Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:26 PM
Purveyor (29,876 posts)
Backlash For Trump After He Lashes Out At The Muslim Parents Of A Dead U.S. Soldier
Source: Washington Post
By Jose A. DelReal and Anne Gearan July 30 at 6:50 PM Republican Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at two Muslim American parents who lost their son while he served in the U.S. military in Iraq and who appeared at the Democratic National Convention last week, stirring outrage among critics who said the episode proves that Trump lacks the compassion and temperament to be president. Asked to comment on the convention speech of Khizr Khan, a Pakistani immigrant whose son, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, died in Iraq in 2004, Trump described Khan as “very emotional” and said he “probably looked like a nice guy to me” — then accused him of being controlled by the Clinton campaign. “Who wrote that? Did Hillary’s script writers write it?” he asked in an interview with ABC. Trump also questioned why Khan’s wife, Ghazala, did not speak on stage, despite the fact that she sat for an interview with MSNBC the following day. Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/backlash-for-trump-after-he-lashes-out-at-the-muslim-parents-of-a-dead-us-soldier/2016/07/30/34b0aad4-5671-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html
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Purveyor | Jul 2016 | OP |
DonViejo | Jul 2016 | #1 | |
Chevy | Jul 2016 | #7 | |
calguy | Jul 2016 | #19 | |
global1 | Jul 2016 | #2 | |
Pluvious | Jul 2016 | #21 | |
Rose Siding | Jul 2016 | #48 | |
oioioi | Jul 2016 | #40 | |
bucolic_frolic | Jul 2016 | #3 | |
Skittles | Jul 2016 | #11 | |
RKP5637 | Jul 2016 | #27 | |
left-of-center2012 | Jul 2016 | #4 | |
Marcuse | Jul 2016 | #10 | |
sarge43 | Jul 2016 | #12 | |
Moonwalk | Jul 2016 | #13 | |
meow2u3 | Jul 2016 | #25 | |
TheCowsCameHome | Jul 2016 | #5 | |
yardwork | Jul 2016 | #34 | |
catbyte | Jul 2016 | #39 | |
safeinOhio | Jul 2016 | #6 | |
Kingofalldems | Jul 2016 | #8 | |
Post removed | Jul 2016 | #31 | |
Thinkingabout | Jul 2016 | #9 | |
AKing | Jul 2016 | #32 | |
mobeau69 | Jul 2016 | #14 | |
uawchild | Jul 2016 | #15 | |
mobeau69 | Jul 2016 | #20 | |
calimary | Jul 2016 | #33 | |
catbyte | Jul 2016 | #38 | |
ailsagirl | Jul 2016 | #16 | |
Mr.Bill | Jul 2016 | #17 | |
Name removed | Jul 2016 | #18 | |
keithbvadu2 | Jul 2016 | #22 | |
ffr | Jul 2016 | #23 | |
nikto | Jul 2016 | #24 | |
mobeau69 | Jul 2016 | #29 | |
nikto | Jul 2016 | #47 | |
The_Casual_Observer | Jul 2016 | #26 | |
no_hypocrisy | Jul 2016 | #28 | |
KingCharlemagne | Jul 2016 | #52 | |
SCantiGOP | Jul 2016 | #30 | |
jaysunb | Jul 2016 | #43 | |
turbinetree | Jul 2016 | #35 | |
Grammy23 | Jul 2016 | #36 | |
catbyte | Jul 2016 | #37 | |
raven mad | Jul 2016 | #41 | |
MrModerate | Jul 2016 | #42 | |
BlueInPhilly | Jul 2016 | #44 | |
El Shaman | Jul 2016 | #45 | |
Judi Lynn | Jul 2016 | #46 | |
tawadi | Jul 2016 | #49 | |
ck4829 | Jul 2016 | #50 | |
tawadi | Jul 2016 | #51 | |
smirkymonkey | Jul 2016 | #53 |
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:29 PM
DonViejo (60,132 posts)
1. Here...
Although only the latest instance in which Trump has attacked a convention speaker, the Republican nominee’s remarks drew strong rebukes Saturday — but only silence from several senior GOP leaders, including House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the vice-presidential nominee, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
“Trump’s slur against Captain Khan’s mother is, even for him, beyond the pale,” tweeted John Weaver, a Republican strategist for Ohio Gov. John Kasich. “He has NO redeeming qualities.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/backlash-for-trump-after-he-lashes-out-at-the-muslim-parents-of-a-dead-us-soldier/2016/07/30/34b0aad4-5671-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html |
Response to DonViejo (Reply #1)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:35 PM
Chevy (1,063 posts)
7. Kasichs team has been hitting Trump often
They could be setting Trump for a big loss in Ohio.
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Response to Chevy (Reply #7)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:15 PM
calguy (3,128 posts)
19. Kasich is setting himself up for 2020
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:30 PM
global1 (22,413 posts)
2. Trump Must Really Believe That There Is No Such Thing As....
bad publicity.
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Response to global1 (Reply #2)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:15 PM
Pluvious (2,429 posts)
21. He believes he can shoot puppies with a shotgun and still get a boost in the polls !
Response to Pluvious (Reply #21)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 08:29 AM
Rose Siding (32,623 posts)
48. His core will never desert him. He validates the ugliest parts of their hearts.
That satisfies a basic human need to feel love/lovable. Powerful stuff for the beast that's been nurtured by rw media for decades.
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Response to global1 (Reply #2)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:50 PM
oioioi (582 posts)
40. and he's right, to a point...
we are apparently past that point now, thankfully.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:30 PM
bucolic_frolic (23,976 posts)
3. Paranoid narcissistic wart
there's always a reason why it's all tilted against him, he looks for
reasons behind everything even when things are simply what they are "something's going on" as per Colbert's monologue of weeks ago paranoid, cynical, harsh, and just plain weird and creepy |
Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:47 PM
Skittles (134,526 posts)
11. absolutely correct
Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:42 PM
RKP5637 (60,847 posts)
27. In short, he's a really F'ed up dude! n/t
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:32 PM
left-of-center2012 (27,231 posts)
4. “I think my popularity with the vets is through the roof,”
We need to remind vets Trump avoided the draft, and equated his avoiding venereal disease when engaging in sex with a lot of women as his 'personal Vietnam'.
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Response to left-of-center2012 (Reply #4)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:46 PM
Marcuse (4,094 posts)
10. Remind Veterans of this:
Mr. Trump said his experience at the New York Military Academy, an expensive prep school where his parents had sent him to correct poor behavior, gave him “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.”
[link:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/us/politics/donald-trump-likens-his-schooling-to-military-service-in-book.html?_r=0| |
Response to Marcuse (Reply #10)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:54 PM
sarge43 (27,633 posts)
12. Also remind veterans Trump trashed a Gold Star mother.
Further, remind them how and why her son died.
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Response to left-of-center2012 (Reply #4)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:57 PM
Moonwalk (2,322 posts)
13. I don't think we need to remind Vets of anything. Trump is reminding them again and again....
...that he is not, nor has he ever been there for them...and his popularity with them will be eroded by his own words, I think.
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Response to left-of-center2012 (Reply #4)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:38 PM
meow2u3 (24,351 posts)
25. Vets would like to throw HIM through the roof
They hate him with an abiding passion!
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:33 PM
TheCowsCameHome (39,957 posts)
5. The man has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. n/t
Response to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #5)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:34 PM
yardwork (52,490 posts)
34. That says it all, really.
Response to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #5)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:48 PM
catbyte (26,041 posts)
39. I've described Trump & his entire ghastly campaign as political pornography--
no redeeming social value, whatsoever.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:34 PM
safeinOhio (22,905 posts)
6. Upper class
With no class.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:43 PM
Kingofalldems (33,711 posts)
8. Republicans should put out a joint statement--
thoroughly condemning Trump's hate speech. But they won't.
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Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #8)
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:46 PM
Thinkingabout (30,058 posts)
9. What is amazing when speaking to RWers they are unable to hear the loose cannon
They are willing to elect. The same people praised W also.
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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #9)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:10 PM
AKing (509 posts)
32. About 25& of the population is the GOP base that would vote for a reptile...
Watching them squirm with Trump is entertaining to say the least
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:59 PM
mobeau69 (7,971 posts)
14. The moron is out of control.
Attack the heroes parents? Great idea! Please proceed. They've gotta be high-fiven on that big blue bus in PA. Hahahahaha!
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:03 PM
uawchild (2,208 posts)
15. Trump is just a horrible excuse of a human being. n/t
Response to uawchild (Reply #15)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:15 PM
mobeau69 (7,971 posts)
20. As Gail Collins wrote about four years ago
"He's everything your mother told you not to be."
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Response to mobeau69 (Reply #20)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:28 PM
calimary (62,204 posts)
33. I once heard him referred to as
the kind of individual who reminds women of their ex-husbands (the reprehensible SOB kind, that is).
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Response to calimary (Reply #33)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:46 PM
catbyte (26,041 posts)
38. That is perfect.
I've never had an ex-husband myself, but to hear my friends who do have them tell it, the description is perfection.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:03 PM
ailsagirl (21,072 posts)
16. How many times has this cretin put his foot in his mouth??
If he or anyone from his "campaign" had listened to the interview the parents gave to Lawrence O'Donnell yesterday, they'd know why Khan's wife didn't speak. She was too emotional to, plain and simple. How dare he question those patriots' motives? He thought Hillary speech writers wrote Mr. Khan's speech????
Geez, he makes me furious ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here's a link to the speech: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017394709 |
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:07 PM
Mr.Bill (11,932 posts)
17. To paraphrase Obama,
Proceed Mr. Trump. Proceed.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:18 PM
keithbvadu2 (20,411 posts)
22. “Who wrote that?" - So funny coming from the plagiarist's spouse and
the father of young Trump who made a false accusation of plagiarism.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:29 PM
ffr (20,002 posts)
23. He's doing everything in his power to lose big
Let's help him get that wish.
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Response to ffr (Reply #23)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:37 PM
nikto (3,284 posts)
24. PRIORITIES----We all unite to crush Trump NOW ...
And hopefully, stay together, after the election, to keep the pressure up on Hillary and the DNC to
work doggedly on the Progressive promises they have made to America. That's the 2nd-half of The Deal, in my view. |
Response to nikto (Reply #24)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:44 PM
mobeau69 (7,971 posts)
29. Nah. Just let tRunp handle it.
He's doing a real good job all by himself. I think this is the one we've been waiting on. RIP GOP.
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Response to mobeau69 (Reply #29)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 04:24 AM
nikto (3,284 posts)
47. I take nothing for granted with the stakes this high
I'll be able to relax and breathe easy again, once DT is crushed in November.
Not before. ![]() |
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:40 PM
The_Casual_Observer (26,666 posts)
26. That's not all he said
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:43 PM
no_hypocrisy (38,060 posts)
28. Trump made two mistakes that McCarthy made:
1) He went after the military (Trump went after a dead soldier and McCarthy, the institution),
and 2) He went after an innocent young man, almost for sport. His other father, Roy Cohn, wasn't here to warn him. Hope Trump is condemned and then forgotten like McCarthy. |
Response to no_hypocrisy (Reply #28)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:17 PM
KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)
52. Seriously spot on! IIRC, Ike started actively working against Tailgunner Joe when the latter
started attacking Ike's beloved Army.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:49 PM
SCantiGOP (11,304 posts)
30. I have sent this to my list of 8 GOP friends
We argue constantly on line. Sent it 30 minutes ago and no one has responded yet. This is the worst yet.
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Response to SCantiGOP (Reply #30)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 10:17 PM
jaysunb (11,586 posts)
43. Please update when you do ( hear from them )
I'd really like to know what they think.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:35 PM
turbinetree (19,701 posts)
35. In honor to a man that cared about his fellow soldiers
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:38 PM
Grammy23 (5,527 posts)
36. Don't forget that tRump also said
he knows more about Isis than the generals do. The arrogance of this sick man knows no limit. I can't imagine him in a position of leadership with decision making power. We are so screwed if this happens.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:41 PM
catbyte (26,041 posts)
37. He just can't help himself, can he? His narcissism is pathological. And terrifying.
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 09:56 PM
raven mad (4,940 posts)
41. Sig heil...............
He's a psychopath.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 10:03 PM
MrModerate (9,575 posts)
42. To the extent that the President is Head of State as well as Head of Government . . .
I think this tells us all we need to now about 'diplomacy' during a theoretical Trump presidency.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 10:24 PM
BlueInPhilly (856 posts)
44. Psyched!
I have this little voice insisting that Trump will scream on 11/9 "PSYCHED! I was just kidding! Did not want to run anyway!"
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:23 PM
El Shaman (577 posts)
45. Don't forget
McShame and all the losers too!! Right Donnie- 'tiny fingers - and brain'.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:17 AM
Judi Lynn (146,635 posts)
46. Trump in hot water over comments about Muslim father's convention speech
Trump in hot water over comments about Muslim father's convention speech
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has come under fire for comments about the mother of a Muslim US Army soldier killed in Iraq. Trump's remarks have drawn criticism from Hillary Clinton and leading Democrats. Date 31.07.2016 Donald Trump stirred up more controversy on Saturday over comments about the mother of a decorated Muslim US Army captain killed in Iraq, defending himself against accusations from the soldier's father that he had never sacrificed anything. Pakistani-American lawyer Khizr Khan gave a moving speech at the Democratic convention on Thursday that criticized Trump's anti-Muslim, anti-minority and anti-women comments. He was flanked by his wife Ghazala Khan, who wore a headscarf and chose not to speak. Their son, Captain Humayun Khan, was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2004, and was later honored with a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. "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," Trump said, in an interview with ABC's "This Week." The comments were taken on social media to mean that as a female Muslim she wasn't allowed to speak. More: http://www.dw.com/en/trump-in-hot-water-over-comments-about-muslim-fathers-convention-speech/a-19439606 |
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:17 AM
tawadi (2,110 posts)
49. The mother was clearly shattered
To go after a couple that heart broken is unforgivable.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:56 AM
ck4829 (29,777 posts)
50. This is where Trump's rhetoric hits, dare I say it, a wall.
When "the Muslims" go from being these almost alien foreigners with strange beliefs and customs far away on the other side of the world to being, you know, your neighbors and friends, then your agenda of making them the former will fail.
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Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:58 AM
tawadi (2,110 posts)
51. Anastasia Somoza said it best
“for anyone with that much hate in their heart.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289193-disability-rights-advocate-i-feel-sorry-for-trump |