NBCNews.com: “The families of 11 service members who died fighting for the USA demanded an apology from Donald Trump on Monday, accusing him of “cheapening the sacrifice made by those we lost”.
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Pence’s statement came at the end of a weekend in which Trump faced criticism from both Democrats and Republicans for his reaction to a speech made by Khan’s father, Khizr Khan, at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.
Trump responded in an interview with ABC’s “This Week”, saying: “If you look at his wife, she was standing there”. She had nothing to say. She had nothing to say, maybe she was not allowed to have anything to say.
McCain, whose heroism as a former prisoner of war Trump once put down, stopped short of withdrawing his endorsement of the Republican nominee, but said he could not “emphasise enough how strongly I disagree with his statement”. “I hope Americans understand that the remarks do not represent the views of our Republican Party, its officers, orcandidates”.
Khizr Khan and his wife, Ghazala, have made multiple television appearances since last week’s convention, when Khan criticized Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country.
(CNN) – A group of families of fallen service members wrote a letter Monday condemning Donald Trump’s “anti-American” comments toward the parents of a slain Muslim U.S. solider, and demanded an apology from the Republican presidential hopeful.
Captain Humayun Khan was a hero to our country and we should honor all who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe.
The controversy over Donald Trump’s attacks on a Gold Star family deepened Monday.
“No! No, they are absolutely not”, Oliver said.
His comments prompted a great deal of praise, but they also triggered a spat between Trump and the Khan family, with Trump questioning why Khan’s wife did not speak during the DNC speech. Khan questioned whether Trump had read the Constitution.
“You tell me”, Trump said in a reference to the family’s Muslim practices. If I become President, I will make America safe again.
“My sons serve today, and I’m proud of them”. “Since then, I have repeatedly asked Hillary Clinton to explain to me the real reason why my son is dead”. Trump’s thesis is that we can no longer afford to strive for those promises in a world he says is more threatening and scary than ever before.
“The Republican Party I know and love is the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan”.
“One doesn’t know where the bottom is”.
“He is a black soul, and this is totally unfit for the leadership of this country”, Khan said.
Once Trump lists his sacrifices in life – comparing his business building history to that of the death of Capt. Khan – Oliver’s head almost explodes. “No”.
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Writing about Khan’s speech, Benen argued, “Americans heard from quite a few high-profile speakers at the two major-party conventions, but when it comes to sheer emotional weight and resonance, no one topped Khizr Khan”.
