{"id":2251573,"date":"2024-05-23T19:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-veteran-and-lawmaker-brought-to-tears-reflecting-on-memorial-day\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T23:03:13","slug":"florida-veteran-and-lawmaker-brought-to-tears-reflecting-on-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-veteran-and-lawmaker-brought-to-tears-reflecting-on-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida lawmaker and veteran moved to tears while reflecting on Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-veteran-and-lawmaker-brought-to-tears-reflecting-on-memorial-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Memorial Day<\/a> weekend, military veteran Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brian-mast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brian Mast<\/a> (R-FL) remembered those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, choking up as he recalled \u201cseeing flags draped over the casket of my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get around Memorial Day, I think about the sacrifice of friends that I\u2019ve lost,\u201d Mast said during a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newsmax\/status\/1793640555819245871?s=46&#038;t=DWvFZKhHrb-IsLTLUkXUsQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Newsmax<\/a> interview. \u201cSometimes when I hear \u2018Taps\u2019 just playing in the background, I mean, I\u2019ve just heard it too many times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mast added that he spent the Thursday before Memorial Day helping clean the Vietnam Memorial, saying \u201che couldn\u2019t help but weep\u201d when remembering the men and women who gave their lives for the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mast is a combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient who served in Afghanistan. In 2010, he lost both legs while carrying out Operation Enduring Freedom with the U.S. Army.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Republican has served Florida\u2019s 21st Congressional District since 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), a military veteran, choked up ahead of Memorial Day weekend, honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. He recalled the poignant image of flags on the caskets of fallen friends, expressing deep emotions: &#8220;When Memorial Day approaches, I remember the sacrifices of my lost friends,&#8221; Mast shared in a Newsmax interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2251574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24031794781886.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24031794781886.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}