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srcameron

(79 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:30 PM Jul 2016

Trump says Khizr Kahn has no right to lecture him on the Constitution.

In his response to the immensely successful rebuke by Mr. and Mrs. Kahn, a father and mother whose son died fighting for Donald Trump's freedoms, Donald Trump has said the father, Khizer Kahn, who claimed that Donald Trump must not have read the Constitution, specifically referring to the equal protection clause, didn't have the right to publicly claim that he had read not read it. Now, this is the candidate who has gone as far to say that anybody who criticizes his remarks is violating his free speech. And by the way, Trump is not alone in this. The entire conservative movement, including Sarah Palin and Laura Schlesinger, has been doing this as well. Republicans need to be more consistent with the issue of freedom of speech and not just use it as a shroud of protection for their own ignorance from the critique it so richly deserves.

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Trump says Khizr Kahn has no right to lecture him on the Constitution. (Original Post) srcameron Jul 2016 OP
Maybe he should sue Khan? gwheezie Jul 2016 #1
Mr. Khan didn't even claim Trump had never read the Constitution The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #2
So true. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #4
ANYONE who can count to VII has the right to lecture him. eom IllinoisBirdWatcher Jul 2016 #3
make RUMP take the citizenship test, bet he fails. pansypoo53219 Jul 2016 #5
I bet you're right! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2016 #6

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,883 posts)
2. Mr. Khan didn't even claim Trump had never read the Constitution
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:34 PM
Jul 2016

(although that is probably the case); he merely asked, rhetorically, whether he had ever done so. True to form, Trump took offense, and stepped on another of his own rakes.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. So true.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 04:25 PM
Jul 2016

Trump does not and will not use anything other than a Bully response to any criticism. What the world is seeing is,a full dysfunctional individual who has accumulated a certain amount of wealth,and is assimilated himself as a Feudal Character of the Seventeenth Century. I am a Person of Wealth,how dare you contradict me,my wrath will descend thee.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,042 posts)
6. I bet you're right!
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 06:48 PM
Jul 2016

I would love to see the results!

I missed one question a few years ago (asking the current number of seats in the House of Representatives), so I know Hillary would score 100%.

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