According to The Atlantic, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers” about the veterans who had died in World War I:

Sullenberger explained, “I have long known that serving a cause greater than oneself is the highest calling, whether in the military or in civilian life. And I have always tried to be a voice of reason and to speak in a measured way.”

He then announced that this was a time to speak out against the injustice. “It is time to call out egregious behavior for what it is,” said Sullenberger. “For the first time in American history, a president has repeatedly shown utter and vulgar contempt and disrespect for those who have served and died serving our country.”

Imagine getting called the fuck out by Captain Sully.

— Marquis de Lafayette(Reese) (@JackJackington) September 5, 2020

Trump also trashed the late Senator John McCain, saying when he died that “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral.”

Sullenberger offered more commentary, “While I am not surprised, I am disgusted by the current occupant of the Oval Office. He has repeatedly and consistently shown himself to be completely unfit for and to have no respect for the office he holds.”

He ended his thread, saying “We owe it not only to those who have served and sacrificed for our nation, but to ourselves and to succeeding generations to vote him out.”

Thank you for making the effort to express your thoughts about the traitor in the White House. You are spot on! It’s really appalling to see the predictable line of Trump supporters trying to defend the indefensible. At what point do they finally realize they’ve backed a traitor?

— MURRAY 🗽 (@murray_nyc) September 5, 2020