The Latest: Father of slain Muslim soldier protests nominee

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress (all times local):

1:15 p.m.

The father of a Muslim American soldier killed during combat in Iraq is urging senators to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general.

Khizr M. Khan (KY’-zur M. kahn) says in a letter Monday to leaders of the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee that Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, won’t protect the “sacred right” of Americans to vote.

Khan is raising an episode from nearly 30 years ago when Sessions confronted and denied allegations that he’d made racist comments as a U.S. attorney under President Ronald Reagan. The Judiciary Committee denied Sessions a federal judgeship in 1986, and civil rights advocates have since raised objections to his positions on voting rights, hate crime prosecutions and immigration. “Sadly, Mr. Sessions has not demonstrated a greater understanding that the right to vote should transcend partisan interests,” Khan says.

Khan’s speech about his son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, at the Democratic National Convention criticized the anti-Muslim rhetoric of then-Republican nominee Trump.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/01/09/the-latest-father-of-slain-muslim-soldier-protests-nominee/

[pangaia]

1. Hope this fellow gets some traction with this.

He is not just 'nobody.'

[longship]

2. He is an exceptionally honorable person. nt

[Alice11111]

3. Thank you, Mr and Mrs Khan

You have led with much grace and courage. I'm sure it has been difficult and painful. We hear you and appreciate your service, and that of your extraordinarily brave son.