“You’ve got a son in the military, how do you tolerate this disrespect?” she asked Pence, referring to his son Michael, a Second Lieutenant in the Marines. A venerable Republican state senator and 1950s Army veteran.
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Describing the late Capt. Humayun Khan and his family as heroes, Rubio called Trump’s comments “unfortunate” and the situation “bad”. His son, Captain Humayun Khan, was killed in 2004 in Iraq.
Donald Trump is now the Republican Party’s official nominee for president in 2016, but that won’t stop him from blaming the last Republican president for things that go wrong in his own presidential campaign.
Vallone spoke of how she was on pins and needles every day until her son returned home from Afghanistan in 2010. That woman, whose name is Catherine Byrne, appeared on Monday night’s edition of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to speak out about her treatment by those Trump supporters. Khan criticized Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from countries affected by terrorism for an undetermined amount of time. “You have sacrificed nothing and no one”, Khan said. “We need to thank those who commit the ultimate sacrifice, those who put on the uniform and defend this country and our ability to have elections, but I don’t think there will be anybody out there defending the statement that was made”.
“The irony is that my son died protecting Donald Trump’s right to speak, and even his right to run for president”, Lourey said. Trump said in an interview with ABC News’.
The back and forth between Trump and the grieving Gold Star family has continued into this week, leading many Republicans to rebuke Trump.
“That would mean supporting Hillary Clinton, who I would never be able to support”, Rubio said Tuesday.
Pence told the crowd, “It’s OK”. To me he’s a no-good, big buffoon.
The Latest on the USA presidential campaign. And I really thank him for that. Trump also compared their sacrifice to those he has made as a real estate developer.
Barnes, 84, recalled his time in Korea, on the front lines, and carrying some of his fellow soldiers off the battle field.
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The Gold Star father gave several interviews in the following days, saying that the GOP presidential nominee lacks empathy and has a “black soul”. “I think for a party to try to use that to try to further their political agenda is just wrong”, Kowall said.
