He told a Virginia television station that he doesn’t “regret anything” about his drawn-out discord with the Khan family.
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“Like me, I think he’s also been very concerned about the incendiary statements plus the lack of solid policy”, coming from Trump, said Dent of his House colleague.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, issued a tough statement Wednesday morning, slamming his own leadership, saying while they should be uniting to run against the Clinton, “the House Republican leadership’s opposition to Tim Huelskamp significantly damaged the ability of House Republicans to do that”.
“The parents and siblings of our fallen service members deserve the utmost respect – period – and the sacrifice made by their loved ones will never be forgotten”, it reads. “All these words and events, and this public reception of us as his parents – this is all under that grace of caring for others”, Khan said.
During the interview, Khan, who has roots in Pakistan, said that he had opposed the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The text makes clear that its protections apply to “all persons born or naturalized” in the USA; persons “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”; and persons “within its jurisdiction”.
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Trump responded by attacking the couple – who are called in the U.S. a “Gold Star” family, the term for families that have lost a close relative in war.
It would have been easy for Mr. Trump to simply say he had misspoken, but instead he dug in and doubled down – and in doing so, he started a firestorm.
Earlier this year, Ryan said that he was not ready to endorse Trump and expressed his opposition to the real estate mogul’s stances on a number of positions, including the Muslim ban.
The speech itself electrified the convention and drew enormous attention to Khan on social and traditional media.
Trump has been feuding for days with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, a Muslim family whose son, Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in 2004. “So for me to hear Donald Trump malign my hero – my son’s hero – it is just mind-boggling”.
“All of [Khan’s] fellow brothers want to kill Americans”, he said. He also made comments widening the rift between himself and Republicans who have criticized his comments on the Khans.
Ryan’s primary is next Tuesday and Trump said he is giving the endorsement “very serious consideration”.
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Tuesday evening, Katrina Pierson said, “It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagements that probably cost his life”. A venerable Republican state senator and 1950s Army veteran. Khan, who ended with an exhortation to vote for Hillary Clinton, became an instant star of the campaign.
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Those comments sparked a further firestorm, but Ghazala Khan said she wasn’t offended. On Monday, Trump tweeted that he was being “viciously attacked” by Khizr Khan. Johnson said her handling of the Benghazi attack and use of a private email server while secretary of state has “completely disqualified” her from being president.
