McCain criticizes Trump’s “disparagement” of Muslim soldier’s parents

“I challenge the nominee to set the example for what our country can and should represent”, he wrote.

Clinton carefully leapt on Trump’s comments over the weekend, even as her aides admitted that they weren’t sure whether the dispute would spark a significant movement of Republicans to her campaign.

McCain went on: “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”. “Let me ask you: Have you even read the US Constitution?”. When a suicide bomber accelerated his vehicle toward a facility with hundreds of American soldiers, Captain Khan ordered his subordinates away from the danger. Khizr Kahn’s son, Humayun Khan, was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004.

On Twitter, Trump said he was responding to a vicious attack by Khizr Khan.

John McCain has also been a vocal proponent of U.S. military aid in Ukraine and was nearly certainly rankled by Mr Trump’s comment over the weekend suggesting that Russian president Vladimir Putin was not involved in military moves into the area in spite of the fact that he seized the country’s Crimean Peninsula. Trump’s Response In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Trump responded to Khan’s speech. So, she asked me to not say that. “I will gladly lend you my copy”.

“For a start, his wife explained that she chose not to speak because she gets too upset when she sees images of her dead son’s face, you f-ing asshole”, said Oliver.

Blunt’s reaction – distancing himself from Trump’s remarks, while still maintaining his tepid endorsement of the party nominee – echoes what other prominent Republicans have done in recent days, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. That is the goodness of America I was speaking about. Capt. Khan was one such courageous example. She also said she ididn’t speak because she was “very nervous”.

Ghazala Khan wrote in Sunday’s Washington Post that she did not speak because talking about her son’s death remains hard. He said Sunday that as the parents of a fallen solider, the Khans are off limits. Here is my answer to Donald Trump: Because without saying a thing, all the world, all America, felt my pain.

“Hearing the words from Gold Star families conjures memories of my own mother painting gold stars and the names of fallen New Hartford sons during WWII on boards to place in front of the New Hartford Post Office”, he added.

I can not walk into a room with pictures of Humayun. “I can not emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump’s statement”, said McCain, a former GOP presidential nominee and one of the country’s most revered veterans, having been detained and tortured for five years in Vietnam. It’s the values [of this country] that brought us here, not our religion. His father and grandfather were U.S. Navy admirals.

A few months ago, Trump had said that McCain could not be considered a “hero” because he was captured by the enemy, a remark that sparked controversy at the time. “Donald Trump was publicly against the Iraq War and wants to keep Islamist-infiltrated refugees out of our country without proper security screening”. “Many Muslim Americans have served valiantly in our military, and made the ultimate sacrifice”. Walking onto the convention stage, with a huge picture of my son behind me, I could hardly control myself.

Political reporter Jesse Byrne of “The Hill” says Trump’s attack on the Khans is unprecedented, and is going to create a lot of headaches for the GOP leadership.