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Khizr Khan: father of Muslim war hero to campaign against Trump in Virginia
Source: The Guardian
Khizr Khan: father of Muslim war hero to campaign against Trump in Virginia
Khizr Khan, whose son Humayun Khan died saving his unit
from an Iraqi suicide bomb, was a focus of attacks by Donald
Trump earlier this year
Dan Roberts in Washington
Tuesday 25 October 2016 18.24 BST
Democrats take their fight to the heart of the US military establishment on Wednesday by deploying the father of a Muslim war hero to campaign against Donald Trump.
Khizr Khan, whose speech at the party’s convention in June came at the high-water mark in Trump’s poll ratings, will speak to veterans in Norfolk, Virginia, home of the world’s largest naval base and some 150,000 military workers.
Trump shocked many Republicans earlier this year by initially attacking the sincerity of the parents of army captain Humayun Khan, who died saving his unit from an Iraqi suicide bomb, after they criticised his proposed ban on Muslims entering the US.
But Captain Khan’s father is returning to haunt the campaign, and launching a new television advert, in which he again challenges the celebrity property developer: “Would my son have a place in your America?” It could further drive a wedge into remaining Republican support among military families after a disastrous few weeks that has seen the party’s presidential campaign pull out of states like Virginia.
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Khizr Khan, whose son Humayun Khan died saving his unit
from an Iraqi suicide bomb, was a focus of attacks by Donald
Trump earlier this year
Dan Roberts in Washington
Tuesday 25 October 2016 18.24 BST
Democrats take their fight to the heart of the US military establishment on Wednesday by deploying the father of a Muslim war hero to campaign against Donald Trump.
Khizr Khan, whose speech at the party’s convention in June came at the high-water mark in Trump’s poll ratings, will speak to veterans in Norfolk, Virginia, home of the world’s largest naval base and some 150,000 military workers.
Trump shocked many Republicans earlier this year by initially attacking the sincerity of the parents of army captain Humayun Khan, who died saving his unit from an Iraqi suicide bomb, after they criticised his proposed ban on Muslims entering the US.
But Captain Khan’s father is returning to haunt the campaign, and launching a new television advert, in which he again challenges the celebrity property developer: “Would my son have a place in your America?” It could further drive a wedge into remaining Republican support among military families after a disastrous few weeks that has seen the party’s presidential campaign pull out of states like Virginia.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/25/khizr-khan-donald-trump-virginia-campaign
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What a great and wonderful person.
