Posted on 08/16/2016 5:40:39 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
Washington (CNN)Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that the Gold Star father involved in a war of words with Donald Trump shouldn't get a "free ride" from public criticism.
Perry said Khizr and Ghazala Khan should have known that the Republican Party's presidential nominee would respond to their Democratic National Convention address. "Mr. Khan is the one that went out and struck the first blow, and 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, a Trump supporter, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead." Perry added: "Because he had a son that was lost in this war against terror, I mean that gives him a free ride to say whatever he would like against a candidate that he's not for? That's not proper, that's not correct." The Khans' son, a Muslim-American U.S. Army solider, was killed in Iraq in 2004. In a fiery speech at the DNC last month, Khizr Khan accused Trump of not understanding their sacrifice, an attack the real estate mogul later called "vicious."
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It sure took long enough for someone with a spine to step forward!
Khan is an arrogant Muslim pig.
I couldn’t find that piece of #### on twitter.
or facebook.
Was gonna send him a message in my own personal style.
That ####.
Where did Rick find a testicle?
Yes, but this stunt had run its course.
I’m still amazed that there wasn’t a mad dash for the doors when he held up that pocket Constitution.
Like a cross is to vampires.
“Perry said Khizr and Ghazala Khan should have known that the Republican Party’s presidential nominee would respond to their Democratic National Convention address. “Mr. Khan is the one that went out and struck the first blow...”
Not much if Rick Perry fan, but he is right on target on outting Khan.
Khan knew exactly what he was doing when he stepped on that DNC stage and he knew that Trump would hit back and hit back hard.
Trump’s response was not aimed at the father’s loss of his son - as tragic as it is to lose anyone close to you, maybe especially as a sacrifice in war, it does not give one wholesale immunity from responsibility and accountability for everything one does in one’s life from that time on.....
I really wish we could stop talking about the Khans. It’s time to let it go. Trump should have the good sense to avoid “high risk, low reward” endeavors. It’s become an unnecessary distraction.
That has been the reliable response from Republicans as far back as I can remember.
A bit, yes he did. I can’t fully figure Perry out, he either takes a surprisingly strong stand when needed, or a surprisingly weak or counterproductive one exactly when not needed. For now, he gets points for showing common sense and strength.
Perry has chosen the right team!! He will now beat cruz like a red headed step child in the Texas primary !!! They are sick of ly’in ted forever!!
Where is the outrage about V.P. Biden comparing Trump to Stalin, especially with The Communist Party of the USA -CPUSA- endorsing Hillary?
Get Rick or Rudy or Christie on TV to make the connections this piece of #### has to radical islam and slam him.
Newt and Pence should stay away from this. They are better at giving positive praise about Trump.
Rudy’s probably the best one to tear khan apart.
This. Ignore him, he’s an annoyance, an ankle-biter.
Yes, all of a sudden the Leftists care about military dead - right. F those goofy looking muslim a holes.
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