Tag Archives: Khizr Khan

Via press release from the White House: Today, President Biden named seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. President Biden …

“Sir, I think it’s important when you look at those texts that you understand the context in which they were made, and the things that were going on across America. In terms of the texts that, ‘We will stop it.’ You need to understand that that was written late at night, off-the-cuff and it was in response to a series …

The Week reports: Gold Star father Khizr Khan has canceled an upcoming speech in Toronto after being told that his “travel privileges are being reviewed,” CTV’s Rosa Hwang reports. Khan and his wife were born in Pakistan, but Khizr has been an American citizen for more than 30 years. The Khans famously accused President Trump of having “sacrificed nothing and …

Not many political ads bring you to tears. Politico reports: Khizr Khan has one more question for Donald Trump. The father of Humayun Khan, a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq in 2004, thrust himself into the election spotlight this summer at the Democratic National Convention, when he asked if the Republican nominee had even read the U.S. Constitution and told …

American Family Association radio shrieker Sandy Rios appeared on Alan Colmes’ show yesterday to continue her attack on the son of the Khans. Right Wing Watch recaps: Rios falsely claimed that Khizr Khan has called Sharia law superior to the U.S. Constitution, claiming that since he “adheres to Sharia,” he would then “absolutely” want to kill Americans. (She appears to …

Tonight Trump spokes-lunactic Katrina Pierson declared on CNN that the son of Khans probably died in Iraq because President Obama and Hillary Clinton had “changed the rules of engagement” for US troops. Seriously. Watch below. Capt. Humayun Khan died on June 8th, 2004 during the presidency of George W. Bush.

Dakota Meyer, Medal Of Honor recipient and current husband to Bristol Palin, this afternoon demanded that Donald Trump apologize to the Khan family. And then Hillary Clinton retweeted that demand. Charles Dudley Warner would be happy.

Politico reports: Paul Ryan’s office has released a series of “must-see photos” featuring a shot of the House speaker holding up the Constitution. “Speaker Ryan holds up a pocket Constitution as a reminder that Congress’ first responsibility is to support and defend the Constitution,” the caption reads. Although Ryan has been pictured holding up copies of the Constitution in the …

ABC News reports: Mike Pence just can’t escape the controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s critical remarks about the parents of fallen soldier Capt. Humayun Khan. Taking questions from the audience at a rally in Carson City, Nev., the Indiana governor was asked how he could “tolerate” Trump disrespecting military families. “Time and time again Trump has disrespected our nation’s armed forces …

Talking Points Memo reports: As Donald Trump continued to hurl attacks on the family of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, President Barack Obama praised the sacrifice of American armed services members and their families Monday at the Disabled American Veterans convention. “As Commander-in-Chief, I’m pretty tired of some folks trash-talking America’s military and troops,” Obama said in a thinly-veiled rebuke …

Last night leading Trump surrogate and pro-Trump super PAC head Roger Stone tweeted out a link to the site of Ted Shoebat and his father, Walid, who claim that Khizr Khan is an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood. As regular JMG readers know, the Shoebats frequently call for the executions of homosexuals, women who have abortions, and Christians who support …

Oh, brother. Via Raw Story: Donald Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes defended the GOP hopeful over the weekend after he came under fire for appearing to equate the death of a soldier in the Iraq war to “sacrifices” he made during his business career. While speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Trump fired back against criticism from Khizr Khan, the …

The New York Times reports: In a remarkable and lengthy rebuke of his party’s nominee, Senator John McCain sharply criticized Donald J. Trump’s comments about the family of a fallen Muslim Army captain, saying, “While our party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us.” Mr. …

The Hill reports: Families of fallen service U.S. members are demanding Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump apologize for his “offensive” and “anti-American” comments. The group of Gold Star families on Monday wrote a letter to the billionaire condemning his treatment of the family of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq. “Ours is a sacrifice you will …

Mediaite recaps: The host of Last Week Tonight on HBO devoted his deep-dive segment to recapping the Republican and Democratic National Conventions Sunday night, emphasizing the the language used by Donald Trump in the days since Khizr Khan emotionally spoke in Philadelphia. Khan, the Muslim father of fallen U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, has inadvertently gotten into a feud of …

From the Associated Press: A pocket version of the U.S. Constitution has become a best-seller on Amazon.com. The 52-page pamphlet printed by the National Center for Constitutional Studies sells for $1 and was in the Top 10 best-selling books on Amazon on Saturday afternoon. The site produces an hourly list of its best sellers. The Constitution emerged as a best-seller …

Good grief. Via Mediaite: Trump’s national campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said it was unlikely that the GOP nominee would reach out to Khizr Khan, the Muslim-American father of a deceased veteran who spoke at the DNC Thursday night, because Trump doesn’t like to make headlines. Speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday evening, Pierson said it was “truly unfortunate” that the …