I've got a few words to offer about what Trump did at the National Jamboree today, but first let me establish some bona fides...
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After looking at all of that, my son has been bugging me to go. He's been making plans w/ his grandfather, talking abt how we should all go.
Thankfully, we were not among those in today's crowd. But there must be others there with stories like ours. Trump trampled that tradition.
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Worst of all, he did it for no reason. He made the national gathering of Boy Scouts about himself only b/c he makes everything abt himself.
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As Scouts, we were taught never to make our service about politics. Scouts are not supposed to appear in uniform at political events.
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And yet, Trump saw fit to turn the largest gathering of Boy Scouts into a political gathering, as if they had come together only to see him.
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It's the worst kind of desecration, and it he does it repeatedly and without a second thought.
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And before anyone brings it up: No one has a more conflicted relationship w/ Scouts than I do. I love the organization and hate a lot abt it
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In this way, it's a lot like America itself.
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But Trump didn't dishonor the Boy Scouts by falling short of its standards; he made a mockery of the ideals themselves. It's what he does.
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Sadly, the
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And by the way, the only time that Trump ever had any previous dealings with the Boy Scouts was when Don Jr. joined in 1989.
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The membership fee was $7 in those days—and Trump didn't pay it out of pocket. He took the money from charity.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-boasts-of-his-philanthropy-but-his-giving-falls-short-of-his-words/2016/10/29/b3c03106-9ac7-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html …
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I'm sorry that Trump and Don Jr. didn't stick with it. The first thing they teach you: "A scout is trustworthy."
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Exactly. You weren't one of those people in the crowd as they chanted "WE LOVE TRUMP". I don't care about your past or your family's past
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YOU DO NOT REPRESENT THE BOY SCOUTS. & you're speaking like you do. It's obvious you don't speak for them. They screamed WE LOVE TRUMP
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And you're on Twitter being a snowflake repeating your family history as if it entitles you to speak for Boy Scouts as a whole.
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You don't even speak for your Grandfather or Father or anyone.
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Kinda like you don't speak for young people or hispanics. Yet you play that up. Time to grow up
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... We agreed that this whole issue of
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What's that old saying..those who forget history are doom to repeat it..
pic.twitter.com/mHd9ivuM1G
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Very nice book emoji. If you've read anything about the Boy Scouts you'd know the program stands against that sort of thing.
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Everywhere
#Trump goes, he winds up talking about self using the wrong platform to do so..Narcissist#boyscoutsjamboree#CIA Memorialpic.twitter.com/1b0MalsKPp
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