Responding to accusations by the father of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq that Donald Trump has “sacrificed nothing”, the billionaire said he had made many sacrifices, such as employing thousands of people.
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Trump barnstormed in Iowa and Colorado as the Democratic convention wound down.
In a statement, Clinton said she was “very moved” by Ghazala Khan’s appearance.
In a poignant moment, Khan pulled out his copy of the Constitution and offered it to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“Forty years of marriage has brought us in a position where we are strength for one another”, Khan said.
Trump’s comments about Khan come a day after, while campaigning in Colorado, he attacked retired four-star general John Allen while holding a rally in front of military aircraft, and slammed a Colorado Springs fire marshal for capping attendance at his event.
As for the suggestion that she’d been forbidden to speak, Khizr said he invited his wife to speak, but she declined due to being too emotional. She had nothing to say.
Trump didn’t take that criticism lightly, criticizing Khan and his wife Ghazala, who stood beside him on stage during the Democratic convention but did not speak. “That’s why when I saw the picture on my back, I couldn’t take it and I controlled myself at that time”.
“This Week” host George Stephanopoulos asked Trump about his reaction to Khan’s remarks.
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“I work very, very hard”, he told ABC: “I’ve created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs …”
“I alone can fix it”, Trump said as he accepted the GOP nomination in Cleveland.
Trump brushed off Khan’s words in an interview with ABC News, insisting he had made “a lot of sacrifices”.
She told Lawrence O’Donnell: ‘I was very nervous because I can not see my son’s picture, and I can not even come in the room where his pictures are. “Captain Khan and his family represent the best of America and we salute them”.
Khan didn’t stop there, though; he then questioned how much Trump actually knew about the United States and its laws.
At a rally in Pittsburgh, she was introduced by Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks owner, technology investor and television personality who recently endorsed her. “Leadership is not yelling and screaming and intimidating”, he said.
“I was very moved to see Ghazala Khan stand bravely and with dignity in support of her son on Thursday night”.
Trump’s comments were seen by Republicans as attacking a mourning mother as well as racist and anti-Muslim.
Trump also released what he said was the transcript of the ABC interview. And we will keep getting stronger when Hillary Clinton becomes our next President.
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There was also uproar from Jewish groups after Trump’s Twitter account put out a message claiming Hillary is the “most corrupt candidate ever” while using a symbol that bore similarities with the Star of David.
