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Khan to Trump: 'Put that Purple Heart back'
CNN Politics ^ | Tue August 2, 2016 | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 08/03/2016 5:55:09 AM PDT by COBOL2Java

(CNN)Khizr Khan on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of dodging the Vietnam War draft, and said he shouldn't have accepted a Purple Heart given to him at a rally earlier in the day, deeming it the latest sign of his inability to empathize with parents of fallen soldiers.

"You dodged the draft," Khan, a Muslim whose son was slain in the Iraq War, said of Trump to CNN's Anderson Cooper. "Put that Purple Heart back on that person's chest."

A military veteran supporting Trump had gifted the Republican presidential nominee his Purple Heart, prompting Trump to say he "always wanted to get the Purple Heart" and this was "much easier" than serving in combat.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: eb5; eb5investor; eb5visa; greencard; islam; jihad; khan; kizhrkhancomment; muslim; purpleheart; sharia
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To: COBOL2Java

Khan’s fifteen minutes of fame should have ended about a week ago. But he keeps piping up and Trump continues to respond so the may never go away.


21 posted on 08/03/2016 6:04:46 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: COBOL2Java

Draft dodger,I wonder what does he say about Hillary’s husband.


22 posted on 08/03/2016 6:05:25 AM PDT by just me (GOD BLESS AMERICA Amen)
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To: COBOL2Java
>>He’s this election’s Cindy Sheehan

I wonder if he's got a T-shirt like the one this CAIR supporter is wearing?

And I agree with Trump. I'd like to hear Kahn's wife's opinion on that whole "easy to use and operate" thing, too.... if she's allowed to have one.

23 posted on 08/03/2016 6:07:28 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: COBOL2Java; All

CNN and the rest of the MSM are coordinating their message openly.

They’ve got five attack point for today.

The convention showed them people hate Hillary. So now it’s all go after Trump. Keep the voters home and steal it with street money in November.


24 posted on 08/03/2016 6:07:30 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Now I’m beginning to see that the media would have used Khan anyway, whether Trump had responded or not, in this disgusting fashion to hit him on all things military.
Bingo. Khan is a tool (I use that term in the most demeaning sense). The Hillary! campaign would have used him in this way whether Trump had responded or ignored him.
25 posted on 08/03/2016 6:07:54 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: COBOL2Java

Fighting Trump so Hillary won’t have to.
I hope Trump will ignore this pest.


26 posted on 08/03/2016 6:08:34 AM PDT by Buttons12
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To: COBOL2Java

This is about the same thing Obama’s tantrum yesterday was about - they are upset Trump has suggested banning/delaying further muslim invaders from coming here. It is personal with BO & Khan.


27 posted on 08/03/2016 6:08:57 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: GSWarrior

“Khan is nobody. Can we please focus on defeating Hillary?”

Agree. This Khan business is a Hillary campaign rabbit trail to re-direct the narrative from Hillary’s failures to Trump’s “unfitness” to be Pres.


28 posted on 08/03/2016 6:09:04 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Trump IS the revolution)
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To: 1raider1

John Kerry ring a bell?


29 posted on 08/03/2016 6:10:35 AM PDT by just me (GOD BLESS AMERICA Amen)
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To: COBOL2Java

I think Khan is definitely an Agent for Hillary. But I also groaned when Trump accepted that Purple Heart. The optics of that were horrible. He should have said thanks but no thanks. I can’t accept what I didn’t earn.


30 posted on 08/03/2016 6:10:37 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: COBOL2Java

This khan character is driving a wedge.
He only hardens our resolve for Trump all the way to the White House.


31 posted on 08/03/2016 6:10:39 AM PDT by nightmarewhileawake
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To: Lower Deck

I haven’t seen or heard any response from Trump re this little twit for the last couple of days. Nothing on twitter, nothing in the speeches I’ve listened to. What have I missed?

However, you are correct. Trump should treat this man with dignified silence, and leave it to others to dig up and publish relevant information.


32 posted on 08/03/2016 6:11:59 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Aaron0617
It’s been shown in numerous articles now that this Khan character is a self-serving slime ball and an utter phony.

What does Khan thinks of how Trump eats KFC chicken? Are we going to be hearing from this guy every day 'til election?

I see on that CNN site, that Khan said McCain was a hero to his son. Is that due to Trump not supporting McCain's reelection?

33 posted on 08/03/2016 6:12:14 AM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: COBOL2Java

Let’s spell his name correctly and that is CON.


34 posted on 08/03/2016 6:13:00 AM PDT by jetson
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To: OttawaFreeper

35 posted on 08/03/2016 6:14:15 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: ScaniaBoy; Lower Deck
I haven’t seen or heard any response from Trump re this little twit for the last couple of days. Nothing on twitter, nothing in the speeches I’ve listened to. What have I missed?

You haven't missed anything. Trump hasn't said anything about this guy in awhile, even in campaign speeches. Its just the media keeping putting him out there.

36 posted on 08/03/2016 6:14:52 AM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: COBOL2Java

This dude’s turning into the gift that just keeps giving


37 posted on 08/03/2016 6:15:13 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: rbg81
I think Khan is definitely an Agent for Hillary. But I also groaned when Trump accepted that Purple Heart. The optics of that were horrible. He should have said thanks but no thanks. I can’t accept what I didn’t earn.

Point well taken - as always, hindsight is 20/20 vision, eh? :-/

38 posted on 08/03/2016 6:15:16 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: rbg81

“He should have said thanks but no thanks. I can’t accept what I didn’t earn.”

I’m not so sure because that may have hurt the feelings or offended the vet. I am sure it meant a lot to give it to Trump and the decision to do so wasn’t made lightly.


39 posted on 08/03/2016 6:15:56 AM PDT by sevinufnine (A moderately bad man knows he is not very good. A thoroughly bad man thinks he's alright. C.S. Lewis)
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To: Donglalinger
Didn’t he just say yesterday he wanted to leave the limelight?

That was code for, "my rate just quadrupled, dems"

40 posted on 08/03/2016 6:17:06 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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