US GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has drawn condemnation from both Republicans and Democrats over his comments against the Muslim family of an American soldier killed in Iraq.
On Thursday night, Khizr Khan addressed the Democratic National Convention, denouncing Trump as unpatriotic and selfish over his statements against immigrants and Muslims.
In an interview with ABC News that will be broadcast on Sunday, the billionaire businessman tried to belittle Khan and his wife Ghazala, saying that the slain soldier’s father had delivered the entire speech because his mother was not “allowed” to speak.
And, in an interview with New York Times writer Maureen Dowd, Trump said, “I’d like to hear his wife say something.”
Trump’s comments attracted rebuke from both sides of the aisle and intensified calls for Republican leaders to distance themselves from the White House contender.
A spokesperson for Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House of…