Sarah Palin Says She Never Suggested President Obama Didn’t Care About Veterans With PTSD

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin says she never “suggested” that President Obama didn’t care about veterans with PTSD at a recent Donald Trump rally in Tulsa, Okla.

During the Tulsa rally, Palin said she wanted a president who will “respect” and “honor” veterans suffering from PTSD. “What my own son is going through, what he is going through coming back, I can relate to other families who feel ramifications of PTSD and some of the woundedness that our soldiers do return with,” said Palin.  “And it makes me realize, more than ever, it is now or never for the sake of America’s finest that we have that commander in chief who will respect them and honor them.”

In an interview later that week, Trump said that he “suggested” Palin talk about her son’s arrest and the lack of care for veterans.

“Everything starts at the top and he’s the president,” Trump told CNN’s Don Lemon. “All you have to do is look at the Veterans Administration and look at the bad, the horrible care our vets get.”

Palin’s son, Track Palin, 26, was arrested for domestic violence a few days before Palin endorsed Trump in Wasilla, Alaska. He was charged with domestic violence against his girlfriend, interfering with a report of domestic violence and possession of a weapon while intoxicated according to Wasilla Police Department.

“I never blamed President Obama. What I have blamed President Obama in doing though is this level of disrespect for the United States military that is made manifest in getting budgets, in not trying to beef it up and let our military do the job that they are trained to do and in specific issues that we’re talking about that are so hot today, specifically let’s get in there and let’s utterly destroy ISIS,” Palin said on the Today show Monday morning.

Palin also added that she doesn’t think about the comments she made during the rally.

“I don’t regret any comment because I didn’t lay PTSD at the foot of the President. I did say though and suggested very adamantly that there is much more than our Commander-in-Chief can do to prove that he respects our troops and will let them do their job,” Palin said.