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Related: About this forumGold Star Family Members release letter to Trump, demand apology for all Gold Star Families
Ours is a sacrifice you will never know. Ours is a sacrifice we would never want you to know.WASHINGTON, DC Family members of twenty-three fallen service-members are writing to Donald J. Trump today, expressing their dismay at his treatment of the family of CPT. Humayun Khan, and demanding an apology. The letter was organized by Karen Meredith, a Gold Star mother who serves as Military Families Coordinator for VoteVets.org.
The letter is below:
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,
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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 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
Stephanie Fisher, mother of SSG Thomas Fogarty, KIA Afghanistan
Norma and Oscar Aviles, parents of Lcpl. Andrew J. Aviles, KIA Iraq
Cheryl Lankford, widow of CSM Jonathan"Miles"Lankford Sr., KIAIraq
Carlos and Melida Arredondo Father & Step-Mother to Lcpl. Alexander Arredondo, KIA, Iraq
Florence Sandra Penn , sister of 1 LT Charles Penn Jr , KIA Korea
Nadia McCaffrey, mother of SGT Patrick McCaffrey, KIA Iraq
Xiomara Mena, Mother of CPL Andy D Anderson KIA, Iraq
Annette Pritchard, Aunt of PFC William Ramirez, KIA Iraq
Paula Davis, Mother of PFC Justin R. Davis , KIA Afghanistan
Nooshin Razani, Sister of SPC Omead Razani, KIA Iraq
Christina Ayube, Mother of Sgt James Anthony Ayube II, KIA Afghanistan
Keavin Duffy, Brother of SGT Shane Duffy KIA Iraq
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Gold Star Family Members release letter to Trump, demand apology for all Gold Star Families (Original Post)
zebonaut
Aug 2016
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liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)1. K&R
sarae
(3,284 posts)2. Amazing...
and unbelievably sad that it even got to this point. There's something fundamentally wrong with that man.
The asshole not only won't apologize but will triple down .. I suspect most elected GOP officials will cut bait in the next few weeks and concentrate on congress
dog_lovin_dem
(309 posts)4. I need a link.
Have a fellow on Facebook who is posting a lot of B.S. regarding the Kahn family and would like to share this with him so he knows more than one gold star family is horrified by Trump's behavior.
Thanks!