After Muslim-Americans Khizr and Ghazala Khan – parents of Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who died serving in Iraq – appeared at the Democratic National Convention and lambasted Trump, the candidate immediately started targeting them: specifically, their religion.
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As backlash mounted against Donald Trump Monday regarding his comments towards the parents of a fallen Muslim Army captain, Arizona Republicans were split when it came to supporting the presidential nominee.
In typical fashion, Trump criticized Ghazala Khan, suggesting that she wasn’t allowed to speak because she is a Muslim woman.
“We feel we must speak out and demand you apologize to the Khans, to all Gold Star families, and to all Americans for your offensive, and frankly anti-American, comments”, said the letter from Gold Star family members, which was released by VoteVets.org, a left-leaning advocacy group for veterans and their families.
The Democrats pounced on Trump’s comments, as more evidence, they say, that he’s unfit to be commander-in-chief. “Our Gold Star families have made a sacrifice that most of us can not even begin to imagine”.
“If it was up to to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America”, Khizr Khan said, adding that Trump has “sacrificed nothing and no one”.
“His wife, if you look carefully, his wife was just standing there”.
Trump’s remarks have drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum.
“I think it’s unfortunate”, the senator said of the situation.
She and her husband, Khizr Khan, took the stage last week in Philadelphia, where Khizr Khan offered Trump a copy of the U.S. Constitution, a symbolic gesture meant to imply that the Republican presidential nominee failed to grasp what the revered American document is all about.
“That’s all I wish to convey to him”.
“The suicide bomber, striking prematurely, claimed the life of Captain Khan-and Captain Khan, through his selfless action and sacrifice, saved the lives of hundreds of his brothers and sisters”, he said.
Trump harshly criticized Martinez over food stamps and unemployment numbers during an Albuquerque rally that turned violent in May. Khan a true American hero who “paid the ultimate price for the country he loved”.
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Responding to that aspect of the feud, Rep. Phil Roe of Johnson City said, “I have repeatedly said that anyone entering this country should pass a security test, not a religious test, because I believe that discriminating against anyone due to their religion is against everything we stand for”. “Tim Kaine and I are people of faith”, she said, referring to her vice presidential running mate, who is a Catholic.
