“We need fighters in this country”. The status is considered sacrosanct by most Americans.
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His sacrifice – and that of Khizr and Ghazala Khan – should always be honored.
But in what appeared to be an effort to soothe ruffled feelings, Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, said on Wednesday he endorsed Ryan as “a strong conservative leader”, and was doing so with Trump’s blessing.
Several high-profile Republicans as well as veterans groups have denounced Trump’s statements about the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, an Army captain killed while fighting in Iraq. Donald Trump stated that his sacrifice of money in building his empire equal to that of a human life. Tim Kaine, Hillary’s Veep nominee, stems from the swing state, where Clinton’s lead over Trump has increased since Khan’s fiery appeal to the Constitution.
Trump tweeted that he does believe that Capt. Khan is an American hero and that “this is about radical Islamic terror” and the failure to eradicate it. “Go look at the graves of fearless patriots who died defending the United States of America”. You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities.
“Ours is a sacrifice you will never know”, they wrote. Khizr’s jibes cut deep. Finally I was witnessing a Muslim eloquently proving that Trump is unfit to be the commander in chief for the world’s most powerful country. Later, in his typically brazen style, he went for a frontal attack on Ghazala.
Yet Trump played off of misconceptions of Islam by stating, “If you look at his wife, she was standing there”.
Eleven years ago, Lourey laid her son, Army helicopter pilot Matt Lourey to rest. Maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. It told the story of Khan’s son, Humayun, one of the 14 American Muslims who died serving in the military in the decade that followed the September 11 attacks.
“Sally is representative of an important segment of our party, and that is college-educated women, where Donald Trump is losing by disastrous margins”, said Ari Fleischer, who worked with Bradshaw on the GOP project and was a senior adviser to President George W. Bush. If Gold Star families here are offended at Trump’s comments Cole said it’s up to them to decide which candidate to support.
Latest post-convention opinion polls showed Hillary’s stocks had been rising since the controversy broke out and she was leading Trump by at least seven points.
As the most recent polling suggests, this may finally cross the line for many of Trump’s supporters. Trump has not apologized for his remarks.
There are 3.3 million Muslims in the United States, accounting for less than one per cent of the population. “But our biggest obstacle is the press, they’re so dishonest”, he said. But it is the basic sense of decency and the fundamental principles on which the USA was founded-including the universality of rights-that is perceived to be under threat by many Americans.
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Donald Trump needs to hear it from a Muslim, not from news media looking to boost the ratings. For his part, McCain, whose primary battle has been particularly bitter, said Wednesday that not only is he unconcerned about Trump’s non-endorsement, but that he intends to continue support the nominee of the party, period. Trump said the grieving father had “no right” to criticize him but later acknowledged their son is a hero. Almost 22 senators are seeking re-election in November and another Democrat in the White House will be bad news for them. His address sparked a turbulent week that threatened to overturn Trump’s presidential campaign and demonstrates just how volatile the 2016 campaign has become.
