Disavowed by GOP leaders, Trump supporters cheer louder

To him, Trump’s sentiment is more than just questioning McCain’s heroism, but a “dumb” remark that shows his own lack of military experience or understanding. Criticism from the media and the likes of Graham and Branstad may help Trump muster support from anti-establishment voters even if his poll numbers end up taking a hit.

He got his first two students deferments in June 1964 and December 1965, while he was studying at Fordham University in the Bronx, the website said.

McCain, who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2009, made clear during his interview today that he was speaking only for himself.

He was then reclassified as “available for military service” in November 1966, but that was switched back just weeks later. Trump said, “I do, and by the way, I said it, I actually said it four times, and I said it immediately after I went off stage because I was asked that question”. By Monday, Trump was saying that McCain was a hero, but refused to apologize for his comments.

That drop could have been a effect of Trump’s claim on Saturday that Sen.

Video: Debate: Trump Card Or Joker? “John McCain’s status as a war hero”, pollster Gary Langer wrote for ABC.

“When Mr. Trump says he prefers to be with people who are not captured, the great honour of my life was to be in the company of heroes”, McCain said on MSNBC.

While Trump has tried to soften his comment about McCain, he has yet to apologize to those veterans that were offended.

But, Baginski said, Trump didn’t have it all wrong.

In a Monmouth University poll released Monday which surveyed Iowa GOP caucus goers, Trump is second with 13 percent, trailing only Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with 22 percent.

In perhaps another attempt to smooth things over, McCain’s former running mate, Sarah Palin, told CNN late on Monday that she viewed both men as heroes.

“When you attack the men and women in armed forces, you attack all of us who have gone into uniform”, said Capt Robinson.

For the extraordinarily crowded Republican field, Mr Trump has become a big problem. “I used to like him a lot”, he said.

Still, it’s a sizable increase for Trump over the slim lead he held in another recent poll, and a major bump up from the mere 4% of right-leaning voters who backed him in a May 31 Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Other GOP candidates, who mostly muttered up their sleeves when Trump insulted millions of Mexican immigrants, were less timid in their tweets defending McCain.