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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:08 PM Aug 2016

Defending Trump, Perry hits back at slain Army captain's dad: You started it

WASHINGTON -- Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry rose to Donald Trump’s defense Tuesday, saying Khizr and Ghazala Khan get no free pass to attack the Republican nominee just because their son died in combat.

"Mr. Khan is the one that went out and struck the first blow,” Perry told CNN. “And in a campaign, if you’re going to go out and think that you can take a shot at somebody and not have incoming coming back at you, shame on you.”

U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan was killed in Iraq in 2004, giving his relatives the unwanted distinction of becoming a "Gold Star" family. His father delivered a scathing prime time rebuke of Trump on stage at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia last month, which sparked a lengthy back-and-forth between Trump and the Khans, who are Muslim.

Trump's ongoing criticism of the Khans cost him. Democrats, Republicans and an array of veterans groups called it inappropriate, unpresidential and distasteful to attack grieving parents of an American officer.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20160816-defending-trump-perry-hits-back-at-slain-army-captain-s-dad-you-started-it.ece

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Defending Trump, Perry hits back at slain Army captain's dad: You started it (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2016 OP
As usual, perry is wrong. trump started it by dissing all muslims..which included ones who served shraby Aug 2016 #1
+Infinity! - nt KingCharlemagne Aug 2016 #7
Perry is kinda dumb, isn't he? No wonder he had to bow out so early. AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #13
Mr. and Mrs. Kahn were on the NPR Diane Rehm show today. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #2
Heard it GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #15
Same onions here. We just don't hear enough of this "discourse" in America today. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #18
Agree GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #20
Oh man, I know what you're saying. It really hit me how much they gave to their son and to us. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #21
And finally GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #23
Thank you, you too. My son's have their own lives till they want a hot meal. :) MichiganVote Aug 2016 #24
Really?! PJMcK Aug 2016 #3
What's next? "I know you are but what am I" GusBob Aug 2016 #4
Methinks Perry is trolling for a job. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2016 #5
Secretary of the Interior TexasBushwhacker Aug 2016 #17
I hope there is a hell, and it has a special place for people like Trump, Perry and the rest...... Siwsan Aug 2016 #6
Rick Dummy? Fuck him! n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2016 #8
It's well known that Rick Perry is a dumb ass. B Calm Aug 2016 #9
Saw this interview on TV today. It was disgusting. Perry also said that just because their son died, Native Aug 2016 #10
well just because drumpf is running for office shouldn't give him a free ticket to KewlKat Aug 2016 #12
George W Bush started it lostnfound Aug 2016 #11
Why would anyone who purports to "support" Trump want to keep bringing this up? AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #14
Weird use of military terminology in attacking thucythucy Aug 2016 #16
GoodHair is just now getting into this? Indpndnt Aug 2016 #19
I hope the Repigs yap and yap and yap about this. . . . BigDemVoter Aug 2016 #22
Is this the equivalent of...."I know you are, but what am I"? I can't think of anyone more.... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2016 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author DesertFlower Aug 2016 #26
Garbage in garbage out, Perry is not the brightest star even for the Republican party, Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #27
The party that once claimed to be patriotic has ventured far from it. liberal N proud Aug 2016 #28

shraby

(21,946 posts)
1. As usual, perry is wrong. trump started it by dissing all muslims..which included ones who served
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:10 PM
Aug 2016

in our military.

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
2. Mr. and Mrs. Kahn were on the NPR Diane Rehm show today.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:12 PM
Aug 2016
http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio/#/shows/2016-08-16/a-conversation-with-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/113028/@00:00

The parents were unfailingly polite, honest and did their son credit. Lovely parents and they DO NOT DESERVE this from OUR publically paid public servants.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
15. Heard it
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 07:36 PM
Aug 2016

And when Ms Kahn was talking about her son someone was slicing onions in my truck. Heartbreaking.

And hearing Mr. Kahn speaking about our founding documents was humbling.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
20. Agree
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 08:27 PM
Aug 2016

And I am still wondering what the couple next to me at a stop light thought seeing a 240lb redneck in a big truck weeping!

But those are tears I am not ashamed of.

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
21. Oh man, I know what you're saying. It really hit me how much they gave to their son and to us.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 08:29 PM
Aug 2016

I have two sons, and I know that I will forever be very, very grateful that I can still see, touch and talk to them. Nobody gets to disrespect that. Nobody. Ever.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
23. And finally
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 08:35 PM
Aug 2016

We Democrats are going to again being seen as the party of patriots. Because patriots value all American lives, especially those serving. And we value them by not asking them to needlessly be sacrificed on bullshit adventures.

Have a great evening and hug your sons. Assuming they are still in the house!!

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
3. Really?!
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:13 PM
Aug 2016

Governor Perry can't be serious. This response is childish beyond belief. And why would he wander into this mess, anyway? It's already been shown to be a lose-lose situation. He's as dumb as ever.

But let's look at this for a nano-second. Mr. Kahn's speech before the Democratic Convention was in response to Donald Trump's derogatory and un-American comments about all Muslims.

So, Governor Perry, explain who "started" it.

Like Donald Trump, Governor Perry is an idiot.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
6. I hope there is a hell, and it has a special place for people like Trump, Perry and the rest......
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:33 PM
Aug 2016

That special place involves Hitler dressed as a French Maid, pineapple in hand. I will be forever grateful to the movie "Little Nicky" for giving me those visuals for a great and oft repeated rant.

Native

(5,942 posts)
10. Saw this interview on TV today. It was disgusting. Perry also said that just because their son died,
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:42 PM
Aug 2016

that didn't give them a free ticket to say what they said. I don't know why that comment was conveniently left out of the new articles I've read.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
12. well just because drumpf is running for office shouldn't give him a free ticket to
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:55 PM
Aug 2016

lie every time his lips move! Drumpf and Scary need a time out in a corner....and please don't forget to give them their hats.


lostnfound

(16,184 posts)
11. George W Bush started it
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 06:50 PM
Aug 2016

And I tend to agree that Mr and Mrs. Khan don't deserve the pain of being a Gold Star family..

Surely that's what the Trumpians meant, right??

thucythucy

(8,069 posts)
16. Weird use of military terminology in attacking
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 07:47 PM
Aug 2016

a military family: "incoming coming back at you."

Clueless even in his cluelessness.

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)
19. GoodHair is just now getting into this?
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 08:18 PM
Aug 2016

Where's he been all these weeks? And why doesn't he go back there?

BigDemVoter

(4,150 posts)
22. I hope the Repigs yap and yap and yap about this. . . .
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 08:33 PM
Aug 2016

The more of this garbage about the Khan family that flies out of their collective pie hole, the better for us. People don't like it, and for once, that seems to be everyone but the extreme KoolAid drinkers. . . .


This is the kind of talk that will sink that revolting party.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,235 posts)
25. Is this the equivalent of...."I know you are, but what am I"? I can't think of anyone more....
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 09:09 PM
Aug 2016

irrelevant than Rick Perry, other than perhaps Donald Trump. How childish can grown men be?

Response to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
27. Garbage in garbage out, Perry is not the brightest star even for the Republican party,
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 09:26 PM
Aug 2016

he is a good FOX commentator, lies with ease.

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