A McCarthy Moment for Donald Trump — And The GOP
Donald Trump’s response to a well deserved rebuke form the parents of a Muslim-American war hero should lead Republicans to ask whether their candidate has, at long last, no sense of decency.
It was a moment that shook the Democratic convention. With his wife Ghazala by his side, 65-year-old immigration lawyer, Khizr Khan, of Charlotte, Va., delivered the stinging rebuke that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has had coming since the moment he kicked of his presidential bid with an attack on immigrants, and called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, following the terrorist attack in San Bernardino. The Khans mere presence on the stage, with the image of their son Humayun — a posthumously decorated Army captain, killed by suicide bomber in Iraq 12 years ago — looming on the screen above them was an effective repudiation of Trump’s rhetoric.
Then, with no written speech nor the guidance of the Teleprompter, Kahn spoke from the heart about his family’s emigration from the United Arab Emirates in 1980, and his memories of a son who sacrifice his life in the service of his country. Khan then delivered a blistering response to Trump’s xenophobic, fear mongering rhetoric. “Have you ever been to Arlington Cemetery?” he demanded. “Go look at the graves of brave patriots who died defending the United States of America. You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities. You have sacrificed nothing and no one.”
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