“He is a black soul, and this is totally unfit leadership of this attractive country”, Khan said.
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While Obama did not cite Trump by name Monday, there was no mistaking the target of his remarks as he spoke about the “sacrifice” Gold Star families have made.
“His wife … if you look at his wife, she was standing there”, Trump said. When Trump appeared Monday in Columbus, Ohio, vulnerable GOP Sen. The Pakistan-born Khan told the story of his son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart after his death in 2004. Buffett is the latest business leader to back Clinton over Republican Donald Trump.
“No matter what Trump has said or done – from shameful personal attacks to racist outbursts – John McCain has blindly pledged to ‘support the nominee”, said Max Croes, campaign manager for McCain’s Democratic opponent, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, in one typical response from a Democratic Senate campaign.
According to a transcript circulated by his office, Rubio said that on the broader question of Muslim immigration to the United States, the government should know exactly who is entering the country.
McCain said: “I can not emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump’s statements”.
Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina said that “Captain Khan is an American hero in every sense of the term and the Khans deserve our sincerest gratitude”.
Mr Ryan issued a similar statement: “America’s greatness is built on the principles of liberty and preserved by the men and women who wear the uniform to defend it”.
Host Charlie Rose pushed back, noting that gold star families are not ruthless, but have made the ultimate sacrifice losing a loved one. The Chair of the Council on American Islamic relations released a statement saying: “I urge Donald Trump to apologize for his shameful remarks disparaging a Muslim gold star family and for his repeated use and promotion of anti-Muslim stereotypes”. “We have ISIS and they’re running rampant around the world and we have to do something about it”. This must not stand.
“The Khan family has chosen to promote their religion and promote freedom for people in the religion in their country from their son’s sacrifice”, he said, “and I think that’s a handsome thing”.
The Democrats pounced on Trump’s comments, as more evidence, they say, that he’s unfit to be commander-in-chief. “No politics, no race and no religion”. Mac Thornberry of Clarendon, said in a prepared statement that he is “dismayed at the attacks Khizr and Ghazala Khan have endured after they spoke about their son’s service and sacrifice”.
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But Rashid says there are many who still hold misconceptions about the Muslim community in the US. “Their loss, and also to be proud of the service their family and their son and daughter has offered to our country. Because they’ve done what they did, we have the right to sit here and talk about it”.
