Trump Surrogate Accuses Capt. Khan's Father Of Using Son As A ‘Shield'

[DonViejo]

A Republican lawmaker defended Donald Trump Monday amid escalating tension between the GOP nominee and the parents of a fallen Muslim-American soldier, arguing that the Khizr Khan is an attack dog for Hillary Clinton who uses his son "as a shield" from criticism.

Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), the first House Republican to endorse Trump, told MSNBC's Steve Kornacki that he didn't agree with Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) condmenation of Trump's comments. Rather, Collins said he felt Clinton was using the Khan family for political gain.

"At this point, 12 years later, Mr. Khan has decided to enter the fray, attack Mr. Trump in a very inappropriate way when, in fact, it's Hillary Clinton that ignores the First, Second and Tenth Amendments," he said. "At that point, I can't blame Mr. Trump for saying, I'm going to defend my integrity and my understanding of the Constitution."

Collins went on to point out that Clinton supported the Iraq War, a position Trump repeatedly attacked her for. He then cast Khan as an "attack dog" for Clinton and said that he uses his late son as a "shield" from criticism.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-collins-defends-trump-khan

[DURHAM D]

1. I hope some Democrat is running against that a-hole. nt

[PearliePoo2]

2. I hope this clown's big mouth sinks his career.

This could be political suicide right now given the national uproar criticizing Dump.

[Motley13]

3. It is hard to describe the maggot w/o using every vulgar curse word known to George Carlin

so I'm not even going to try, just think of them in your own mind, ---- think harder-------

"At that point, I can't blame Mr. Trump for saying, I'm going to defend my integrity and my understanding of the Constitution."


What integrity, his understanding of that word is as bad as his understanding of sacrifice.

The constitution????? He talks about amendments that don't exist. Same as his understanding of the 2 Corinthians guys.



I'm channeling Lewis Black at the moment.

[sofa king]

4. Let's revisit that "understanding of the Constitution...."

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/31/12335994/donald-trump-khans-constitution

"Mr. Khan who has never met me, has no right to stand in front of millions of people and claim I have never read the Constitution..."

Thus instantly proving that Mr. Trump and his staff have not read the Constitution, and weren't about to let that get in the way of a good smear.

And let us not fail to recognize the yawning "stupidity handicap" that the press continues to give Republican candidates. If such a stunningly ignorant thing were uttered by President Obama, by Bill or Hillary Clinton, or by Jimmy Carter it would never be forgiven.

But Donald Trump, who at this point appears to be the Second Coming of George W. Bush, gets a free pass and the press simply moves on to the next incredibly hateful and stupid thing he says.