Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post

By Katie Zezima August 1 at 7:44 AM

Donald Trump faced mounting criticism from leaders of his own party Sunday as a confrontation between the Republican nominee and the Muslim American parents of a soldier killed in Iraq continued to consume the presidential race.

Khizr and Ghazala Khan denounced Trump in ever more forceful terms, asserting that Trump’s temperament and lack of empathy rendered him unfit for office, while Trump claimed that Khizr Khan “viciously attacked” him while speaking at the Democratic National Convention last week.

Khizr Khan also repeated his call for House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to repudiate Trump, saying they have a moral obligation to speak out against their party’s standard-bearer.

In separate statements, Ryan and McConnell expressed support for the Khans and reiterated their opposition to Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims, but neither mentioned Trump by name and neither abandoned his support for the Republican nominee.

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[longship]

1. They have dignified this issue.

Khizr Khan's DNC speech was extemporaneous. He did not use the teleprompter. Furthermore, although his wife was silent, she helped Khizr form his address.

It was, above all, a dignified address, delivered with a devastating calm. It was the best speech of the convention. BY FAR!

[lark]

2. Not a news flash.

Ryan and McConnell are nothing more than party hacks, they too have no compassion or caring for anything other than power and $$. Cry me some crocodile tears, boys, this just reeks of hypocricy and self-serving. They obviously don't mean one word they say about the Khans or about the "tramp" narrative, this is just a brazen example of pure expediency and callousness. Obviously, they too have no true morals or they wouldnt' be voting for this racist, America hating asshole.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

3. THEN RESCIND YOUR ENDORSEMENTS