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Biden Blasts Trump as 'Un-American' For Calling War Vets 'Losers, Suckers'

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 9/8/20

Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden, after promising union members in a virtual speech to champion their issues and make a "transformational investment" in infrastructure, departed from Labor Day themes to excoriate President Trump for allegedly referring to dead American war veterans as "losers" and "suckers."

Mr. Trump has heatedly denied making those characterizations, which were first reported by Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic. Some of his harsher remarks along similar lines have since been confirmed by news organizations as diverse as the New York Times and Fox News.

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