‘Shame on you ’: Rick Perry takes fallen Muslim soldier’s father to task for attacking Trump

[DonViejo]

By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune August 16 at 8:08 PM

Former Texas governor Rick Perry (R) is defending Donald Trump's war of words with the family of a fallen Muslim soldier, saying the father "struck the first blow" against the Republican presidential nominee and is not above criticism in return. "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," Perry said in an interview Tuesday on CNN.

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On Tuesday, Perry, who failed in a presidential bid in 2012 and also briefly ran for the 2016 GOP nomination, made clear he saw Khizr Khan as fair game. He insisted he admires veterans and their families, but said the patriarch "politically used his time on that stage to go after Donald Trump."

"Why in the world that he thought he was going to get a free ride with that is beyond me," Perry said. "He shouldn’t get a free ride when he’s going to inject himself into the political arena."

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Perry, who called Trump a "cancer on conservatism" when he was still running against him, has avoided criticizing the nominee since he endorsed him in May. Before Trump tapped Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate, Perry had said he was open to the job. Last month at the Republican National Convention, Perry expressed a willingness to serve in a Trump administration.

full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/16/shame-on-you-rick-perry-takes-fallen-muslim-soldiers-father-to-task-for-attacking-trump/?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1

[brooklynite]

1. "not have incoming coming back at you"...

EXCELLENT choice of word to throw at the parents of a dead soldier.

[liberal N proud]

2. Trump spends a week attacking the Khans, then everyone else piles on

These GOP must have a death wish attacking gold star families and then refusing to let it go.

[tanyev]

3. I don't think Mr. Khan ever thought he was going to get a free ride.

Have the Khans ever whined about what the RW has been saying about them? It's sane, rational people who are capable of empathy who are horrified by what Trump and his minions are saying about the Khans.