Posted on 08/02/2016 12:15:25 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
In an unusual break with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Gov. Chris Christie said that Khizr and Ghazala Khan have the “right” to say whatever they want, and that criticism of them is “inappropriate.”
“I didn’t see Mr. Khan’s speech at the DNC but I’ll just say this: I’m a father and I just cannot imagine the pain of losing a child under any circumstances,” Christie said at an afternoon press conference in the Statehouse. “And for Mr. and Mrs. Khan, the pain of losing their son while defending our country is unfathomable, and I think it gives them the right to say whatever they want, whether they’re right or wrong.”
Trump tweeted that Khizr Khan — whose U.S. Army captain son Humayan was killed while serving in Iraq, and whose rebuke of Trump's position on Muslim immigration became a defining moment of the Democratic National Convention — had “no right” to question Trump’s knowledge of the constitution in front of millions of convention viewers last week. Trump also suggested in an interview that the family’s Islamic faith had something to do with the fact that Ghazala Khan was silent during her husband’s speech.
“We need to honor their sacrifice for our country and we need to honor their son’s sacrifice for our country," Christie said. "And to focus on anything other than that, to me, is missing the point. That’s what we should be doing, and any comments that we’re making publicly or privately should be with that in mind. My view on this is that the Khans have a right to say whatever it is they want regarding the loss of their son and that for all the Gold Star families out there, they have put forward a sacrifice that I cannot fathom as a parent.”
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Khan’s Saudi ties and his pushing corrupt visas will drag him down. Trump just needs to get the connections out there.
[“I didn’t see Mr. Khan’s speech at the DNC ]
Then why the f-— are you COMMENTING, fat boy???
Christie, how about you just shut up about it?
I know, right? This is not good for Christie’s future, IMHO.
Here comes the pretenders to the throne.
Shilling for a seat on Hillary’s! Team?
Oy!
Was he fetching Don a Big Mac value meal when he said it?
The subject was Muslim immigration. I think Christie missed Trump’s point.
this must be payback for DT not picking this fat lard as his VP
Good grief....They come out from all sorts of places.
IIRC Cristie has a Muslim problem. I am so glad ado ale Trump picked Mike Pence.
Someone is being attacked, let me get a good kick in.
And he wonders why Trump didn't choose him as VP.
Yep. A nasty lie, too.
Christie should just shut up. He is giving the Dems and the MSM a reason to keep talking about this.
It is unfortunate, but we have bigger issues facing the country and Republicans need to change the subject and start talking about jobs and the economy, maybe the MSM would have to report that.
IF he keeps it up he won’t get the AG spot
No one, even a father of a war hero, gets to insult another unjustly without rebuke.
Yes, dad, your son did his duty valiantly, however, that is no reason to let dangerous people (in company with fine people) into this nation to harm it.
Christie is all politician. Not getting picked for VP probably left a sting. Christie needs to go get a few more hugs from Obama.
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