In his first response to a searing charge from bereaved Army father Khizr Khan that he’d “sacrificed nothing” for his country, Donald Trump claimed that he had in fact sacrificed by employing “thousands and thousands of people.” He also suggested that Khan’s wife didn’t speak because she was forbidden to as a Muslim and questioned whether Khan’s words were his own.
“Who wrote that? Did Hillary’s script writers write it?” Trump said in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. “I think I’ve made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard.”
On the last night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Gold Star father Khizr Khan, his wife Ghazala by his side, recounted to the crowd how his son was killed in 2004 by a car bomb in Iraq.
Khan also chastised Trump for seeking to ban Muslims from entering the country, saying that his son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, would not 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,” Khan said, addressing Trump. “You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities. You have sacrificed nothing and no one.”
Trump appeared to try to brush the speech aside, saying that Khan “was, you know, very emotional and probably looked like a nice guy to me.”
Trump also said, “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.”
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Donald Trump's sacrifice to his country was making himself rich. I am not kidding, this is literally what he said. pic.twitter.com/pBv3XF8BAG
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) July 30, 2016
It doesn't even occur to Trump to express respect or gratitude to the Khans for their son's service#BeneathContempt https://t.co/D0zAR1oIP1
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 30, 2016
If @SarahPalinUSA had any dignity left she'd chastise @realDonaldTrump for downplaying Kahn's sacrifice.
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) July 30, 2016
@BillKristol Mrs Khan said on TV last nt she didn't speak because she still cries when she sees her son's photo. Please let ppl know that.
— Harlan Coben (@HarlanCoben) July 30, 2016
Trump's remarks on the Khan family today make me wonder if there's anything he can say where the GOP finally disavows themselves from him.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 30, 2016
He'd have to consistently be 15 points behind before common decency kicks in https://t.co/g4M5WLPhRK
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) July 30, 2016
Ghazala Khan to MSNBC: "Don't become [a] hero for me. Just be my son. Come back as a son. He came back as a hero." So, yeah. She's spoken.
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) July 30, 2016
And Trump sacrificed a lot during the Vietnam War by boinking anyone in a skirt. Or maybe with no clothes at all.
Trump’s arrogance and selfishness will catch up with him one day. God is watching and He will not be amused.
Attacking a man who lost his son in war makes you a piece of dog manure. Disgusting and pathetic. https://t.co/11ZuDTfJC4
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 30, 2016
Memo to Trump supporters: He's a man of sadistic cruelty. With him there's no bottom. Now go ahead & defend him.
https://t.co/z5IlwjwDQQ— Peter Wehner (@Peter_Wehner) July 30, 2016
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