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Opinion: President Trump continues to say he rushed to Ground Zero after the Sept. 11 attacks to help. nprscottsimon says there's a phrase for the offense committed by impostors who wear phony medals: stolen valor.

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nprscottsimon Be fair. He might have done had it not been for those pesky bone spurs.

nprscottsimon realDonaldTrump I SERIOUSLY doubt Trump did any such thing! Captain Bone Spurs no less served in the military than he was working or sent workers to the WTC sites. FakePresident , you ARE the FakeNews!!

nprscottsimon Has a liars pants ever caught on fire?

nprscottsimon Clearly the man has a chronic lying disease.

nprscottsimon Trump is just delusional, his lies are repeated so many times he thinks they are true

nprscottsimon Trump lies.

MollyMcKew nprscottsimon He was not. He’s full of shit as usual. His famous and false proclamation of “now my tower is the biggest” was made far from ground zero. He is a liar and the claim is disrespectful to the countless first responders who were there. Tragically his ignorant cult believes him.

nprscottsimon trump is a liar, but this is unbelievable.

nprscottsimon You could find him easy that day...just follow the line of pee going in the opposite direction.

nprscottsimon Liars is another term.

nprscottsimon POTUS is a certified LIAR!

nprscottsimon So....you're calling him a liar?

tx_blue_dot nprscottsimon You had me at RUSHED 🤣🤣🤣🤣MAGA that thing can’t run fat or skinnyish CaptainBonesSpurs

nprscottsimon Suuuurrreeee he did... 🙄

nprscottsimon To bad his taped telephone call proves him the liar we all know he is

nprscottsimon Just like he went to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the place &all realDonaldTrump did was throw paper towels at them.He grabs every opportunity to call attention to himself.He exists to glorify himself. MAGAs have turned away from god to worship an orange monster

nprscottsimon Geez, it never ends!

nprscottsimon Can’t believe anything that guy (Frump) says.

nprscottsimon This is someone who prides in being a germophobe. Scolded his acting WH Chief Of Staff for coughing in his presence. Imagine Drumpf rushing to that scene, with all the smoke and dust and everything else. Not one person had recollected seeing him there. This is a blatant lie.

nprscottsimon Nobody cares NPR. Is Hillary still taking fire at the landing strip?

nprscottsimon tRumpIsALiar

nprscottsimon Illegitimate PervOTUS, with over 10,000 lies, continues to lie. Shocking really...

nprscottsimon STOLEN VALOR OVAL LENS ROT PoeticAnagramWave

nprscottsimon After being a public radio donor for many years, I am not happy to say that today I truly despise NPR. Your relentless attacks on our president, twisting his every word and action, has become an attack on our nation. You are truly the Enemy of the People, aka Fake News.

cmarinucci nprscottsimon I think we have a new hashtag to post to all djts tweets. StolenValor

nprscottsimon Stolen valour! He was never at ground zero! He gloated over the fact that his building was now the tallest! If that's not disgusting, i don't know what is. Delusional Don the Con!

nprscottsimon A dictator-wanabee doing what such egomaniacs do: rewrite history to create a personal mythology to counter their shameful true history.

nprscottsimon Self edification when we all know better first to hit the golf course loves his favorite person.

nprscottsimon After holding Joshua Chamberlain's flank at Little Round Top.

nprscottsimon Another Delusions of Grandeur!!!!!!

nprscottsimon The imposter president in every way possible.

nprscottsimon There are photos of him at ground zero and news interviews. Why not include those?

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nprscottsimon Trump would have been the last person to run into danger.

MafiaALago nprscottsimon Hes a jingoistic draft dodger. Thats all he is.

nprscottsimon He was in Florida at the time.

nprscottsimon Pathetic news organization desperate for survival keep peddling this bullshit. He was in NYC near the WTC & the storm was headed for AL at one point. But sure ...keep your public-funded bullshit on. shutdownNPR

nprscottsimon What Trump rushed to do was lie. That is the Trump contribution to every crisis or disaster.

nprscottsimon The fake journalists at NPR continue to ineffectually ankle bite at President Trump.

nprscottsimon President Bonespurs saves the day, AGAIN!

nprscottsimon Typical behavior for sufferers of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). He's a sick man, obviously.

nprscottsimon Trump is a wannabe hero who is too afraid to actually do anything heroic or self-sacrificing. His tales of action and heroism are disgusting.

nprscottsimon Or we could have bullshitter Joe tell us his fake war story , or forget what state he is in !!

nprscottsimon Already proven he was there uou desperate bastards

nprscottsimon Yes and we vets dont like it

nprscottsimon Yeah, not the same thing. Keep trying

Susan_Hennessey nprscottsimon And no network thought it was disgusting enough to actually cover his deception.

Susan_Hennessey nprscottsimon it's funny that rudy g. hasn't piped in yet.

nprscottsimon His lies alone are grounds for impeachment.

nprscottsimon With the right information, Perhaps you could figure out what he was ACTUALLY doing in the immediate aftermath of 9/11

nprscottsimon impeachlyingTrump

Susan_Hennessey nprscottsimon There's also the tried & true 'lying POS'.

nprscottsimon Trump is a liar. He lies even when there's proof he's lying. He's one sick puppy.

Susan_Hennessey nprscottsimon Liar, Liar, pants on fire, yet no firefighter would put him out!

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nprscottsimon Every time trumps opens his mouth, it is a lie!!!

Susan_Hennessey nprscottsimon It's weirdly affirming to post a few days ago about how much of what Trump and Republicans do should be called 'stolen valor', specifically in reference to Trump's 9/11 bs claims, and then come across this.

Susan_Hennessey nprscottsimon Stolen valor!

Susan_Hennessey nprscottsimon I doubt it.

s_2_th_honda nprscottsimon Stolen Valor Valid accusation.

nprscottsimon Since you didn't use quotation marks, we can be certain that isn't what he said. And I don't recall the President claiming to be in the military when he wasn't. Giving a platform to anyone who wishes to tell lies may be the new norm for the media, but it is still disgraceful.

s_2_th_honda nprscottsimon Let’s calm him Walter

nprscottsimon His very existence is that of an imposter. His Presidency is a national tragedy.

nprscottsimon The problem is there is evidence he sent his people there, and that he used his money to help support the first responders. You media entertainers are lairs.

nprscottsimon This is just another instance where he claims credit and it is not his. What is it called when you refuse to acknowledge? Oh I know; Republican Denial. Page 45 of the psychology textbook.

nprscottsimon He rushed to the lamestream media that he hates, to brag about the fact that HE now had the tallest building in New York. If that's not a hero, I don't know what is? Damn coward.

nprscottsimon Maybe to help his announcement that he now had the tallest building.

nprscottsimon There’s a name for organizations that post false or misleading headlines and stories: FAKENEWS

UrBallotMatters nprscottsimon If anyone believes Trump did anything, I mean anything, like this without using it as a photo-op, I've got a padded cell for you!! I mean, FFS, when it's raining he doesn't even cover his wife and son with the umbrella!!

nprscottsimon He is correct. Also, Trump has no valor.

nprscottsimon I have a phrase for him...

nprscottsimon Brahahaha he ran alright.

nprscottsimon Trump always embeds himself in his daily lies even when there is untold evidence of the truth. This is the President of the US. WHY IS NOTHING DONE? HE IS DAMAGING OUR WORLD!!

nprscottsimon It's nothing new for him....

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nprscottsimon He has stolen money and lives, and now valor

nprscottsimon Just another glorious dream of the super hero in him that we just cant seem to see. Left over from infancy.

nprscottsimon I just love how he holds his hand over his spleen.

nprscottsimon His whole pattern of behaviour suggests that he’s lying. He would have been crowing about it for years.

nprscottsimon Is the any valor in this orange president bone spur?

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nprscottsimon There's also another term: Disgraceful excuse for a politician who is an embarrassment to humanity and to this country. And a third term, but it's politically incorrect: Trumptard!

Contented2851 nprscottsimon PresidentStolenValor ?

nprscottsimon Ohhh, I forgot he is only a weather man.

nprscottsimon I'm thinking that NPR should change its name to CNN II.

nprscottsimon Simple: don’t re-elect him. Get him OUT. I can’t listen to him nor anyone else. He is a menace, not a hero!

nprscottsimon I didn’t see him there. Find someone who did.

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nprscottsimon If he did. Why doesn't he have the illnesses everyone else has.

nprscottsimon All I know the most transparent President who took office, & the most campaign promise honest Presidents ever in history. This President didn't lie his way in office, everything he promised Either happened, or was because of roadblocks, not just saying things to get elected

nprscottsimon Takes after Kim Jong Il.

nprscottsimon fake news

nprscottsimon Trump will lie about absolutely everything!!!!

nprscottsimon Postscript to earlier note re: Ted Cruz. During the presidential campaign Cruz ranked lower on my humanity scale than Trump. The Donald has worked relentlessly since then to earn the very bottom slot.

nprscottsimon Reprehensible

nprscottsimon HATERS GOTTA HATE = NPR WRITERS!

nprscottsimon Sure, Trump was at ground zero. Just like Trump would run into a school with an active shooter. Trump is full of shit!

nprscottsimon More likely he looked out his window briefly and then hide under his bed and peed his pants.

nprscottsimon Too bad nprscottsimon won't call out DNC for their lies. It just reveals the bias of and nprpolitics

nprscottsimon He was on the ground. And, he is a zero. Maybe that’s what he means.

nprscottsimon Trump was at the crucifixion of Jesus and shoved a spear through Jesus's side, and gambled for his clothes.

nprscottsimon It’s just another Heynis lie. Can you imagine of Obama lied about something like this? Sean Hannity‘s head literally would’ve exploded on TV

nprscottsimon He didn’t do anything. We all KNOW this. Come the frick on, NPR.

nprscottsimon DELUSIONAL DELUSIONAL DELUSIONAL DELUSIONAL

nprscottsimon I think the time has come to organize a protest in DC. SpeakerPelosi doesn’t want to do anything than we should. I’ll organize it. Who’s behind me? trumpProtest

nprscottsimon Trump has also repeatedly stated that his father was born in Germany. His demented mind likely believes these fabrications. Which is what makes it even more worrisome that we have cabinet members and agency heads who order govt employees to comply w/ his delusions.

nprscottsimon NoValorTrump

nprscottsimon Trump was in Berlin when the wall came down. Trump was in Stalingrad when the Germans laid siege to the city. Trump landed on the moon and took the giant leap for mankind. Trump flew the Enola Gay . Trump was in the continental army and captured the airfields in the revolution.

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nprscottsimon Cadet Bone Spur. Stolen Valor. Liar in Chief. Of course he was there on 9/11!!! Remember, he was watching the Muslims dance in the streets!

nprscottsimon In his golf cart?

nprscottsimon President Trump continues to remind me of Elaida when she was Amyrlin and the Red Ajah remind me of the Republicans. Wheeloftime WoT I'm a huge nerd. If you read the books, you understand.

nprscottsimon Let’s start holding journalists to the same standards. If they lie, the public calls them out. If they continue to lie, prison time.

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nprscottsimon CadetBoneSpurs POTUS realDonaldTrump LiarInChief has NEVER been anywhere near any act of war or terror! He's a proven coward! His lard a$$ 'ran' far away from anything resembling conflict or destruction! That narcissist cares ONLY about saving his own butt, nobody elses!

MollyMcKew nprscottsimon Valor stolen by a draft dodger? Who woulda thunk it?

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nprscottsimon Who is he trying to snow with that claim, Trump isn't one to rush towards danger.

nprscottsimon Trump was a registered Democrat back then and a hero of the left. NPR failed to mention any of this.

nprscottsimon Labeled opinion. Now do the same with the rest of the propaganda you drivile. Liberal Ponzi schemes is your only direction.

nprscottsimon Mkayyyy....so.....

nprscottsimon Do you have evidence realDonaldTrump did NOT rush to Ground Zero with the intent of helping? Did not thousands do this? Why do you presume he is lying? You are presuming him guilty of a crime you accuse him of with no evidence at all! So you hate him. Leave it at that.

nprscottsimon Not to call anybody out, but he gave an interview on TV from there on the 13th. Other news papers have pictures of him there on the 12th...you can YouTube it

nprscottsimon Would he have lung issues or cancer like many of those heroes?

MollyMcKew nprscottsimon He rushed to a microphone to deliver the urgent news he now had the tallest building in NY.

TomandSteffani nprscottsimon It’s made even more egregious by the fact that he’s a lying, draft-dodging coward. AND it’s clear to anyone with a brain that he’s never helped another being at any point in his long, privileged, self-absorbed life. In fact, just the opposite. UnfitOnEveryLevel

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nprscottsimon So how did he help? 🤔

nprscottsimon You gotta be kidding. Trump and Bravery & Courage are Mutually Exclusive. He lies as often as he takes a breath. Why would you even consider that he is telling the truth. He was too busy bragging that he had the tallest building in NYC.

nprscottsimon If he had been there or sent anyone to help, he would have bragged about it in 2016. You don't think he would have tried to say Hillary didn't do as much as he did. Of course that's when he was a supporter of hers during his Democratic phase.

nprscottsimon perhaps he was there in spirit. who cares?

nprscottsimon These dogs were more heroic than realDonaldTrump could ever be.

nprscottsimon The worst of this is that he probably actually believes he rushed to ground zero.

nprscottsimon You do know there were witnesses and video, right? StopLying FakeNews

nprscottsimon Scott, you looking to be laid off? Or is this a sign that NPR is giving up the middle-of-the-road-by-all-means, even-if-we-have-to-report-lies-as-truth modus op its been going by these last 2 decades?

nprscottsimon He did but continue confirming to the public that you are the enemy of the people.

nprscottsimon Yes he was. Slow news day

nprscottsimon “Journalism”

nprscottsimon I'm not picking a side on this, but is there significance to the '100 or more' statement? Is it possible that Trump sent less that 100 people, so it was never recorded? Did I miss something, am I reading into this, or is it possible he did send folks to help?

nprscottsimon Trump got a purple heart, didn't he?

nprscottsimon I will never forget the hundreds of photographs posted everywhere for months of people you knew in your heart were likely gone, their families begging for any scrap of information.

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nprscottsimon I would love to hear Mr. Trump answer some questions about exactly what he did that day, and how he 'helped.'

nprscottsimon Liar. It's physically impossible for him to 'rush' anywhere.

nprscottsimon Does the Chosen One need a new wardrobe?

nprscottsimon Trump is a self-confessed germaphobe (Politico 'the Purell President). ' he hates it when staff cough or sneeze in his presence because of his longstanding germaphobia.'Business Insider The notion he was picking through dirty rubble, with people coughing all around him is absurd!

nprscottsimon YES! This is important. This IS stolen valor. I rode my bike downtown on 9/12 to take some photographs. Not being a credentialed journalist, I was told to leave the area as it was “an active crime scene” by a police officer. Fuck Trump.

nprscottsimon also : psychopath

nprscottsimon This country is shameful compared to the citizens of Hong Kong. 100's of 1,000's took to the streets against their government's corruption. Here in America it's just another Tuesday. When will true American's take to the streets against our corrupt government?

nprscottsimon Dreaming again

nprscottsimon That's because I'm fast and outworked everyone, so I only needed to help out for like 15 minutes, that was like 2 days work fir anyone else

nprscottsimon I find it hard to believe he rushed anywhere...

nprscottsimon Trump was nowhere near ground zero.

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nprscottsimon Explains the everorange of his skin realdonaldtrump

nprscottsimon In his sleep!

nprscottsimon And there's only one way to deal with scumbags that wear a stolen valor isn't there?

nprscottsimon realDonaldTrump is a liar. he will lie about anything. even the most sacred moments. LiarInChief at it again.

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nprscottsimon Was he hunting for a donut?

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