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Hissyspit

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Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:33 AM Jul 2016

Ghazala Khan Wash. Post Op/Ed: "Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice." [View all]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ghazala-khan-donald-trump-criticized-my-silence-he-knows-nothing-about-true-sacrifice/2016/07/31/c46e52ec-571c-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?tid=sm_fb

Ghazala Khan: Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice.

By Ghazala Khan OpinionsJuly 31 at 9:45 AM

Ghazala Khan’s son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004.

CHARLOTTESVILLE

Donald Trump has asked why I did not speak at the Democratic convention. He said he would like to hear from me. Here is my answer to Donald Trump: Because without saying a thing, all the world, all America, felt my pain. I am a Gold Star mother. Whoever saw me felt me in their heart.

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The last time I spoke to my son was on Mother’s Day 2004. We had asked him to call us collect whenever he could. I begged him to be safe. I asked him to stay back, and not to go running around trying to become a hero, because I knew he would do something like that.

He said, “Mom, these are my soldiers, these are my people. I have to take care of them.” He was killed by a car bomber outside the gates of his base. He died trying to save his soldiers and innocent civilians.

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When Donald Trump is talking about Islam, he is ignorant. If he studied the real Islam and Koran, all the ideas he gets from terrorists would change, because terrorism is a different religion.

Donald Trump said he has made a lot of sacrifices. He doesn’t know what the word sacrifice means.

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Wow rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #1
Powerful! Lochloosa Jul 2016 #2
Trump is betting that there are enough racist in this country to put him over the top in November VMA131Marine Jul 2016 #3
Trump knows.... getagrip_already Jul 2016 #5
Indeed. Fox did NOT cover the Khans' appearance. calimary Jul 2016 #10
If Trump had let it drop, the whole thing might have ended right there. But he violated a KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #13
But they don't care..... getagrip_already Jul 2016 #14
Thanks to Trump's ineptitude, his supporters now have massive cognitive dissonance (read, anxiety) KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #19
He never stops digging... TipTok Jul 2016 #21
No matter who they back, there isn't a mother in the country that doesn't feel her pain. nolabear Jul 2016 #4
K and R. Your post deserves a thread of its own Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2016 #8
Hear hear!!! calimary Jul 2016 #11
This 1000000000 percent. Dorian Gray Jul 2016 #23
Damn.. a tear just fell into my coffee. Adrahil Jul 2016 #6
winds are shifting - will never touch the 'base' but the NoMoreRepugs Jul 2016 #7
It used to be a RW meme that Hillary snubbed Gold Star mothers... JHB Jul 2016 #9
K&R napkinz Jul 2016 #12
Kick Hissyspit Jul 2016 #15
Trump's going to lose some support from military families IronLionZion Jul 2016 #16
+1, I am a 'Gold Star mother. Whoever saw me felt me in their heart." uponit7771 Jul 2016 #17
K&R gademocrat7 Jul 2016 #18
I swear I could hear that woman's thoughts during the speech lindysalsagal Jul 2016 #20
. Hissyspit Jul 2016 #22
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