Gold Star Families Demand Trump Apologize For 'Repugnant' Khan Attacks

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By KATHERINE KRUEGER Published AUGUST 1, 2016, 9:21 AM EDT

The families of 17 service members killed in the line of duty on Monday demanded Donald Trump apologize for attacking the Khan family, saying his remarks are "cheapening the sacrifice made by those we lost."

In a letter addressed to the GOP nominee, the Gold Star families, a military distinction for those who have lost a family member in the line of duty, called Trump's attacking the Khans "repugnant and personally offensive."

"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," they wrote. "You are not just attacking us, you are cheapening the sacrifice made by those we lost."

The letter continued: "This goes beyond politics. It is about a sense of decency. That kind decency you mock as 'political correctness.'"

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[CanonRay]

1. Trump cannot apologize

it is not in his nature. I'd bet he's never apologized in his whole miserable life.

[PSPS]

2. Who would want to serve in a military headed by this psychopath?

[Statistical]

3. Maybe Dump could learn from history

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."

George Washington - 1789

[BigDemVoter]

4. I'd say the chances of Trump apologizing are pretty near. . . zero.

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. If he doesn't shut up now...

This fight with the Khans will cost him thousands of votes every day until November. He will be crushed on Election Day.

Does he have no one that can tell him to stop?