World War II veteran who's turning 104 goes viral with birthday request for Trump
Denver Moore, who turns 104 on May 15, has invited President Donald Trump to attend his birthday party.
"I'm going to be 104 in May and I'm inviting you to my birthday party the 17th," Moore said in a video that was shared to TikTok last month.
In the clip, which has been viewed more than 700,000 times in ten days, Moore beamed while expressing his wish to meet Trump. He was wearing a red "MAGA" hat.
He told the president, "I got to vote for you again, and I hope I get to vote for you some more."
Allison Dudley, a friend of Moore's family, filmed and uploaded the veteran's message to the social media platform. Towards the end of the clip, she made her own pitch to Trump, saying, "He's a World War II veteran – Army Air Corps. You should come and visit him. He wants you here for his birthday."
Moore lives at Danbury Senior Living facility in Massilon, a town just south of Cleveland.
Danbury Senior Living executive director Kelli Beckler spoke highly of Moore, telling local outlet, The Canton Repository, "We all really enjoy having Denver as one of our residents here. We love hearing his stories. He's a great historian and storyteller, and it's a real honor to be able to be a part of this with him."
She added that since his birthday wish gained traction on social media, "We've been having people from all over call the facility wanting to send him cards and different things."
Moore grew up on a farm in Noble County, Ohio, and worked at Hercules Engine Co. before he was drafted into service in 1942, After the war, he became a U.S. Postal Service worker and raised a family, according to The Repository.
His son, Rich, told News 5 Cleveland that he hopes the veteran's birthday wish comes true. "If this makes him happy, then great. Whatever it takes."
Moore's wish was inspired by his deep patriotism. "It's a wonderful country," he said. "I'm glad God gave us the United States."
Moore remarked on the success of the video, telling The Repository, "In my long life, I never dreamed of that happening."
"They have a parade, firetrucks, (and) police cars. ... It'll be over at Canal Fulton at the (Veterans Affairs) club. According to that video, there's thousands of people who know all about it," he added to the outlet.
The White House did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Furious Harvard researcher claims he was pummeled by group of teens after he told them to be quiet in movie theater
A Harvard researcher was reportedly left bloodied and beaten by a gang of loud, unruly teenagers after asking them to keep quiet at a movie screening in Boston. Thiago Rentz, a 35-year-old Harvard researcher from Brazil, was watching the hit horror flick 'Weapons' early Thursday morning at the AMC Boston Common 19 when he asked five teens in the theater to quiet down several times — before the group began pummeling him, according to NBC Boston. 3 Thiago Rentz says he was violently assaulted by a gang of five teenagers during a movie screening at a Boston AMC. Thiago Rentz Advertisement 'They were there disturbing all of the people, clapping and screaming all the time,' Rentz told the outlet. 'I asked them for respect. I asked them to leave the theater because we just wanted to watch the movie.' When he tried to leave the theater, the teens wouldn't allow Rentz to exit. Advertisement 'They made like a wall so I tried to pass to leave and they couldn't let me pass,' the researcher said, adding that his friend was screaming for help. 'They just punched me. I didn't fight back. I was like scared and then I just faced the wall, and I just protected my face in my head, but the target was obviously my head because they were punching my head and my face.' Images of Rentz following the alleged beatdown show his left eye badly bruised, his mouth bloodied and one of his hands smeared with blood. 'It was one, me against five,' he explained. Advertisement 3 Rents asked the teens to be quiet multiple times during a screening of the horror film 'Weapons.' Google maps The thugs quickly fled the scene as the victim's friend searched desperately for help. She eventually found a security guard, who called the authorities for help, according to the outlet. Boston police arrived around 12:45 a.m. after the theater had closed. Rentz was left with a minor injury to his nose, a police report obtained by the outlet said. 'Harassment is not good in a public space. … This is absurd, so I think they need to hire more people to work as security,' Rentz said. Advertisement He is now working to ensure that security cameras are being checked so the teens, who were all dressed in black but had their faces exposed, are identified by authorities. 'I want the attackers to be identified because they need to be punished,' the researched said. The unsettling incident is the latest in a slew of recent teen-led violent attacks across the US. 3 He was left with a minor injury to his nose and a black eye. Thiago Rentz In May, a group brutally beat two girls in a Queens park with a baseball bat — and even shaved the head of one of the victims in a horrific, caught-on-video display that a relative said was like an attempted 'execution.' Earlier that month, hundreds of youths descended upon a New Jersey mall in a meet-up that was reportedly planned on TikTok and led to a massive brawl. The melee led to seven arrests of minors. Several businesses and retail chains have since implemented 'teen chaperone policies' in hopes of curbing youth crime. On Wednesday, an Ohio Chick-fil-A location posted a 'teen chaperone policy' on Facebook declaring that anyone 17 and under 'must be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or adult chaperone' over 21 — adding that 'unaccompanied minors may be asked to leave.' Advertisement In March, a Brooklyn Target banned kids under 18 from shopping at the store without adult supervision to curb delinquent behavior. And a crime-ridden Brooklyn McDonald's also began carding customers in February and forbidding anyone under 20 to enter without a parent or proper ID.
