None, however, has withdrawn an endorsement of Trump.
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“I agree, as do many Democrats, that our European allies in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation need to spend more money”, Cotton said.
Khan’s wife, Ghazala, stood silently while her husband spoke at the convention, prompting Trump to intimate that she was not allowed to speak because she is a Muslim woman.
Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, indirectly slammed Trump.
“When I think of Muslim women, I think of all the attractive women who are working hard everyday to spread good and change the world for better”, Fatima Salman, executive director of the Muslim Student Association National and ISNA representative, said in a statement. As Michelle Obama put it when describing how she and the President instruct their daughters on how to deal with bullies: “When they go low, we go high”.
Christie, the governor of New Jersey, said criticisms of the family of Captain Humayan Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004, were “inappropriate”.
“Election year or not, the VFW will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression”, said Brian Duffy, the national commander of the country’s oldest and largest war veterans organization, referring to families who have lost relatives in wars.
“This isn’t a situation where you have an episodic gaffe”, he added.
“I don’t think [Trump] knows the meaning of the sacrifice”, she wrote in a statement. “They represent the very best of our country”.
“This campaign is beneath the dignity of the American people”, Hanna said”. The talking points also noted that Trump “wants to end radical Islamic terror, so that our soldiers like Mr. Khan’s son will be safe”.
Following Khan’s speech, Donald Trump responded during an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopolous.
Harris also thought the blowback against Trump for his sacrifice is overdone. And his religiously fraught slap at Khan’s wife and his rhetorical manhandling of a family who had sacrificed so much for the country reinforced the sense that he refuses to honor basic political norms. “Our unwillingness to push back on the most mean-spirited, bigoted positions is hurting our party, and rightfully so”.
Twitter users quickly responded and made a mockery of Trump using the hashtag #TrumpSacrifices. “Trump hasn’t even been in there to do anything yet, so I back Trump up 100 percent”.
Clinton’s policy, he said, “crippled Libya and Syria and Iraq”.
Khizr Khan, father of fallen Muslim US soldier Humayun Khan, holds up the US Constitution as he delivers remarks on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2016. “If I become President, I will make America safe again”.
In a remarks to television networks on Monday, Khizr Khan said Trump lacked the empathy to be a leader and chided him for throwing the first salvo in their exchange.
Yes, you really couldn’t make it up.
Speaking in Pennsylvania on Monday, Trump claimed he has friends who own coal mines and are going without food because environmental regulations are too strict, despite the fact that mining companies have historically been able to choose profit over safety. Trump said in May. In addition to Senate Majority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan issued a statement supporting the family.
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Trump drew similar opprobrium a year ago when he said McCain, who as a naval aviator was shot down and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War, was not a hero because he had been captured.
