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A former Hillary Clinton volunteer drew swift condemnation -- and lost his job -- after mocking the widow of a fallen Navy SEAL who was honored by the president during his congressional address Tuesday night.

Dan Grilo, who said in his Twitter profile that he was a former volunteer for both Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, made the remarks after Trump paid tribute to Carryn Owens. She is the widow of U.S. Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, who was killed in a counterterrorism raid in Yemen last month.

“Our veterans have delivered for this nation—and now we must deliver for them,” Trump said, eliciting an extended standing ovation from the entire chamber for a visibly emotional Owens.

“Ryan died as he lived: a warrior, and a hero – battling against terrorism and securing our nation,” Trump said.

While widely regarded as the most powerful moment of the night, Grilo was not impressed. Responding to a tweet from L.A. Times reporter Matt Pearce, who noted that Owens was crying and overwhelmed, Grilo tweeted:

“Sorry, Owens' wife, you’re not helping yourself or your husband’s memory by standing there and clapping like an idiot. Trump just used you.”

The tweet quickly zipped around social media as commentators on both sides of the aisle were outraged by the swipe. Donald Trump Jr. called the tweet an example of “hatred from the other side."

 

Grilo followed up, apologizing for what we called a “poorly worded tweet.”

Grilo’s account soon went private, and was then deleted entirely. But the tweets were saved and archived by other Twitter users.

Grilo’s LinkedIn page says he works as a principal for the Chicago-based Liberty Advisor Group. But as of Wednesday morning, Grilo’s profile page on the site had been deleted, and the company later confirmed that an employee had sent what they called "an offensive and inappropriate tweet" regarding the Gold Star family.

In a statement, the company said that while the message was from his personal account, "his comments were inconsistent with the Company's values."

"Regardless of whether the comments in the tweet were intended to cause the hurt and anger that they ultimately generated, they were unacceptable to us, and the individual who issued the tweet is no longer affiliated with Liberty," the statement said.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/01/former-clinton-volunteer-in-hot-water-after-swipe-at-widow-fallen-seal.html



-- Edited by Ohfour on Wednesday 1st of March 2017 04:56:33 PM

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Yep, the left is imploding. They still do not understand that their hateful posts on social media or in the MSM are still not accepted by people who truly are diverse and honorable. But that is ok because it will keep the left out of power.

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The problem with the left is that they respond to things they don't like with personal attacks and incitement of violence. That gets old really, really fast.



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Really fast?

You know NOTHING about "the Left."

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How about they start proving us wrong then?

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flan327 wrote:

Really fast?

You know NOTHING about "the Left."

flan

 I do...i used to be a loser too. But I grew up.



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flan327 wrote:

Really fast?

You know NOTHING about "the Left."

flan

 That's what you got?  LOL.  Pathetic.



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Bwaaaahaaaaahaaaa

But anyhow. Yea see them run

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Once again, they seem to forget that just cuz they yell the loudest does not mean they speak for everyone. HALF the country is NOT on their side. They risk their own credibility and livelihood each time they forget this.

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I warned about the backlash the liberals were going to face years ago.

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Rahm Emanuel gets it...


"Our party likes to be right, even if we lose. If you win, you then have the power to go do what you need to get done. If you lose, you can write a book about what happened. Great. That's really exciting." [Sarcastic Rahm eye roll].

"You also gotta know, you can't beat something with nothin' - that was Bill Clinton's always lesson. You have to have an alternative. You have to give people your vision. And I would also be honest, it took us a long time to get this low - it ain't gonna happen in 2018. Take a chill pill, man. You gotta be in this for the long haul. If you think it's gonna be a quick turnaround, like that - it's not."

He's actually 100% correct. Marching in pu$$y hats and costumes, wearing safety pins, crying in despair ain't doing a damn thing but making you (general) look like you are certifiably insane.

You know what happened when Obama got elected? People took action...they organized for a cause and DID something. They found people that would run on their values. They supported those people with their time and their money. They came up with solutions, didn't sit on their a$$es "terrified". And they took DOWN the GOP. The GOP was turning out politicians no better than the libs. So we united behind a non-politician and guess what? We fricking WON the White House! The anti-GOPers actually caused a storm and took control.

That's what you do. You don't make fun of a recent widow of a serviceman. But nothing from the left surprises me anymore.

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Ohfour wrote:

Rahm Emanuel gets it...


"Our party likes to be right, even if we lose. If you win, you then have the power to go do what you need to get done. If you lose, you can write a book about what happened. Great. That's really exciting." [Sarcastic Rahm eye roll].

"You also gotta know, you can't beat something with nothin' - that was Bill Clinton's always lesson. You have to have an alternative. You have to give people your vision. And I would also be honest, it took us a long time to get this low - it ain't gonna happen in 2018. Take a chill pill, man. You gotta be in this for the long haul. If you think it's gonna be a quick turnaround, like that - it's not."

He's actually 100% correct. Marching in pu$$y hats and costumes, wearing safety pins, crying in despair ain't doing a damn thing but making you (general) look like you are certifiably insane.

You know what happened when Obama got elected? People took action...they organized for a cause and DID something. They found people that would run on their values. They supported those people with their time and their money. They came up with solutions, didn't sit on their a$$es "terrified". And they took DOWN the GOP. The GOP was turning out politicians no better than the libs. So we united behind a non-politician and guess what? We fricking WON the White House! The anti-GOPers actually caused a storm and took control.

That's what you do. You don't make fun of a recent widow of a serviceman. But nothing from the left surprises me anymore.

 Yep, we took the GOP down.  The Dems still don't get that and it's significance.



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to say ANYTHING disparaging about a widow/family who has suffered a loss like the Owens have is simply inexcusable

that schmuck grilo is very lucky he didn't say the same about one of my family members/loved ones

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Good for Liberty for canning him!



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