Co-host Gayle King asked, “Is it hard for your father to apologize?”
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King tried again to push Trump on the Khans: “Do you think he’s wrong on this?”
And in a dramatic statement the current U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Trump is unfit for office and Republicans should think about abandoning their candidate.
Ryan condemned any criticism of Muslim Americans who serve their country, while Ayotte declared she was “appalled” by Trump’s spat with the Khans.
Trump’s response has drawn days of criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.
“I feel like Trump needs to start giving us names when he says ‘a lot of people have said that, ‘ because I bet 75 percent of them are Twitter eggs”, Meyers said. “But I don’t believe in him and I know how strong the women are in Islam”.
“All of [Khan’s] fellow brothers want to kill Americans”, he said.
Ghazala Khan, who teared up during at least one TV interview, rejected Trump’s suggestion during an interview with ABC News that she may not have been “allowed” to speak during her convention appearance. “I will gladly lend you my copy”. You tell me. But plenty of people have written that.
His comments came following a press release issued on the topic stating: “Captain Humayun Khan was a hero to our country and we should honour all who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe”.
“You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities”.
He went on to mention killings in San Bernardino and the recent beheading of a French priest.
Mr. Khan also criticized Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration and accused the candidate of sacrificing “nothing”. “This is about a big problem that we have around the world, and that’s radical terror”.
Trump has responded by saying he does support the military. Trump responded in part by arguing that the captain’s father had “no right” to do so on a national stage.
Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa said Trump’s comments “are not in line with my own beliefs about how the members of the military and their families should be treated”. “Maybe he could end up meaning it”, said Lourey of Kerrick, Minn., who lost her son, Matt, when his helicopter was shot down near Baghdad.
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Eric Trump told CBS that what his dad meant is that his sister wouldn’t “allow herself to be subjected” to such treatment. “I really didn’t find any offensive thing about what he said”.
