Trump Doubles Down on Criticism of Khan Family

In specific, Byrne, who is a CPA in Carson City, felt that Pence avoided her question about Trump’s disrespect toward the Khan family. They are “incredible people”, said.

“Donald Trump has every right to challenge Mr. Khan, because his personal agenda overruled his son being a warrior”, said Baldasaro, who advises Trump on veteran affairs.

“All Gold Star families deserve our unconditional love and support for the burden of supreme sacrifice that has fallen squarely on their shoulders”, Sen. Without saying a word throughout his seven-minute speech, Ghazala Khan spoke with her presence for mothers around the world. “If I become President, I will make America safe again”.

GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn encouraged Trump to apologize to the Khan family, though, in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

Mason’s message was for Hill offices to push out the campaign’s messages via press releases and social media to counter Khan’s continued critique of Trump, and encouraged offices to “forward to me ASAP”.

Alaska’s congressman and both USA senators are among the Republican lawmakers criticizing remarks Donald Trump made about the family of Captain Humayun Khan, a Muslim-American Army officer killed in Iraq.

In response, Trump said he was “viciously attacked” by Khizr Khan and implied that Ghazala Khan, the soldier’s mother, stood silently alongside her husband during the speech because, as a Muslim, she was restricted her from speaking.

The Indiana governor added that he has never spent time around someone who is “more devoted” to military and to veterans than Trump. Donald Trump suggested she didn’t talk because Islam precluded her from doing so. Few members actually mentioned Trump by name.

Democrats and Republicans alike have roundly condemned Trump for criticizing Khizr Khan for his appearance last week alongside his wife, Ghazala, at the Democratic gathering in Philadelphia. When her husband asked if she wanted to speak at the convention, she said she could not.

The Republican presidential nominee turned that statement around. Khan called on Americans to honor his sacrifice by voting for Clinton, and he criticized Trump’s plans to build a border wall and ban Muslims from entering the U.S. “But the real blame here has to be on Hillary Clinton’s and John McCain’s reckless foreign policy” for bringing the United States into war.