2020 candidate Ojeda says ‘President Bone Spur’ is ‘using veterans as props’

(ABC News) – He voted for President Donald Trump in 2016. He’s been described as “JFK with tattoos and a bench press.” He recently lost his race for a U.S. House seat in West Virginia.

And now, Democrat Richard Ojeda is running for the White House in 2020.

Ojeda joined ABC News’ Political Director Rick Klein and Chief White House and Washington Correspondent Jon Karl this week on the “Powerhouse Politics” podcastto discuss his long-shot White House bid and his relationship with President Trump.

A retired Army paratrooper, Ojeda chose the Veterans Day holiday to officially announce his bid for the presidency. In his 2018 race to represent West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District, Ojeda came up short behind the Republican candidate but managed 43.6 percent of the vote. The previous Democrat running in that district lagged 23 points behind that number in 2016.

Since 2016, though, Ojeda has been critical of Trump and the president hasn’t shied away from firing back.

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