John McCain, a remarkable display of party division just three months before Election Day.
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The candidate’s callous remarks have been condemned by many, including Republican politicians and other Gold Star families who called on him to apologize.
Trump’s stunning slap at two of the nation’s most prominent Republicans dramatically escalated GOP turmoil barely a week after a convention meant to promote party unity.
The way Trump responded to the Khans surely kept the story in the public eye as well, while Hillary Clinton’s response to Smith was much more restrained.
Trump discussed voter ID during an interview Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor”.
Khan, whose son Humayun was killed in Iraq in 2004, spoke on the closing night of the Democratic National Convention.
The cautious reaction by some of Florida’s top GOP elected officials is a contrast to people such as former Gov. Jeb Bush, who has refused to endorse Trump. “We need fighters in this country”.
“I was there and I was just amazed”, Khan said.
Trump’s support, however, seems to be sagging. The campaign for Ryan, who holds a comfortable lead over Nehlen in voting projections, said in a statement, “Neither Speaker Ryan nor anyone on his team has ever asked for Donald Trump’s endorsement”. “And we are confident in a victory next week regardless”.
In the Post interview, Trump also declined to support McCain’s re-election and dismissed New Hampshire Sen. “I don’t know where the bottom is”.
“I had a doctor that gave me a letter – a very strong letter on the heels”, the nominee told the New York Times recently.
He vows to build walls, and ban us from this country.
And in Arizona, Ward says she’s actively lobbying for a Trump endorsement – even going so far as urging Jeff DeWit, the Arizona chairman of Trump’s campaign, to “put in the good word” for her to win the nominee’s backing.
Trump’s response to Khizr Khan’s speech to the Democratic National Convention Thursday continues to draw attention almost a week after Mr. Khan, flanked by his wife, Ghazala Khan, rebuked Trump saying, “You have sacrificed nothing and no one”.
The dustup marked a significant crack in the hard alliance between Trump and the Republican establishment and raised the question of whether any GOP office holders who have endorsed the billionaire would rescind their support. None did so publicly and aides to both Ryan and Ayotte made clear their plans hadn’t changed.
The identities of the individuals Trump met with were not known.
The Military Times reported about Trump’s meeting with Gold Star families, providing more details of the roughly 30-minute meeting. Not surprisingly, 93 percent of Democrats said Trump’s comments were out of bounds; 63 percent of independent voters agreed.
Donald Trump rejected a Muslim lawyer’s assertion on the Democratic convention stage that the Republican nominee has “sacrificed nothing and no one”.
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