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Ghazala Khan / Washington Post:
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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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 …
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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.
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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 …
German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump proves he hasn't read the Constitution in statement claiming he has — In their searing speech against Donald Trump this week, the parents of deceased US Army Captain Humayun Khan suggested that Trump has not read the US Constitution — citing as exhibit one Trump's plan …
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 …
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Khizr Khan: Trump has a ‘black soul’ — Washington (CNN)Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim US soldier slain in Iraq in 2004, said Sunday that Donald Trump has a “black soul,” indicating he lacks empathy and compassion. — Khan told CNN's Jim Acosta on “State of the Union” that he hopes Trump's family will “teach him some empathy.”
ABC News:
Muslim Family of Fallen Army Captain Responds to Trump: ‘Shame on Him’
Muslim Family of Fallen Army Captain Responds to Trump: ‘Shame on Him’
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Confrontation With Muslim Soldier's Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point
Donald Trump's Confrontation With Muslim Soldier's Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Mother of soldier killed in Iraq: I was too ‘in pain’ to speak at convention
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's slander of Captain Humayun Khan's family is horrifying, even for Trump
Donald Trump's slander of Captain Humayun Khan's family is horrifying, even for Trump
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Suggests Khizr Khan's Wife Wasn't ‘Allowed’ to Speak
Donald Trump Suggests Khizr Khan's Wife Wasn't ‘Allowed’ to Speak
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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 …
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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 …
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Denver Post:
Donald Trump rescued from stuck elevator by Colorado Springs firefighters. Then he called out the fire marshal. — Donald Trump was stuck in an elevator with 10 other people for 30 minutes, the fire department said — The fire marshal that Donald Trump criticized for capping attendance …
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Katie Pelton / KKTV-TV:
Fire marshal responds after being called out by Trump at UCCS rally
Fire marshal responds after being called out by Trump at UCCS rally
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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 past eight public polls show him in a dead heat with Hillary Clinton.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
If You Are Not Nervous About The Upcoming Election... If you are not nervous about the impending Presidential election I envy and applaud you. — But for the rest of us (the Trembling Majority?), David Sanger of the Times presents a new concern that should easily crack anyone's Top 100 list of potential electoral disasters.
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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 …
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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.
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