As Mr. Khan spoke in measured tones to CNN about “decency”, “dignity”, and “respect”, Trump accused him of a “vicious attack” and tweeted that “this story is not about Mr. Khan who is all over the place doing interviews, but about RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM in the U.S. Get smart!”
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In response to the speech, Trump said he had also made sacrifices in his life.
“However, the Khan’s anger should be directed against those who sent their son into an unnecessary war, like Hillary Clinton and John McCain whose reckless policies and fuzzy Utopian ideals have destabilized the Middle East and triggered a massive refugee crisis, which they want to import into the U.S.to fatten up the welfare rolls”. “There are so many ways that things can happen, or fade out, or start from nothing; that it’s really hard to imagine how we’re going to feel on the Monday night before the election”, said Lee, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee urban planning professor. “Tim Kaine and I are people of faith”, she said, referring to her vice presidential running mate, who is a Catholic.
Several leading Republicans have weighed in to express support for the family.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said there is “no greater sacrifice than to lay down one’s life for their country, and that’s the sacrifice that Captain Humayun Khan made fighting to defend our freedom and our constitutional rights”.
Speaking of Captain Khan, Ryan said “his sacrifice – and that of Khizr and Ghazala Khan – should always be honored”.
Ghazala Khan wrote an opinion piece in The Washington Post on Sunday saying that she had remained silent during her husband’s remarks to cope with making her grief public during the convention.
“I can not emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump’s statement”, he said.
“He was a true American hero”, she said.
Trump on Monday renewed his assault against Khan as families of other fallen U.S. soldiers demanded the tycoon apologize and prominent Republicans criticized his disparagement of the bereaved father and mother.
If Trump is genuinely anxious about whether Ms. Khan “was allowed” to speak, it represents enlightenment.
Their sons were killed in Iraq about a week apart.
Breitbart News reported Khizr Khan has deep ties to the government of Saudi Arabia and to global Islamist investors through his own law firm.
Trump responded in an interview with ABC’s “This Week”, saying: “If you look at his wife, she was standing there”. She says she was just grief-stricken.
“I can not emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump’s statement”, McCain said in a written statement. “Capt. Khan was an American hero”.
Instead of offering anodyne words of appreciation for the Khan family’s loss, Trump went into attack mode.
“Heading into November, our party must have a laser focus on the issues that will defeat Hillary Clinton”.
Last July, Trump said that Sen.
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“As a member of a military family, and the governor of a proud military state that has been recognized as the most patriotic, my heart and my unending thanks go out to the Khan family for their enormous sacrifice for our country”, Haley said in a statement Monday. A Harvard-trained immigration attorney, Khizr praised America as a nation where his three sons were “free to be themselves and follow their dreams” before, in what was dubbed “an elegant act of patriotism”, pulling out his well-worn, pocket-sized copy of the Constitution, brandishing it in the air and asking Trump if he’d ever read it.
