McEachin Statement on President Trump’s Comments to Group of Boy Scouts

WASHINGTON – Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04), an Eagle Scout, issued this statement following President Trump’s inappropriate comments to a group of Boy Scouts:

"I found President Trump's remarks completely unacceptable. Boy Scouting teaches young men civility, honor, decency and patriotism, none of which the president demonstrated in his hysterical remarks to a group of impressionable young teenagers. Attacking your vanquished opponent, threatening to publicly fire an employee while undermining another one, calling for religious sectarianism - are actions beneath the dignity of the office of President and the antithesis of the core values of Boy Scouts.

“My years of scouting taught me to work together to resolve problems, to search for our commonalities, to treat everyone with respect and to try to take the high road. Our president not only wasted an opportunity to set a good example for our youth, but his prattle was yet another example of how not to behave. I'm disappointed, as a Scout, that he totally missed the unique opportunity to impress young men who are eager to do right. It is clear that the President could learn a great deal from those scouts about how to serve your country with the dignity and honor it is due.”

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