He also said Ghazala Khan might not have been “allowed” to speak, implying her silence reflected restrictions placed on women by some traditional Muslims.
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“This story is not about Mr. Khan, who is all over the place doing interviews, but rather RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM and the U.S. Get smart!”
It’s obvious that Trump, who has never served his country or done any public service, has no respect or sympathy for any veterans or their families, much less the real sacrifices they’ve made.
But in a state crucial to Trump’s hopes of triumph in November, at least one Republican supporter voiced a measure of defense for the GOP contender. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday slammed Trump for defaming Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Humayun was killed while serving in Iraq.
“We’re in the political process of the greatest democracy on the planet Earth”, Khan said on PBS NewsHour, adding that criticism of a presidential candidate’s policies is “part of the political process”.
Although the controversy is bringing negative press to the Trump campaign on the heels of a poorly received Republican National Convention, former Wisconsin legislator Mordecai Lee says the damage may not stick. Over the weekend, they expressed support for the Khan family and reiterated their opposition to Trump’s proposed ban on most Muslims.
Trump’s dispute with the Khans has dominated the election campaign in recent days after Khizr Khan spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, with his wife standing at his side.
Khizr Khan says there comes a point in your life where you either stand up and be counted, or you shy away. “She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say”.
Khan responded to this insinuation in an op-ed in The Washington Post. “That’s why me and others who support him quite frankly need to give him that guidance”, he said.
Trump has tried to shift focus from the Khans. But the GOP presidential nominee refused to back down from his attacks, and a former aide argued that the soldier would still be alive had Trump been president at the time. Trump and Clinton spoke to the group’s national convention last week.
Trump later said he wanted an endorsement from Martinez. He said Sunday that as the parents of a fallen solider, the Khans are off limits. “I reject it”, he said in a statement.
“I think his parents are heroes and they have a First Amendment right to speak out on their politics, as all Americans do”. “I’ve gone to too many funerals, met too many families. What they’ve sacrificed is just unbelievable”.
Grassley’s statement came after his 2016 general-election opponent, Albia Democrat Patty Judge, took him to task Monday for being slow to condemn what she called Trump’s “attack” on a Gold Star family. He also questioned whether Trump had ever read the Constitution.
Trump’s unwillingness to let the matter subside sparked outrage Monday from a chorus of Republicans.
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“One doesn’t know where the bottom is”. In particular, Trump’s decision to target the family of a fallen hero appears to have the potential to weigh on the margins of the election in battleground states like North Carolina, Florida and Virginia, where large pockets of military voters and honored veterans are important. The morning after accepting the Republican nomination at the party’s convention, Trump re-litigated months-old grievances with primary rival Ted Cruz.
