Biden appoints Trump-critic Khizr Khan to religious freedom commission

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

President Biden announced Friday that he will appoint Gold Star father Khizr Khan, who famously criticized former President Trump during the 2016 campaign, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

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The big picture: Biden also appointed Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, a spiritual leader at New York City's Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, to serve alongside Khan and other commissioners.

The president nominated Rashad Hussain, director for partnerships and global engagement at the National Security Council, as ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom.

He also nominated Deborah Lipstadt, renowned Holocaust scholar at Emory University, as special envoy and with the rank of ambassador to monitor and combat antisemitism

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[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R!

[Budi]

2. Gold Star father Khizr Khan! Thank you for this news today

A true friend among the most diverse Cabinet in history.

Well deserved appointment, Congrats Mr Khizr Khan.

Thanks President Biden ~

K & R your op, brooklynite

Khizr Khan offers Donald Trump his copy of the Constitution

[pandr32]

3. Awesome!

[onecaliberal]

4. I love this.

[George II]

5. That man always knows the right thing to do.

[COL Mustard]

6. Awesome Appointment And Proud I Voted For This Kind, Caring Man

Who has a full time job trying to undo the hateful legacy of TFG.

I remember being absolutely appalled at TFG's attacks on this Gold Star family, whose sacrifice to this country is 50-fold what the entire Trump family has ever sacrificed in all their combined lives.

[70sEraVet]

7. A well-deserved honor for Khizr Khan. And Deborah Lipstadt will be a tireless worker

I was at a small gathering at the local Jewish Community Center years back for a talk she gave about her court battles with holocaust deniers. A very impressive and delightful scholar!

[Tadpole Raisin]

8. He will serve with honor and dignity. Great choice!

[MontanaMama]

9. Kick.

Most excellent choice.

[BigmanPigman]

10. I am smiling ear to ear!

[NullTuples]

11. All them non-Southern Baptist, non-Catholic, brown people...

It's almost like Biden is trying to make the Federal Government once again representative of all of America, or something...

[Talitha]

12. We The People thank you, Mr. President!

[twodogsbarking]

13. I would apologize to these fine people personally if I had the chance.

The disrespect they received was beyond belief. More should have been done for them.