The presence of individuals who appeared to be U.S. Marines in full uniform at a recent Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for Donald Trump, the presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee, raised eyebrows for some online, who pointed out that it could constitute illegal behavior. read more
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"The images first surfaced on Saturday and were said to have been taken at the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
In it, three women in dress attire can be seen posing alongside four men wearing full Marine Corps uniforms, two of them carrying the U.S. and Marine flags, while the other two appear to be holding rifles of some kind.
As the image circulated, several people chimed in, noting that the men's presence at the political event in full uniform could be illegal. Some also raised the possibility that the men were not, in fact, real Marines.
"It's either illegal per UCMJ [Uniform Code of Military Justice], or they aren't marines which would be weird," former Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, wrote in a post.
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It would be special if Trump hired undocumented migrants to play the role of the soldiers.
flyonsomewall
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Actors dressed as Marines posing with Russians dressed as Americans
minxiv7
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Those are fake --- "Marines". Not a single set of commendations, no stripes, no indication of rank in full dress, BULLSH@T. Stolen Valor:"
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Looks like Russian hookers and GOP Crisis Actors, rofl!
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Perhaps because Israel predates Palestine by more than a thousand years.
"By more than 1,000 years, "Israel" predates "Palestine." The land then became home primarily to an Arab population, again for more than a millennium. Both Jews and Arabs thus have a legitimate claim to the land. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has seen myriad wrongs and brutalities on both sides."
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There aren't any good guys in this current conflict.