US President Barack Obama
addresses the 95th National Convention of Disabled American Veterans in
Atlanta, Georgia, August 1, 2016. (AFP photo)
US President Barack Obama has
rebuked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for his comments
against the Muslim parents of a slain Army soldier.
Khizr
Khan, father of Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in Iraq, criticized
Trump over his proposed ban on all Muslims entering the US during a
speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia five days
ago.
In response, Trump tried to belittle Khan and his wife
Ghazala by saying that the slain soldier’s father had delivered the
entire speech because his mother was not “allowed” to speak. Khizr
Khan holding his personal copy of the US Constitution while addressing
delegates at the Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Centerin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2016. (AFP photo)“No
one, no one has given more for our freedom and our security than our
Gold Star families,” Obama said Monday while addressing the Disabled
American Veterans' annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
"They
represent the very best of our country," the American head of state
added. “And we have to do everything we can for those families, and
honor them and be humbled by them.”
Although Obama did not mention
Trump’s name or his comments, he still slipped in a jab at the
bombastic billionaire by describing the veterans’ organization as “a
group that understands sacrifice.”
Obama’s subtle attacks put him on a long list of bipartisan figures that have condemned Trump’s comments about the Khan family.
A
spokesperson for Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House of
Representatives, made it clear that Ryan was not on the same page
with Trump when it comes to his ideas about Muslims.
Tim Miller, a former communications director for Jeb Bush's presidential campaign, described Trump's remarks as “inhuman.”
Democratic
nominee Hillary Clinton also used the opportunity to attack Trump,
while calling on Americans to stand with the Khans. Trump’s response
Trump
brought up the issue once again during a Fox News interview on Monday
night, saying the Khan family would still have their son if he was
president in 2004.
Humayun Khan, 27, was killed in a 2004 car
bombing attack in Iraq and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and
Purple Heart. Republican
Presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, August 1, 2016. (AFP photo)“If
I were president, his son wouldn't have died because we wouldn't be in a
war,” Trump said. “I wouldn't have been in the war.”
Additionally,
after being accused by Khan of making no sacrifices for his country,
the real estate magnate told ABC News that he has made “a lot of
sacrifices for America.”
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