Donald Trump should show more “patience and tolerance” for criticism, according to Khizr Khan, the father of a slain US soldier who has come under attack from Trump after rebuking the Republican nominee at the Democratic National Convention last week.
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Here’s what Rubio said when 10News WTSP political reporter Mark Rivera brought up Trump’s attacks against the family of fallen US Army Captain Humayun Khan.
Leading the effort to get Khizr Khan to consider a run for elected office is Vietnam veteran and Democratic activist Tom Keefe, who launched a fundraiser on Wednesday called “Yes We Khan”.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Young African Leaders Initiative town hall in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2016.
Ohio Governor John Kasich in response to the episode tweeted that “There’s only one way to talk about Gold Star parents: with honour and respect”.
Naqvi, 69, a retired US government engineer from Newburgh, New York, is a member of a small community of Muslims who are among America’s Gold Star families, those whose loved ones were killed while serving in the USA military.
“Even after I’m president, this will be a program I’ll continue to participate in and something I’m very proud of”, said President Obama. Rather, she could not speak.
She asks her mother to take her for a movie or “cuddle me and everything – that will make me feel so much better”.
“Most people in this country, before this, did not know what a Gold Star family was, let alone what our sacrifice was”, Meredith said.
Trump responded simultaneously on Twitter to the parents’ morning TV appearances, saying he was being “viciously attacked” and then attempting to shift the focus away from the Khan family.
The Donald retaliated with characteristic bombast on Sunday, suggesting that Khan’s wife was silent because “she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say”.
“Enough is enough”, he told CNN on Tuesday night.
“Whatever your nationality or your ethnic background or religion”, said Tony Dowell, who brought his children to Khan’s grave, “you can still be an American hero”.
He also questioned whether Mr Khan’s words were his own. I recognize that they all profoundly disagree with myself or Hillary Clinton on tax policy or on certain elements of foreign policy. “I walked out feeling like I understood where his heart is, regardless of the comments that he made that may seem insensitive to some”. Trump said an interview with NBC’s George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.
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“Yes, I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as President”.
