Donald Trump has taken on Khizs Khan, the father of a Muslim soldier killed in the Middle East, for his speech at the Democratic Convention.
Trump said that Mr. Khan seemed like a 'nice man' and then went off on the fact that Mrs. Khan didn't speak. "Maybe she wasn't allowed to," he said, a slam at Muslims if there ever was one.
The truth is, Mrs. Khan didn't speak because she felt emotionally unable to since it was her son's picture that was being shown all over the arena--her 'dead son', who died for his country. She stood with her husband at the podium because, as Khan said, he couldn't have spoken without her by his side because of his emotions.
It was, in my opinion, the most moving moment of the whole moving convention. Khan said Trump doesn't know what their kind of 'sacrifice' is like. Trump replied he 'sacrificed' a lot by working hard.
Hard work (expected of us all) on one hand vs. a dead son, a military hero on the other. Let's just say Khan was correct.
Khan also pulled out a copy of the Constitution and volunteered to give it to Trump.
Amen.
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