“While our party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us”, said McCain, a prisoner of war for five years during the Vietnam War.
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Donald Trump has publicly feuded with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the bereaved parents of a decorated Muslim Army captain killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq. Republicans were more forgiving, but 14 percent of them still said that Trump’s remarks made them less likely to support him in the election.
“In America, the buck stops at the presidential desk”.
Members of almost two dozen Gold Star families – those who have had a loved one die in military service to the United States – signed a letter demanding an apology and calling Mr. Trump’s remarks “repugnant and personally offensive to us”.
“To all of you who served in Iraq, we saw your heroism in pushing out a dictator whose brutality must be condemned, never praised”, Obama said.
I was honored to attend the Democratic National Convention last week as a delegate captain for Hillary Clinton and as a member of the Iowa Democratic Party.
After the interview, both McConnell and Ryan issued statements reiterating their opposition to a proposed ban on Muslims entering the country and praising the Khans and their son, but neither leader mentioned Trump nor backed off their support for him for president.
“He can get up and malign the entire nation”, said Khizr Khan.
Republican candidate Donald Trump implied Khizr Khan’s wife may have been stopped from speaking about death of her son in Iraq.
As the crowd jeered the woman, Pence tried to quiet them down.
“By suspending immigration from countries that have been compromised by terrorism, rebuilding our military, defeating ISIS at its source and projecting strength on the global stage, we will reduce the likelihood that other American families will face the enduring heartbreak of the Khan family”.
The episode risked setting back whatever progress Trump made during his convention at winning over the independent voters who will probably be key in the fall election.
Publishers of another volume, The US Constitution And Fascinating Facts About It, told AFP they had completely sold out and seen nothing like it in 23 years of operations.
Former 2016 White House candidate Jeb Bush blasted Trump’s treatment of them as “incredibly disrespectful”, while Senator Kelly Ayotte was “appalled that Donald Trump would disparage them”.
Gary Farwell said Monday he is saddened by the politicians who carelessly comment on the lives of Gold Star families – families of those killed in action.
Trump advisers have spent months trying to help the political novice do just that.
All hell then broke loose, not only because Trump once again insulted Muslims and Muslim women specifically, but because this particular Muslim woman is a “Gold Star mother”-a woman who has lost a child defending our country”. Trump said in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. After winning the primary, he spent days criticizing a USA district court judge’s Mexican heritage.
Candidates have also wrestled with whether to appear alongside Trump when he campaigns in their states.
Trump’s criticism of the Khans sparked a major attack from the Clinton campaign – and a severe backlash within his own party.
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Ghazala Khan responded to Trump’s claims in a Washington Post op-ed, saying she was too grief-stricken to speak at the convention when she saw a large photo of her son.
