The impassioned Thursday night convention speech of Khizr Khan, the father of Humayun Khan who was a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq, has managed to stir up loud and sometimes bitter debate.
Khan denounced Donald Trump’s proposed temporary ban on Muslim immigration, stating that his family had assimilated into the United States and his son even paid the ultimate sacrifice, saving other soldiers’ lives at the cost of his own.
Even Fox News host Megyn was caught up by the emotion of the speech, resulting in a heated exchange with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee when she tried unsuccessfully to dissuade his approval of Trump’s position on the temporary ban of Muslim immigration.
Watch the testy exchange: Watch Megyn Kelly get testy with Mike Huckabee because she can’t turn him into a liberal thinker
Author and syndicated columnist Ben Shapiro brought the whole issue into clarity Sunday morning:
Shapiro, who is hardly a Trump supporter, stood on the Republican presidential nominee’s side of the issue with this tweet:
Media using Khans to justify turning a blind eye to dangers of unvetted Islamic immigration ignore the fact that Muslims killed Khans’ son.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 31, 2016
And as the light bulbs clicked on above everyone’s head the replies rolled in.
@benshapiro @Mike_USPatriot Bravo, Ben
— Lynn A (@lantink) July 31, 2016
@benshapiro Thank you, Ben. I know you’re not a Trump fan by any stretch, but at least you see the big picture.
— LetItBurnUSA (@LetItBurnUSA) July 31, 2016
@benshapiro It would be nice to have patriotic Muslims get on national stage condemning terrorists.
— Jennifer Wang (@BWV_54) July 31, 2016
@benshapiro @RaghuAiyar How well said!
— mohamala raghava (@mohamalaraghava) July 31, 2016
One can’t help but feel sympathy for Khan and no one could doubt his sincerity, but the fact remains that he was used as a pawn by the Clinton campaign.
@benshapiro @TarekFatah I do not want to tangle with the Khans. I do strongly object to them being used for political purposes.
— Daniel Yogman (@DY1837) July 31, 2016
@benshapiro The Khans are being used to bash Trump and shut down the Muslim immigration debate.
— LetItBurnUSA (@LetItBurnUSA) July 31, 2016
Finally one person made this observation steeped in irony.
@benshapiro pic.twitter.com/sC48IhspNR
— jwaxsom (@jwaxsom) July 31, 2016
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