“There has to be a point in which you say, this is not somebody I can support for president of the United States, even if he purports to be a member of my party”. Khizr and Ghazala Khan cited the sacrifice of their son, who was killed by a vehicle bomb in 2004, and criticized Trump’s proposal to combat terrorism by temporarily banning Muslims from entering the United States. “We are very deliberate people”.
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Trump has had a running dispute with the parents of Army Captain Humayun Khan since they took the stage at last week’s Democratic National Convention.
The Trump, Khan spat is bound to die down as time passes, but will Patricia Smith be any closer to know how and why her son died?
Trump didn’t make it any easier for Republicans to stick by him on Tuesday when he announced that he would not endorse Arizona Sen.
McCain declined to address Trump’s comments, other than to say that he stood by his record. Like so many other would-be Republican contenders, Walker’s campaign was quickly derailed by the Trump train.
The meeting was organized by Karen Vaughn, the mother of a fallen U.S. Navy SEAL who supports Trump and spoke at the Republican National Convention, and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a Trump supporter and adviser, also attended, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks confirmed. Indeed, in interviews, Khan said his wife helped him write the speech and dissuaded him from even harsher criticism for the GOP nominee. “I think he’s a loose cannon”, she said.
The way Trump responded to the Khans surely kept the story in the public eye as well, while Hillary Clinton’s response to Smith was much more restrained. I can not emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump’s statement.
The chorus of local people upset by Donald Trump’s comments about a Gold Star family is growing. “The Gold Star club is a club that no mother, no parent wants to become a part of because it represents that that family has made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of this country by losing a son or daughter in combat”. Kelly Ayotte. Both had been among Trump’s harshest critics in the wake of his comments about the Khan family, particular McCain, a former prisoner of war who said Trump did not have “unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us”. “So I’ve always had a hard time with John for that reason, because our vets are not being treated properly”.
Paul Rieckoff, the founder and CEO of the nonpartisan group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said it’s “insulting, foolish and ignorant” for Trump to compare his “sacrifices” to that of a Gold Star family like the Khans.
At the Democratic convention Khizr Khan paid tribute to his son Humayun’s valor.
This was a bad look for the Trump campaign, because, well, usually attacking a dead soldier’s family is a bad political move. But there is a theory floating around that Trump’s campaign leaked the Melania photos to the New York Post. Hanna, who is retiring from Congress, had previously said he couldn’t back Trump.
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“Instead of speaking out against instances of bigotry, racism and inflammatory rhetoric, whether it’s been against women, immigrants or Muslims, we made a calculus that it was better to say nothing at all in the interest of politics and winning elections”, she told CNN.
