memeorandum: Ret. Gen. John Allen on Donald Trump: ‘He Has No Credibility’ (Nicki Rossoll/ABC News)

1:05 PM ET, July 31, 2016

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Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice. — Ghazala Khan's son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. — CHARLOTTESVILLE — Donald Trump has asked why I did not speak at the Democratic convention. He said he would like to hear from me.

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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

Khizr Khan responds to the latest from Trump: ‘Typical of a person without a soul’ — Two days after delivering one of the most memorable speeches of the 2016 campaign season — a moment one commentator described as the ‘fulcrum’ of the election — Khizr Khan was checking into a D.C. hotel …

Discussion: The Hill, CNN, Political Wire and The Week

Donald J Trump for President:

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT — Trump Campaign Releases Full Transcript of Khizr Khan Answer Ahead of Mr. Trump's ABC This Week Sunday Interview With George Stephanopoulos; — Trump Calls Captain Humayun Khan A “Hero,” Urges Vigilance In Defeating Radical Islamic Terrorism …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Breitbart, Mediaite and Vox

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

Hillary Called Benghazi Mom a Liar, But Media Freak Out over Trump on Muslim Parents — Donald Trump is embroiled in another media controversy, this time over his reaction when asked about the emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention by the bereaved parents of Capt. Humayun Khan …

Discussion: Mediaite and ABC News

ABC News:

Muslim Family of Fallen Army Captain Responds to Trump: ‘Shame on Him’ — The grieving Khan family reacted tonight to Donald Trump's latest comments, telling ABC News in an emotional interview that “running for president is not an entitlement to disrespect Gold Star families and [a] Gold Star mother.”

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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:

Mother of soldier killed in Iraq: I was too ‘in pain’ to speak at convention — The mother of a Muslim U.S. soldier killed in Iraq said that she was too emotional to speak at the Democratic National Convention this week after GOP nominee Donald Trump — criticized her husband's speech and her silence on stage.

German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump proves he hasn't read the Constitution in statement claiming he has

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's slander of Captain Humayun Khan's family is horrifying, even for Trump

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Suggests Khizr Khan's Wife Wasn't ‘Allowed’ to Speak

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump, Vice President Joe Biden, and Ret. Gen. John Allen — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON July 31, 2016 and it will be updated. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's talk about the Democratic Convention. So you won the rating war in the last night.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Political Wire, New York Magazine, Politicus USA, Guardian and Raw Story

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:

Ret. Gen. John Allen on Donald Trump: ‘He Has No Credibility’ — Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen excoriated Republican nominee Donald Trump after the businessman called him a ‘failed general’ and criticized Allen's endorsement of Hillary Clinton. — “He has no credibility to criticize …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Independent Journal Review

ABC News:
VP Joe Biden Doesn't Close the Door on Running for Office Again

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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:

Poll: Clinton Rides Convention Bump Past Trump — Hillary Clinton is once again leading Donald Trump in the presidential race after her party's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. — The former secretary of State leads the brash businessman, 43 percent to 40 percent …

Discussion: Political Wire, Business Insider and Hot Air

Isabel Vincent / New York Post:

Melania Trump like you've never seen her before — Donald Trump thinks his wife will be a model first lady — and here's the proof. — Decades before she was sporting designer dresses on the stage of the Republican National Convention as Mrs. Trump, Melania Knauss posed nude in a photo spread …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and BizPac Review

Katie Glueck / Politico:

How Ohio will be won — CLEVELAND— Donald Trump is at war with the state party, started organizing late and his support in traditional Republican enclaves here is shaky. — But the GOP nominee still has a good shot at winning Ohio, where five of the last eight public polls show him in a dead heat with Hillary Clinton.

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Clinton Image Improves Following Conventions; Leads Trump by 5 — PPP's new national poll, taken completely after both party's conventions, finds that Hillary Clinton emerged with a much more positive image than she had a month ago. Donald Trump meanwhile is just as unpopular as he was before the conventions.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and twitchy.com

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Donald Trump and RNC attack presidential debate schedule — Donald Trump says the fall debate schedule is “unacceptable,” raising the specter that he may try to skip them. — In a tweet on Friday night, Trump incorrectly said that Hillary Clinton and the Democrats are “trying to rig the debates.”