Its like rewarding the abuser!
George W. Bush charged $100K for appearance at charity event for wounded veterans: report
BY CELESTE KATZ NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 4:49 PM
Former commander-in-chief George W. Bush charged $100,000 in 2012 to speak at a charity fundraiser for vets wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News reported Wednesday.
The former President’s wife, Laura, took $50,000 a year earlier to speak to the same group, Texas-based Helping A Hero, the network reported.
Former Marine Eddie Wright, who served on the charity’s board and lost both hands in a 2004 rocket attack in Iraq, told ABC he didn’t think it was right for Bush to have been paid to raise money for vets through the group, which provides adapted homes to servicemembers who became disabled in combat.
“You sent me to war,” Wright said of Bush, according to ABC.
Wright served on the charity’s board and lost both hands in a 2004 rocket attack in Iraq.
EDDIE WRIGHT VIA FACEBOOK
Wright served on the charity’s board and lost both hands in a 2004 rocket attack in Iraq.
“I was doing what you told me to do, gladly for you and our country and I have no regrets. But it’s kind of a slap in the face.”
Bush reportedly also got a private jet trip to Houston for the speaking gig at a cost of $20,000.
In a post on Facebook Wednesday afternoon, Wright expanded on his television comments.
“I like President Bush. He's a man just like anyone else. The decision to take money from a non profit (any non profit) that raises money to assist Veterans who are wounded in a war that he was Commander in Chief of was a bad judgement call,” the Texas veteran wrote.
“I know a little bit about leadership. That's not the type of leader I aspired to be in the Corps and still do. I would never take money from my Marines.”
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