Parents of U.S. soldiers killed in action are demanding an apology from the Republican nominee for his feud with the mother and father of a decorated U.S. Army Captain, and it has triggered a new round of attacks between the Trump and Clinton campaigns. He went on: “While our Party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered licence to defame those who are the best among us”, he said.
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Democratic President Barack Obama chimed in, too, addressing the Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta. “They represent the best of our country”, he said.
“You have sacrificed nothing…and no one”, Khan told a national audience at the convention. But like McCain, none revoked his support of the GOP nominee in the White House campaign.
Khizr and Ghazala were there to honor their son Humayun, a captain in Iraq who was killed while protecting his troops from a suicide bomber in 2004.
Khizr Khan, who was born in Pakistan, told BBC News that Trump can not expect to insult women, judges, and members of his own party, and not face criticism. Nor did he mention them at a Monday night rally in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It comes a week after Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, campaigned in Republican-heavy Waukesha.
Trump responded simultaneously on Twitter to the parents’ morning television appearances, saying he was being “viciously” attacked.
“In recent days, Donald Trump disparaged a fallen soldier’s family”, McCain said. “We’re taking them in by the thousands”.
Trump infamously mocked McCain, saying he is “not a war hero”.
Trump advisers have spent months trying to help the political novice do just that.
Khizr Khan also explained why he made a decision to pull out a small copy of the USA constitution during his convention speech.
“I’m irritated by Donald Trump because he said it, not upset with him okay”. Trump fired back with a faith-based attack on the Gold Star couple over the weekend.
Republican senators from swing states likely to determine the outcome of election also sought to distance themselves from their party’s presidential candidate. After winning the primary, he spent days criticizing a US district court judge’s Mexican heritage. While Walker has endorsed Trump, they have not appeared on the same stage together since the Republican presidential debates previous year when they were running against one another in the GOP primary.
Trump appeared in Ohio.
Donald Trump has said a lot of controversial things in pursuing the presidency of the United States.
As Khan continued his speech, he addressed Trump directly, telling him, “You have sacrificed nothing and no one”.
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Grief, it turns out – not a purportedly oppressive religion – is what left Khan speechless.
