{"id":262486,"date":"2016-10-27T18:05:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=262486"},"modified":"2016-10-27T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T18:05:06","slug":"us-election-cruel-trump-claim-annoys-muslim-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/us-election-cruel-trump-claim-annoys-muslim-family\/","title":{"rendered":"US election: ‘Cruel’ Trump claim annoys Muslim family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican Donald Trump has been criticised by the family of a dead Muslim soldier after saying as president he would have kept him alive.<\/p>\n

“Had I been president, Captain Khan would be alive today. We wouldn’t have been in this horrible, horrible mistake, the war in Iraq,” he said.<\/p>\n

The soldier’s father, Khizr Khan, said it was a “cruel” remark.<\/p>\n

He is campaigning for Hillary Clinton, who makes her first joint appearance with First Lady Michelle Obama later.<\/p>\n

Mr Khan’s son Humayun was killed by a car bomb in 2004 in Iraq at the age of 27.<\/p>\n

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Mr Khan, appearing with his wife, delivers an impassioned speech condemning Mr Trump at the Democratic National Convention<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Speaking to ABC News in an interview aired on Thursday, Mr Trump repeated his insistence that their son would be alive, but added he believed the soldier was a “great hero”.<\/p>\n

In response, Mr Khan said: “This is the most cruel thing you can say to grieving parents, that if I was there this would not have happened.”<\/p>\n

In other campaign development:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Mr Trump complained again about media bias, saying it was “the greatest pile-on in American history”<\/li>\n
  • Mrs Clinton and Mrs Obama will share a stage in Winston Salem in North Carolina on Thursday<\/li>\n
  • Texas Senator Ted Cruz has said Republicans may decline to fill the vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court<\/li>\n
  • A former Republican congressman has said he will take up arms if Mrs Clinton wins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Former Illinois Representative Joe Walsh tweeted: “On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump. On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket. You in?”<\/p>\n

    He later said he was speaking metaphorically about “acts of civil disobedience”.<\/p>\n

    Mrs Clinton’s campaign is dealing with more questions arising from hacked emails published by Wikileaks.<\/p>\n

    The Trump campaign has seized on the latest dump to suggest the line between Bill Clinton’s personal income and the donations for the Clinton Foundation has been blurred.<\/p>\n

    Doug Band, a top aide to Mr Clinton, said in an email that he had solicited donations to the foundation and also generated personal income for him through gifts and paid speeches.<\/p>\n

    What you need to know about US election<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • What’s at stake for Supreme Court?<\/li>\n
    • Marijuana and condoms on the ballot<\/li>\n
    • How does the US election work?<\/li>\n
    • A-Z guide to political jargon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      What happens next?<\/p>\n

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      • The two candidates will spend the remaining 12 days before the election criss-crossing the country in their bid to persuade undecided voters. Expect to see lots of appearances in battleground states such as Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania<\/li>\n
      • Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday 8 November to decide who becomes the 45th president of the US<\/li>\n
      • The new president will be inaugurated on 20 January 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        –<\/p>\n

        Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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