NH GOP Chair Blasts Veterans Groups

New Hampshire GOP Chair Jack Kimball blasted veterans groups as “fronts for the left wing” after they criticized him for saying the reelection of President Obama would mean American military killed in action died ‘’completely in vain.’’

Kimball said his critics are taking statements he made out of context and they were not in any way a political sleight to veterans.

“I’m proud to be a veteran, and I’m proud of every man and woman who has served this country in the military,” said Kimball in a statement to The Telegraph.

“These groups attacking me are twisting my words and are just fronts for the left wing. I reject left-wing policies, just like I reject this left-wing president. He has been a total failure, and he is taking this country down a path that will ruin us. I don’t want the great American experiment to be weakened by Obama’s radical agenda.”

Tuesday, veterans from VoteVets.org, the Truman National Security Project, and VetPAC condemned Kimball’s statement and demanded he apologize to troops and military families. “He has attempted to trivialize their sacrifices in order to launch a partisan attack on their commander in chief, said Iraq War veteran Ashwin Madia, interim chairman of VoteVets.org.

Kimball’s comments were captured on video while addressing the Hillsborough County Republican Committee Flag Day Picnic on June 12, 2011.