KHAN REACTION: Read The Letter The Families Of ELEVEN Fallen Soldiers Just Sent To Trump

[demmiblue]

Source: Addicting Info

The families of eleven American soldiers who lost their lives serving the United States have banded together and sent a letter to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, reacting to his attack on the family of deceased Army Captain Humayun Khan.

After his father Khizr Khan spoke to the Democratic Convention, Trump asked ABC News, “Did Hillary’s scriptwriters write it?” Minimizing the loss of Khan’s son, Trump also said:

“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.”

Karen Meredith, who lost her son Ken Ballard in Iraq, organized a letter with the families of eleven other fallen soldiers to demand an apology from Trump. Here is the letter:

Read more: http://addictinginfo.org/2016/08/01/khan-reaction-read-the-letter-the-families-of-eleven-fallen-soldiers-just-sent-to-trump/

This is really blowing up.

[yellerpup]

1. He's scared to debate.

He's bored with it now. Won't be much longer in the race, he'll be out by choice or by force.

[RBInMaine]

4. Nah. He know he would go down in history as The Biggest Quitter Ever! His ego could never handle it.

[yellerpup]

6. He could "fire" the GOP

And walk away. He's famous for walking away calling himself a winner even after he loses. But, you do make a point. He would overtake Sarah Palin as quitter supreme.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. He has a choice: Biggest Loser or Biggest Quitter. . . nt

[red dog 1]

40. You're partially right,

he is scared of the upcoming debates with HRC, but he'll never quit, (unless he's indicted)

LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!

[yellerpup]

43. That's where he belongs!

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Yes it is

This is really blowing up.

[TNNurse]

3. His ignorance is impressive

I am beginning to keep a little list of words which Trump does not understand:

Sacrifice
Memory (like when he says he has not met people and there is photographic proof)
Political Correctness (yes, that is a phrase). He apparently thinks that it means it is OK to insult anyone.
Christian ( I know we should not judge that, but has anyone seen ANY evidence?)
Knowledge
Vicious ( apparently thinks insults and attacks are vicious when directed toward him but not when he does them)

All I have time for today.

I am having such a hard time with that vow to keep politics off Facebook, but I understand "vow".

[Akamai]

10. Empathy, concern for others, desire to help, modesty, etc.

[TNNurse]

15. Thanks

please continue to add as they come to mind.

[lovemydog]

5. Here's the letter:

August 1, 2016
Donald J Trump
725 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Mr. Trump,

We are all Gold Star Families, who have lost those we love the most in war. Ours is a sacrifice you will never know. Ours is a sacrifice we would never want you to know.

Your recent comments regarding the Khan family were repugnant, and personally offensive to us. When you question a mother’s pain, by implying that her religion, not her grief, kept her from addressing an arena of people, you are attacking us. When you say your job building buildings is akin to our sacrifice, you are attacking our sacrifice.

You are not just attacking us, you are cheapening the sacrifice made by those we lost. You are minimizing the risk our service members make for all of us. This goes beyond politics. It is about a sense of decency. That kind decency you mock as “political correctness.”

We feel we must speak out and demand you apologize to the Khans, to all Gold Star families, and to all Americans for your offensive, and frankly anti-American, comments.

We hope you will hear us.

Sincerely,

Diane and Neil Santoriello, Mother and Father of 1LT Neil Santoriello, KIA, Iraq

Summer Lipford-Mickelson, Mother, Frederick Sirko, Father, Kirby Mickelson, Stepfather, Laura Sirko Samimy and Bridget Sirko Gentle, Sisters of PFC Steven Sirko, KIA, Iraq.

Sue and Randy Loudon, Mother and Father of 2ndLt. Christopher Loudon, KIA, Iraq

Melanie House, Widow of HM3 John Daniel House, KIA, Iraq

Derek and Lorene Davey, Mother and Father of Cpl. Seamus M. Davey, KIA, Iraq

Celeste Zappala, Mother, and Raphael Zappala, Brother of SGT. Sherwood Baker, KIA, Iraq

Sue Niederer, Mother of 2LT Seth Dvorin, KIA, Iraq

Fulvio and Gilda Carbonaro, Father and Mother of Sgt. Alessandro Carbonaro, KIA, Iraq

Karen Meredith, Mother of 1LT Ken Ballard, KIA, Iraq

Sergio Torres, Father, Lupe Torres, Mother and Beatriz Saldivar, Aunt of SGT Daniel Torres, KIA, Iraq

MG (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, and Frank Eaton, sons of Col. Norman Eaton, KIA, Vietnam

[lancer78]

23. Wow

A Major General (Paul Eaton) was a signatory.

[KelleyKramer]

37. Wow, that needs to be in its own original post

Thanks for posting

[napkinz]

7. K&R

[Borchkins]

8. K & R

I can't imagine the depths of their pain.
B

[LittleGirl]

9. he is a dreadful human eom

[3catwoman3]

38. We could go for economy of word usage...

...and leave it at "he is dreadful." Human he may be, but he lacks humanity big time.

[lapislzi]

12. At this point, I am praying for something--ANYTHING--to stick

Nothing seems to get any traction with this bull in a china shop.

Why? Because the outrageousness is good for the news cycles, and trump has a pathological need to be in the news constantly. So, up goes the ante. When I read 538's analysis that this election is within the margin of error, I despair. How can 49% of Americans be so crass, so stupid, and so cruel?

[DawgHouse]

13. I expect that he will eventually admit he shouldn't have said what he said

and his cult followers will commend him for admitting his failures.

[nolabear]

16. Bet not. He'll just say he didn't say what you thought you heard. Gaslighter-in-Chief.

[lapislzi]

27. Are you going to believe me or your kooky lying ears?

Very weak. Low energy in so many ways. Sad!

[treestar]

18. Has he ever done that?

During the course of the campaign? Ever in his life?

[JBoy]

20. No, to him that would be a sign of weakness.

Only weak people apologize. Strong people like him get others to apologize. He thinks it's the Khan's who need to apologize.

[maxrandb]

24. It's even worse than that

Anytime these rightwing pricks begin to feel a little "vulnerable", or perhaps a little glimmer of humanity is trying to break through, they can turn on a 24/7 Cable "News" station, or turn to one of 1200 or so AM Radio Stations throughout America to HARDEN THEIR HEARTS and be reassured that their ignorance, bigotry, racism, hatred and misogyny is perfectly acceptable

Why there are not 1,000 people with signs outside of every local AM Radio Station in America is beyond me!

[lapislzi]

28. It's difficult not to despair.

I'm nostalgic for Obama's first campaign.

[maxrandb]

44. Liberals and Progressives need to start going "local"

I don't give a shit if your local AM station plays Perry Como music for the other 21 hours, if they broadcast Limbaugh or Hannity, they need to be held accountable for the poison they are spewing.

[lapislzi]

45. You're right.

It's so discouraging, though, to knock on door after door and have to listen to people ranting about their property taxes. And then having to remind them that your property taxes are what keeps the garbage picked up, and the snow plows running, and the library open.

I actually had some old coot say to me, "what do I care? I don't use the library. Why should I have to pay for it?"

After a day of stumping with the local assembly candidate, I need a shower and a martini.

[treestar]

14. Donald did this to himself

It was so easily avoided. His thin skin is his undoing.

[lapislzi]

17. Except that it isn't!

Any normal human would have been undone months ago. This bull keeps on blundering through the china shop, out the back door, down the main road, into the glass works, through the supermarket, crashing through the greengrocer's, into the kiddies' playground...

His legacy is carnage and chaos. GoT's Littlefinger was right: chaos is a ladder.

[unitedwethrive]

22. It's unbelievable, isn't it?!

What's wrong with people?

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Sadly, TrumpleThinSkin's troops are TRIPLING up. . .

http://www.salon.com/2016/08/01/team_trump_has_no_bottom_roger_stone_is_now_attacking_khzir_khan_as_a_muslim_brotherhood_agent/

[WinstonSmith4740]

21. What do you guys think?

Did he step over "the line"? Do you think he finally went too far? We've all heard him say such egregious things with absolutely NO blow back...things that would have been fatal to Clinton. But the media seems to be doing its job for a change and staying on this, and not giving him a free pass. A lot has happened in the past week. The Kochs are refusing to help fund him, the convention kicked ass, he's already whining about the debates, PUTIN...you guys know the list. And now he tries to call making money a "sacrifice". Hopefully, this is it.

[lapislzi]

25. He's been stepping over the fucking line for decades!

I wish this would be "it," but I wished the Putin thing would be "it," and before that I wished the Ted Cruz's father/JFK thing would be "it," and before that I wished the "tiny hands/Little Marco" thing would be "it," and before that I wished the "bleeding out of her wherever" thing would be "it," and before that I wished the "Mexicans are rapists" thing would be "it"...

There's no bottom to this pit. There just isn't. It's just whiny-ass titty babies all the way down.

[red dog 1]

41. + 1

[Ilsa]

35. These sentences:

"This goes beyond politics. It is about a sense of decency. That kind decency you mock as “political correctness.” "

What has happened to people that they think of being decent or compassionate or kind as "political correctness"?

[unblock]

26. trump built structures like gore invented the internet

will the media cover this lie as breathlessly as they attacked gore for his incorrectly-quoted boast?

gore sponsored legislation funding the internet and pushed government agencies to put tons of useful information online, making the internet vastly more useful than it had been.

trump didn't "build" structures, he hired people to do all that. at most he raised funding for the structures, but he didn't lay bricks or nail wood or weld anything.


but no, the media will let him get away with that, naturally.

[lark]

29. Wow, this is seriously good!

What a burn, and 100% deserved. It's time he was called out for his anti-American craziness and meanness and it couldn't have been done by a better group.

[AgadorSparticus]

30. KABOOM!!!!! Donald is toast. Stick a fork in him.

[RapSoDee]

32. Republicans need to take a stand on ComradeTrump's hateful treason

...or go down with him in a stinking unpatriotic heap of dishonor and shame...

[lindysalsagal]

33. Prediction: fRump will attempt to silence all of them, and then more will join in

This feels like a balloon that's just starting to build pressure. Bringing Iraq into it brings along everyone's regret over Bush/Cheney and how we were all duped into that war.

He's hit the mother of all hornets' nests, and he's too blind to see it.

He's got 3 more months to go!

[lindysalsagal]

34. The Khans are probably saving us all from ruin.

If Hillary were smart, she'd do something positive for muslims right now: Even just visiting a mosque. Or an ecumenical service and a photo op shaking a muslim's hand. Anything.

[Fritz Walter]

36. The irony would be delicious...

...if not for the family's tragic loss.
Karma is real.

[red dog 1]

42. K&R

I will re-post this letter on other sites, with all the names of those who signed it.

(I'm unable to "cut & paste" so it's time consuming, but worth it)

This letter MUST go viral!