• GodlessCommie@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Politicians didn’t send their own children when there was a draft in the US. Trump AND Biden are evidence of this

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      11 months ago

      Trump and Biden both avoided the draft with “1-Y” (medical) exemption. Keep in mind that more than half the 27 million eligible males were exempted or disqualified for some reason, so it’s not as if this was something only politicians did.