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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:00 AM Jul 2016

Trump: Muslim soldier was a hero but his father 'has no right' to criticize me

Source: The Hill

Donald Trump praised a Muslim U.S. soldier killed in Iraq but continued to criticize the man's father, who spoke out against Trump at the Democratic National Convention.

After a day of backlash about his comments regarding the family of Humayun Khan, Trump released a statement late Saturday night honoring him.

"Captain Humayun Khan was a hero to our country and we should honor all who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe. The real problem here are the radical Islamic terrorist who killed him, and the efforts of these radicals to enter our country and do us further harm," Trump said.

“While I feel deeply for the loss of his son, 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, (which is false) and say many other inaccurate things. If I become President, I will make America safe again.”

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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289894-trump-praises-muslim-soldier-but-says-father-has-no-right

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Trump: Muslim soldier was a hero but his father 'has no right' to criticize me (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2016 OP
keep talking Donny just keep talking Botany Jul 2016 #1
*snort* smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #12
Just sign here. We'll fill in all those details later, you say? jtuck004 Jul 2016 #2
I prefer "shirker". -.nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #7
Anything but his brand. Though yours does have a ring to it. [G] n/t jtuck004 Jul 2016 #50
What, no right? greymattermom Jul 2016 #3
Seriously. The ultimate irony. nt auntpurl Jul 2016 #13
Only Trump has the right to criticize PatSeg Jul 2016 #15
Perfect! pandr32 Jul 2016 #47
Exactly. Eom uppityperson Jul 2016 #48
He has no right to criticize? Kber Jul 2016 #4
I SERIOUSLY doubt that Trump has ever actually read the Constitution Siwsan Jul 2016 #5
+10000000000 Lochloosa Jul 2016 #8
Trump mentioned an "Article 12" of said Constitution. Constitutional scholars KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #10
He's probably plead the 5th before IronLionZion Jul 2016 #17
He knows Chapter 11 of the Constitution. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #20
He says he will support Articles I, II, even Article XII underpants Jul 2016 #26
Article 12 of the Constitution was in fact written by two Corinthians whose names I forget now world wide wally Jul 2016 #40
We'll never know. Trump had them deported. underpants Jul 2016 #42
He must have skipped the first amendment rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #6
In all fairness awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #49
Trump , us just confirmed what Mr Khan was talking about..... Cryptoad Jul 2016 #9
Sure, tRump remembers reading "Article XII" IllinoisBirdWatcher Jul 2016 #11
I think he was confusing Articles and Amendments oberliner Jul 2016 #21
Most likely just more insane babbling, or he can't count to seven, or IllinoisBirdWatcher Jul 2016 #37
Trump's version of damage control. He's gotten so much blowback from his earlier attack bulloney Jul 2016 #14
He really makes it too easy to run against him PatSeg Jul 2016 #18
I keep thinking that if Obama displayed this behavior, he would have been institutionalized long ago bulloney Jul 2016 #38
His right to criticize you is in that document you read, you schmuck. bluedigger Jul 2016 #16
+1 bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #29
Trump has an ego for the ages. Playing last word with Donald is a blood sport. gordianot Jul 2016 #19
NO ONE has the "right" to criticize Duh Donald™! rocktivity Jul 2016 #22
We should just start calling him "Delusional Don" WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2016 #23
It is so weird how Trump always includes the phrase "who has never met me" nadine_mn Jul 2016 #24
you are right, that is bizarre. uawchild Jul 2016 #25
Right up there with "believe me." stopbush Jul 2016 #34
If they ever met him SwankyXomb Jul 2016 #44
Trump has probably never met most of the people he attacks` ThoughtCriminal Jul 2016 #53
Oh shut up. nruthie Jul 2016 #27
ChaChi has a right to criticize Hillary Clinton, but Gold Star parents do not have a right 33taw Jul 2016 #28
Mr. Kahn didn't claim that Mr. Trump never read the Constitution teach1st Jul 2016 #30
So Comrade Trump is saying his 5 military deferments are above reproach? RapSoDee Jul 2016 #31
Where are those "swiftboat' guys? 33taw Jul 2016 #32
Everybody has a right -- even old draft dodger like me. Old Union Guy Jul 2016 #33
Donald, you are running for president of a country where we all have the right to criticize you. tanyev Jul 2016 #35
Hey dirt bag--------------------------- turbinetree Jul 2016 #36
Attention, Dumbass: hamsterjill Jul 2016 #39
Mr. Trump does not understand what a "right" is The Second Stone Jul 2016 #41
He just doesn't know when to shut up. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2016 #43
This just gets better and better. Of all the things from the convention, AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #45
Hitler claimed he'd make Germany both great and safe again Feeling the Bern Jul 2016 #46
if he becomes president Enrique Jul 2016 #51
it is always about him Skittles Jul 2016 #52
 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
2. Just sign here. We'll fill in all those details later, you say?
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:05 AM
Jul 2016

You hurt yourself with that attack on veterans, swindler boy.

We share something you never will.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
3. What, no right?
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:05 AM
Jul 2016

Read the First Amendment to the Constitution, Donald. I'm sure it's in the book Mr. Khan carries with him.

PatSeg

(47,586 posts)
15. Only Trump has the right to criticize
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:31 AM
Jul 2016

other people and he is extremely prolific at it. When he becomes president, he'll fix that constitution.

Kber

(5,043 posts)
4. He has no right to criticize?
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:05 AM
Jul 2016

That's a pretty terrifying sentiment for a presidential candidate to hold.

Siwsan

(26,289 posts)
5. I SERIOUSLY doubt that Trump has ever actually read the Constitution
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:06 AM
Jul 2016

Someone PLEASE ask him to recite all, or even a part, of the Bill of Rights.

To him, the words "Declaration of Independence" probably refers to his two divorce decrees.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
10. Trump mentioned an "Article 12" of said Constitution. Constitutional scholars
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:10 AM
Jul 2016

are still searching for it, since their versions have only 7 articles.

underpants

(182,877 posts)
26. He says he will support Articles I, II, even Article XII
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:02 AM
Jul 2016

There are 7 Articles in the Constitution.

 

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)
6. He must have skipped the first amendment
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:07 AM
Jul 2016

when he read that constitution as he claims.

Khizr and Ghazala Khan being the people who finally kick this fucker in the ass is poetic justice.

"I will gladly loan you my copy" needs to become an ad.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
9. Trump , us just confirmed what Mr Khan was talking about.....
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:10 AM
Jul 2016

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)
37. Most likely just more insane babbling, or he can't count to seven, or
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:29 AM
Jul 2016

his so-tough military school never taught him Roman Numerals.

(In other words, he is only able to read and understand those "dangerously foreign" Arabic Numerals.)

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
14. Trump's version of damage control. He's gotten so much blowback from his earlier attack
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:27 AM
Jul 2016

on Mr. and Mrs. Khan that he's trying to backpedal by praising their son but continuing to show how thin-skinned he is by claiming Mr. Khan has no right to criticize him.

Has anyone in the past 12 months criticized Trump without getting a response from him in some negative way? I've never seen anything like it. Every time someone criticizes Trump, he retaliates with some name-calling conniption on social media or verbally with the all-too-accommodating mainstream media.

This is not the temperament you want in a leader of anything at any level, especially POTUS.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
38. I keep thinking that if Obama displayed this behavior, he would have been institutionalized long ago
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:41 AM
Jul 2016

He certainly would not have been elected to a second term, if he would have been elected the first time after behaving like Trump has.

The attacks on Obama have been baseless 99% of the time and have been more frequent, more personal and more severe than anything levied against Trump during this campaign season.

gordianot

(15,243 posts)
19. Trump has an ego for the ages. Playing last word with Donald is a blood sport.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:37 AM
Jul 2016

However whenever Mr. You're fired does not get his way he becomes more insecure. What a delicious and vicious cycle for such a weak bully to get bullied.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
22. NO ONE has the "right" to criticize Duh Donald™!
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:39 AM
Jul 2016

And by the way, has he ever met Mr. Khan?


rocktivity

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
23. We should just start calling him "Delusional Don"
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:40 AM
Jul 2016

Too bad we're better than that. He seriously doesn't get it, does he? Everyone has the right to criticize him! And I'm sure he has read The Constitution...especially Article XII.

My suggestion for a question to him at the debates. "For the sake of this discussion, setting aside the 1st, 2nd, and 5th Amendments, name 3 more articles in The Bill of Rights." I'd love to watch his head explode

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
24. It is so weird how Trump always includes the phrase "who has never met me"
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:40 AM
Jul 2016

whenever someone criticizes him. He said that when he was talking about the speakers at the DNC - something like "they were saying really bad things about me, they never met me"

Like for some reason meeting Trump is a requirement for not liking him, as if all his actions and speeches aren't enough on their own.

I mean he is so full of random bullshit, but this always strikes me as a bizarre comment.

uawchild

(2,208 posts)
25. you are right, that is bizarre.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:56 AM
Jul 2016

Is he deluding himself that everyone who has met him likes him?

What a nutjob.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,049 posts)
53. Trump has probably never met most of the people he attacks`
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 07:25 PM
Jul 2016

But then, they aren't Trump, so it doesn't count.


The fact that he is clearly deranged in a major way is something that should be emphasized every day. That the GOP put this man up for POTUS, should be used to humiliate not just his supporters, but all Republicans seeking public office. Silence is not enough - make them explain how this is normal.

33taw

(2,447 posts)
28. ChaChi has a right to criticize Hillary Clinton, but Gold Star parents do not have a right
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:05 AM
Jul 2016

To criticize Donald Trump?

teach1st

(5,935 posts)
30. Mr. Kahn didn't claim that Mr. Trump never read the Constitution
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:09 AM
Jul 2016

He asked Mr. Trump if he had the Constitution. Mr. Trump's assertion that he had indeed read it should be followed up by some additional comprehension questions. He showed no comprehension when he said the Mr. Khan had no right to criticize him.

RapSoDee

(421 posts)
31. So Comrade Trump is saying his 5 military deferments are above reproach?
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:14 AM
Jul 2016

Republican chickenhawks across the fruited plain are wincing and whining at the utter lameness of Comrade Trump's feeble excuses.

tanyev

(42,610 posts)
35. Donald, you are running for president of a country where we all have the right to criticize you.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:42 AM
Jul 2016

How's that working out for you?

turbinetree

(24,720 posts)
36. Hey dirt bag---------------------------
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:03 AM
Jul 2016

the "only" thing you feel deeply about is either having Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, on the face of a currency you stiff contractors, and mom & pop businesses, in your fraudulent Trump U scheme, in your pockets.

Have you ever walked among the head stones of Arlington there dirt bag-------------yes or no?
It's a really simple question to answer, but who knows how you would FLIP FLOP, that's what the MSM should ask you, dirt bag, while you were visiting with your republican cronies like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell and Rience Prebius and figuring out how to steal an election with all of the political corruption and "Dark Money".

Did they, the other fascists Ryan and McConnell or you say, hey, lets go down to see JFK tombstone, or the mast of the ship of the Main, or Capt Kahn's headstone, or the union soldiers buried near Robert E Lees home.

Do you know why Arlington is Arlington, did you attend the classroom at Wharton to find out the answer.
Let me give you the answer, the union soldiers were buried there because Lincoln wanted to remind Lee and Jefferson Davis that they were traitors, and that the union soldiers were not traitors, and that Lee could not move back into the home because the United States government wanted the LEE family to pay for the civil war and the all associated costs, and to have it has a reminder.

Have you been to the Tomb of the Unknowns, dirt bag, and watch the guards protecting the site, you do know why its there don't you, and why the Old Guard protects Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Did you go down to the Vietnam War Memorial, while you were in Washington with your republican buddies, to see if you could find any "friends" that went while you were worried about the bunion between your ears and your five deferments.

Yeah, you know the deep loss of the Khan family, right, you really are a hypocrite, and you don't even have to practice being a right wing hypocrite , its just comes naturally, when you haven't even been on the grounds of Arlington



hamsterjill

(15,224 posts)
39. Attention, Dumbass:
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:46 AM
Jul 2016

Donald, the right of free speech goes both ways.

I see, despite the offer, you still haven't bothered to read the Constitution.

Sickening. Repulsive. How can anyone support this monster?

 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
41. Mr. Trump does not understand what a "right" is
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:02 PM
Jul 2016

Mr. Kahn has every right to say whatever he wants about Mr. Trump.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
45. This just gets better and better. Of all the things from the convention,
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:38 PM
Jul 2016

I didn't expect this to take off like this. You know what it is? I think this is the bully mindset. He sized up all the speakers and thought the Khans would be easiest to attack. He is going to be so sorry he went down this road. What a douchebag.

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
46. Hitler claimed he'd make Germany both great and safe again
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:54 PM
Jul 2016

Fuck you, you obnoxious piece of diseased pre-cum.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
51. if he becomes president
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:30 PM
Jul 2016

people will criticize him from time to time. I hope his people make him understand that. Maybe he will drop out.

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