Khizr and Ghazala Khan made a brief appearance at the Democratic National Convention. Father of a soldier killed a dozen years ago in Iraq, Mr. Khan told Donald Trump: "You have sacrificed nothing and no one."
Speaking of the building of walls and the restriction of Muslim immigrants, Khan asked Trump if he'd ever read the US Constitution. And whipped out a copy, offering to loan it to him. He suggested Trump scan the document for the words "liberty" and "equal protection of law."
Trump characterized the attack as "vicious."
In a TV interview, Trump defended his sacrifices, noting he has worked hard and created tens of thousands of jobs.
Set the Constitution aside for another day, Trump. Get yourself a dictionary. Creating jobs is no kind of sacrifice.
Trump went on to suggest Khan's wife, who said nothing during her husband's remarks, might have been silent for religious reasons—simply not allowed to speak.
I assume this comment was meant to discredit Muslims for their treatment of women—just another reason for not letting those people into this country.
Alternatively, Trump might be suggesting that the woman's silence was a direct indictment of her husband's words. She kept her mouth shut because she knew he was lying. Which would mean Trump didn't need to respond.
But of course he did respond, in his patented crazy way.
He might have pointed out the Constitution does not require Presidential candidates to have dead soldiers in their immediate families. Or if it did, that he and Hillary have an equal number of sacrifices on the board.
He might have noted the Constitution does not ensure the liberty and equal protection of law for folks who just want to be citizens. And that no one has a constitutional right to enter this country.
He might have reminded us Hillary Clinton voted for the war that got Captain Khan killed. (But then so did Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, which makes it hard to smack Hillary with this particular stick.)
He might have said he honors the death of Mr. Khan's son, that he at no time meant to imply all Muslims were terrorists.
He might (theoretically) have said any number of reasonable things.
Instead, Trump went off on his nonsensical tangent, ensuring more controversy over his fitness to be President. He simply cannot stop himself from blurting out the most ridiculous crap—nor does he see that lack of restraint as a negative in his bid to run this country.
Neither, apparently, do his supporters. They admire the way he speaks his mind. Perhaps they even agree with Trump that the only way their man can be denied the Presidency is if the election is "rigged."
The Donald didn't have to carry out his threat to deal with a "rigged" convention. Now we get to wait until November to see if his loyal supporters will allow any interference with Mr. Trump's divinely ordained destiny.
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