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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today issued a racist attack against the mother and father of a fallen US service member.
U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was a Muslim, was killed by a car bomb in Iraq.
Khan’s father gave an emotional speech about patriotism at the Democratic convention this week, in which he denounced Trump for his racist comments about deporting American Muslims. He noted that his son would never have been able to serve under a Trump presidency:
“Go look at the graves of brave patriots who died defending the United States of America. You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities. You have sacrificed nothing and no one.”
Khizr Khan, with his wife Ghazala, talk at the 2016 Democratic Convention about their son U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who died in 2004 in a car bomb in Iraq at the age of 28.
Khan’s father went on to ask Mr. Trump if he’d ever read the US Constitution, and then pulled out his own miniature copy from his pocket and offered to lend it to Trump. You can find the full text of Mr. Khan’s full speech below.
Khan’s mother, wearing a head scarf, stood by his father’s side, but did not speak. She explained later that she is still grieving from the death of her son, and finds it too painful to talk about.
Trump today responded by suggesting that he too has “sacrificed,” just like the Khan family, by creating “thousands and thousands of jobs” and by building “great structures.”
“I think I’ve made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I’ve created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I’ve had tremendous success. I think I’ve done a lot.”
U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who died in 2004 in a car bomb in Iraq at the age of 28.
Trump went on to question whether Mr. Khan had even written his speech at all. In fact, Khan not only wrote the speech, he recited it from memory, with no notes, and no teleprompter. Khan didn’t even provide a version to the DNC before the event.
And then, to put the final icing on the cake, Trump made a racist remark about Mrs. Khan, the mother of the fallen soldier, suggesting that she was silenced by her husband, presumably because they’re Muslim:
“If you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me.”
As the mother explained later, she still has a difficult time talking about her dead son. But of course, Trump assumed the worst, it had to because the mother was a Muslim.
Here’s the moving speech, and below is the full text:
Here is Mr. Khan’s speech in full:
Tonight, we are honored to stand here as the parents of Captain Humayun Khan, and as patriotic American Muslims with undivided loyalty to our country.
Like many immigrants, we came to this country empty-handed. We believed in American democracy – that with hard work and the goodness of this country, we could share in and contribute to its blessings.
We were blessed to raise our three sons in a nation where they were free to be themselves and follow their dreams.
Our son, Humayun, had dreams of being a military lawyer. But he put those dreams aside the day he sacrificed his life to save his fellow soldiers.
Hillary Clinton was right when she called my son “the best of America.
If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America. Donald Trump consistently smears the character of Muslims.
He [Trump] disrespects other minorities, women, judges, even his own party leadership. He vows to build walls and ban us from this country.
Donald Trump, you are asking Americans to trust you with our future. Let me ask you: Have you even read the US constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document, look for the words liberty and equal protection of law.
Have you ever been to Arlington Cemetery? Go look at the graves of the brave patriots who died defending America – you will see all faiths, genders, and ethnicities.
You have sacrificed nothing and no one.
We can’t solve our problems by building walls and sowing division. We are stronger together. And we will keep getting stronger when Hillary Clinton becomes our next President.
The Khan’s also spoke to MSNBC:
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