Young: Trump comments on McCain insult all veterans

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Pictured: 9th District Indiana Congressman Todd Young

U.S. Representative Todd Young says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s criticism of Senator John McCain’s military record is insulting and uncalled for.

The southern Indiana Republican released a statement Sunday saying Trump’s comments at a conservative forum in Iowa Saturday “are an insult to everyone who ever has served their country in uniform.”

Trump said McCain is “not a war hero. He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

Young and McCain are the only two U.S. Naval Academy graduates currently serving in Congress.

Young said “every Naval Academy grad knows the story of John McCain’s sacrifice and heroism under extreme conditions. … His service record speaks for itself: He is a war hero, period.”

Young is running for the U.S. Senate.