But the applause was replaced by deafening jeers and almost drowned out Byrne as she stated Trump has repeatedly “disrespected our nation’s armed forces and veterans”.
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Mike Pence quieted a campaign rally crowd that booed a woman who had asked how he can tolerate what she said was Donald Trump’s disrespect of American servicemen.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence didn’t address GOP tensions after running mate Donald Trump refused to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or Arizona Sen.
The crowd of Trump supporters then interrupted the audience member with boos, but she continued with her question.
The Khans spoke out against Trump and questioned his familiarity with the Constitution last week at the Democratic National Convention. He also implied that Ghazala Khan, mother of Capt. Humayun Khan, stood silently alongside her husband because her Muslim religion restricted her from speaking.
Jeff Flake, Arizona’s other USA senator, has remained one of Trump’s most vocal critics from the Republican side, and Arizona’s Gov. Doug Ducey attended a fundraiser for Trump in June but has yet to publicly appear with him.
Pence also said Monday that the first item of business for the Trump administration would be to install new leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs. “The Khan family deserves better than this from the leaders of our country”.
People who hold elected offices – or who want to – should expect to be criticized, and should have the self-control to handle it. Not Mr. Trump.
Donald Trump seems to like to shock people – and his bluster has won him wide support. You have a son in the military.
As the crowd became louder, Pence called for calm and quiet. She said that her son was in the Air Force, which drew cheers. Trump said Khan had no right to criticize him, reports The Indianapolis Star.
Byrne, whose son served in Iraq in 2009 and 2010 is on his second deployment on a base in the United Arab Emirates, told NBC News that she still intends to vote for Trump in November. At the time Trump announced his proposed ban, Pence rebuked the proposal on Twitter, calling it “offensive and unconstitutional”. His speech “was nearly like slander”, she said. Trump has faced a lot of backlash over his comments about the parents of Captain Humayun Khan, an American Muslim soldier killed in action 12 years ago. And what she asked did not make the crowd happy. Pence told the rally that criticism is “what freedom sounds like”.
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“If you’re a Republican and understand the issues, and those issues are important for you-then I think you ought to be on board”, Grand said.
