Do veterans know what staffers at a major veterans group think about Trump?

Published May 28, 2018 4:00am ET



Some of the American Legion’s senior staff in Washington are making it clear on Twitter that they don’t like President Trump, and other veterans’ groups and even some people in the government are starting to notice.

While Republicans and Democrats routinely hold jobs in a range of advocacy groups, some of the tweets from top American Legion staffers are getting attention for their anti-Trump bias. The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans group, was chartered by Congress nearly 100 years ago in 1919, and is supposed to operate as a nonpartisan group that works to advance the interests of veterans.

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