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Offline flowers

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Sarah Palin is taking heat from veterans for seeming to point the finger at President Obama over mental issues her son may be dealing with following his Iraq war service.

Her son Track was arrested earlier this week on domestic violence charges, and Palin publicly addressed the case Wednesday during a post-endorsement appearance on the campaign trail for Donald Trump. She appeared to link his alleged behavior to post-traumatic stress disorder – and used it to criticize Obama’s veteran policies. 

But Paul Rieckhoff, the head of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), criticized the former Alaska governor’s comments Wednesday night.

He tweeted: “We need more programs and less politics to battle PTSD.”

Speaking with NBC News, he also said, “"It's not President Obama's fault that Sarah Palin's son has PTSD.”


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Well, I thought she may be stretching things when she tried to make the correlation; however, I'm sure vets have questioned Hussein's leadership, or lack thereof.
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