Category: In the media

Rieckhoff on Gallagher – Variety Magazine   “Trump is a master of casting, and Gallagher is a perfect fit,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told the Times. “He’s handsome, he’s heroic, he’s got a beautiful wife. He’s a Rambo version of the same story Trump has been telling over and over: The deep state is trying to screw you, the media is bad, and the rich people don’t understand you. But I’ll stick up for you.” Asked for comment about Gallagher’s newly launched lifestyle brand, Gallagher’s lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, did his best impression of Trump, who thinks facts that make him look bad are fake news, telling the paper: “Chief Gallagher is happy to respond to inquiries by legitimate journalists looking to publish factual pieces, but has no time for propagandists who put out knowingly false statements masquerading as fact.”

  Angry Americans host Paul Rieckhoff on CNN’s Reliable Sources. Are Trumps Actions Being Motivated by Media Coverage? January 5, 2020.

The deputy commander of the American-led operation in Iraq said the Pentagon was putting service members through medical examinations to see if they had traumatic brain injuries. “Don’t just be outraged by #PresidentMayhem’s latest asinine comments,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, wrote in a Twitter post. “Take action to help vets facing TBIs,” a reference to traumatic brain injury. Read the article  

President says U.S. injuries in attack in Iraq weren’t very serious; veterans say his comments were ignorant Mr. Trump’s comments are “really counterproductive because we’ve worked for the last decade-and-a-half to highlight and educate people about the invisible injuries of war,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and host of the Angry Americans podcast. “He really displayed remarkable ignorance about what could be the signature injury of our generation.” Read the article  

  Angry Americans host Paul Rieckhoff on Cuomo Prime Time Jan. 8, 2020

Angry Americans host Paul Rieckhoff on Cuomo Prime Time Jan. 7, 2020

  Errol Louis discussed the breaking news of Iranian attacks on American forces in Iraq with Paul Rieckhoff, an Iraq war veteran and the host of the “Angry Americans” podcast.

  Angry Americans host Paul Rieckhoff discusses the lack of clarity for troops headed to the middle East on Cuomo Prime Time Monday, January 6, 2020.

  Some Trump critics are asking if the president is “wagging the dog,” stoking a conflict to distract from his own impeachment. But legendary journalist Sam Donaldson says he doesn’t think so. Paul Rieckhoff also joins the conversation and advocates for on-camera press briefings from the Pentagon and White House.