biden camp: Over 3,500 Americans died from COVID during GOP convention
By Alex Seitz-Wald · NBC News ·WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump covered a lot of ground in his lengthy speech accepting the GOP nomination Thursday, but Joe Biden's campaign said the one thing it lacked was a plan to fight the coronav...
Heart-Wrenching Vet Video Features Gold Star Dad Pleading With Voters: Don’t Trust Trump
By Mary Papenfuss · HuffPost ·Trump “wanted to play the big man going to war,” says the father of Navy SEAL William Ryan Owens, who died in a Yemen raid ordered by Trump at Mar-a-Lago. A scathing video from the progressive PAC VoteVets released...
His anguish still raw, Broward dad of slain SEAL denounces President Trump in ad
By Christina Saint Louis · Miami Herald ·Six days after he was sworn in as president, Donald Trump gave the green light for a commando raid into Yemen. The mission was meant to gather intelligence on terrorists operating out of the war-ravaged nation at the southern end of the ...
Father of Navy SEAL who died in raid in early days of Trump presidency issues a warning in ad
By Missy Ryan · The Washington Post ·The father of a Navy SEAL who died in battle days after President Trump took office has condemned the president in a new political ad, saying that Americans should not trust the president with their lives or those of their children. ...
Gold Star dad blames Trump for son's death in ad ahead of convention speech
By Zack Budryk · The Hill ·The left-leaning veterans group VoteVets released a “pre-buttal” to President Trump’s Republican National Convention address Thursday evening, featuring the father of the first service member to die in combat ...
'‘Don’t Trust Trump With Your Kid’s Life’ Says Gold Star Dad of Navy SEAL Who Was First to Die Under President
By David Badash · The New Civil Rights Movement ·Bill Owens, a Gold Star father whose son, Navy SEAL William Ryan Owens was the first soldier to die in combat under President Donald Trump, is blasting the Commander-in-Chief on a wide variety of issues, including ordering – from a...
VOTEVETS CONDEMNS NRCC FOR VILE AND DISGUSTING HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON TX-23 CANDIDATE, GINA ORTIZ JONES
WASHINGTON D.C.—Will Goodwin, Army Veteran and Director of Government Relations for VoteVets, released the following statement on the NRCC’s desperate and homophobic attacks on Gina Ortiz Jones: “The NRCC attacki...
Veterans Group Taunts Donald Trump For ‘Finally’ Going To War... With The Postal Service
By Lee Moran · HuffPost ·“This is just a warmup for the fall,” warns the narrator in the latest ad from progressive PAC VoteVets. President Donald Trump’s ongoing assault on the U.S. Postal Service is coming under fire in a new attack ad ...
Open Letter From 28 Gold Star Families On The Four Year Anniversary Of Khizr And Ghazala Khan's 2016 DNC Speech
To Our Fellow Americans: Four years ago today, Khizr and Ghazala Khan stood on the main stage at the Democratic National Convention to speak as the parents of a slain American soldier—Army Captain Humayan Khan. Before tens of thou...