GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
Name:
Shawn
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Lied to the troops about a pay raise!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/26/politics/trump-misleads-military-pay-raise-again/index.html
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Speaking to troops at Al Asad Air Base during his surprise visit to Iraq, Trump told troops: "You protect us. We are always going to protect you. And you just saw that, 'cause you just got one of the biggest pay raises you've ever received. ... You haven't gotten one in more than 10 years. More than 10 years. And we got you a big one. I got you a big one. I got you a big one."
In fact, military pay has increased every year for more than three decades. It was raised 2.4% in 2018 and then 2.6% in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. The 2.6% pay raise is the largest in the past 9 years.
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"They had plenty of people that came up, they said, 'You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3%, we could make it 2%, we could make it 4%,'" Trump told the troops about the latest pay raise. "I said, 'No. Make it 10%. Make it more than 10%.'"
'Cause it's been a long time, it's been more than 10 years. Been more than 10 years, that's a long time," Trump said, repeating the false claim.
How do you have the audacity and disrespect to tell the soldiers that they are getting a 10% raise, and then never actually giving it to them? 10% vs 2.6% is huge, and can change someone's standard of living.
And he HAD to lie about it. The 2.6% raise they are getting is the largest in 9 years. He could have easily bragged about the truth, but no.... he has to lie about everything... 
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