Other Republicans also chided Trump, including U.S. Sen.
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Trump spent the days after winning the Republican nomination criticizing a US district court judge’s Mexican heritage.
After Trump doubled down on his comments, chairman Michael Suleiman called for Davis to speak out against the former reality TV star.
In June 2004, Khan was killed by a suicide vehicle bomb at the age of 27 after ordering his fellow soldiers to “hit the dirt”.
After the parents appeared at the Democratic National Convention and father Khizr Khan directly addressed Trump, saying he had “sacrificed nothing and no one”, Trump lashed out. Said his wife: “My religion or my family or my culture never stopped me from saying what I want to say”. “We know people who lost loved ones in Afghanistan”. But the businessman can quickly be drawn back in by an interview, especially if he believes he’s already answered the question, or if he grows irritated by commentary on cable television. Obama said at a White House news conference. Trump has responded by insisting he had made sacrifices and questioning why Ghazala Khan did not speak on stage, which she later said was because she was too bereaved.
From the podium of the Democratic National Convention, Khizr Khan criticized Trump’s position on Muslims and asked whether the real estate mogul had read the Constitution. Trump tweeted on Monday. John McCain said in a statement that the fact Trump won his party’s nomination doesn’t give him “unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us”. ” His ongoing obsession with attacking anyone who criticizes him has turned what might otherwise have been a one-day news event into a multi-day PR fiasco that has Republicans and other conservatives around the country – including veterans groups like VoteVets.org and the VFW – excoriating Trump in press releases and statements”. If you were in pain, you fight or you don’t say anything.
“He takes it in his pocket and says, ‘Very easy, I always wanted one, ‘” Khan said.
Ryan never sought Trump’s endorsement, his spokesman said.
McMaster, Trump’s most high-profile S.C. supporter, did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment.
In response, Trump questioned why Khan’s wife, Ghazala, stood silently by his side during the speech, and implied that her faith barred her from talking. “I wouldn’t have been in the war”. Deacon and the Democratic Party have repeatedly attempted to link Katko to Trump, even though the GOP congressman has expressed concerns about his party’s presidential nominee.
“I think the Democrats laid a trap for him”, said Tom McClanahan, a 54-year-old from Johnston, Ohio.
Aside from McCain, a bipartisan coalition of veterans, family members of military personnel killed in the line of duty, a veteran serving in Congress and an ex-diplomat sent a letter to Trump calling his criticism of the Khans an affront to each of them.
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His remarks caused many Republicans including Senator John McCain to distance themselves from Trump, particularly as the exchange between Trump and Khan has rumbled on.
