Ex-Clinton volunteer slammed, loses job, after swipe at widow of fallen SEAL

A former Hillary Clinton volunteer drew swift condemnation -- and lost his job -- after mocking the widow of a fallen Navy SEAL who was honored by the president during his congressional address Tuesday night.

Dan Grilo, who said in his Twitter profile that he was a former volunteer for both Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, made the remarks after Trump paid tribute to Carryn Owens. She is the widow of U.S. Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, who was killed in a counterterrorism raid in Yemen last month.

“Our veterans have delivered for this nation—and now we must deliver for them,” Trump said, eliciting an extended standing ovation from the entire chamber for a visibly emotional Owens.

“Ryan died as he lived: a warrior, and a hero – battling against terrorism and securing our nation,” Trump said.

While widely regarded as the most powerful moment of the night, Grilo was not impressed. Responding to a tweet from L.A. Times reporter Matt Pearce, who noted that Owens was crying and overwhelmed, Grilo tweeted:

“Sorry, Owens' wife, you’re not helping yourself or your husband’s memory by standing there and clapping like an idiot. Trump just used you.”

The tweet quickly zipped around social media as commentators on both sides of the aisle were outraged by the swipe. Donald Trump Jr. called the tweet an example of “hatred from the other side."

Grilo followed up, apologizing for what we called a “poorly worded tweet.”

Grilo’s account soon went private, and was then deleted entirely. But the tweets were saved and archived by other Twitter users.

Grilo’s LinkedIn page says he works as a principal for the Chicago-based Liberty Advisor Group. But as of Wednesday morning, Grilo’s profile page on the site had been deleted, and the company later confirmed that an employee had sent what they called "an offensive and inappropriate tweet" regarding the Gold Star family.

In a statement, the company said that while the message was from his personal account, "his comments were inconsistent with the Company's values."

"Regardless of whether the comments in the tweet were intended to cause the hurt and anger that they ultimately generated, they were unacceptable to us, and the individual who issued the tweet is no longer affiliated with Liberty," the statement said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/01/ex-clinton-volunteer-slammed-loses-job-after-swipe-at-widow-fallen-seal.html

RationalSavage 59 minutes ago

This guy is a bitter idiot. Trump took the time to honor this fallen hero. Where was Obama when he lost 17 SEALS in the Chinook accident or Benghazi?

The left keeps hurting themselves            

The 15 SEALS lost on 6 August 2011 while placed in the slow moving Chinook were 'probably' sacrificed. We have never put that many highly trained members of our military in 1 aircraft/chopper.The Left would talk impeachment if something like that happens under Trump.

The Left has turned into the Party of and for criminal, illegal aliens and refugees from Mogadishu.

The Dems in The House and Senate are truly deplorable. There is not one smidgen of integrity or decency in any of them. I truly believe that Trump will destroy the Party of the Left single handedly. They are slowly moving in on pizzagate. You are correct sabanesque. Pizzagate is real. The DC cabal will come down and America will be cleansed. MAGA!

Quote Originally Posted by Sabanesque:

Not even Ginsburg showed up--what a partisan hack. 

She actually prefers the South African Constitution over the US Const (!). This because the S. A. Const says that people have a "right to health care and housing," etc. She wants to institute SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORSHIP into the US Const. What a dingbat.

 "I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012. I might look at the constitution of South Africa.

"That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights [and] had an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done.

"Much more recently than the U.S. Constitution is Canada, [which] has a charter of rights and freedoms [and] dates from 1982. You would almost certainly look at the European Convention on Human Rights. … I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.''

Ginsburg , she couldn't attend , she was too tired i am afraid 

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a wino and isn't 100% sober when she goes to these events..result ....she falls asleep during them...