Trump responds to Khan parents DNC speech megathread

[Joe Republic]

Remember that Clinton ad demonstrating the damaging effect Trump's rhetoric is having on our children?  This is what it was talking about:

He's right, her husband probably told her she couldn't. I thought that when I saw her

[Joe Republic]

So what would have been an appropriate response to Mr. Khan's partisan political statements from a National Party's podium?

"Oh yes, Mr. Khan.  You're entirely correct!  You're a world class FF and I'm the biggest HP that ever walked the Earth, and I'm conceding the election to Hillary right now, because she's the REAL FF in this race."

Would that work? 

Personally, I believe that, whoever you are, if you are a speaker at the nominating convention of a political party, you have opened yourself up to criticism, and you ought to man up and deal with it.  If you snarl back, that's OK, but the "How dare you!" insults the idea of free discourse more than anything Trump has said.

The 'criticism' you speak of was classless and bigoted, as usual.  Any other person would choose their words wisely.  Trump decided to resort to his usual tactic of 'open mouth first, engage brain later'.

[Joe Republic]

You're being completely dishonest. No one is saying Trump had to accept the criticisms. But, AS YOU SAID YOURSELF, he could have responded in a way that wasn't insulting and undignified. See for example how Clinton responded to the Benghazi mother.

This really shouldn't be rocket science, even for a Trumpist.

It's not rocket science to me.  But read through the responses.  Many here think Trump should not have given any criticism to the contents of Mr. Khan's speech, and that is something I don't believe, not when the speech is given at a political convention and involves a personal attack, Gold Star Father or not.

Nope, not true.  Read brittain's post near the top of this page for a good example of how somebody could have defended themselves from Mr. Khan's speech while still displaying respect, decorum and class.

[Joe Republic]

When even 'Seriously?' has abandoned this thread after page 4, having quietly conceded that Trump's comments were "unwise" (but with a healthy dose of BUT HILLARY thrown in, of course), then you know Trump has really f[Inks]ed up here.

[Joe Republic]

He can only drop in the polls because of this.

You would think. 

[Joe Republic]

Now predictably here comes Trumpbart with their grand conspiracy oppo dump on the Kahn family...

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/01/clinton-cash-khizr-khans-deep-legal-financial-connections-saudi-arabia-hillarys-clinton-foundation-connect-terror-immigration-email-scandals/

This is the America we now live in.  This behavior is now considered okay.

[Joe Republic]

Whether or not you show respect for the parents of a dead soldier is now becoming a partisan issue.

[Joe Republic]

Whether or not you show respect for the parents of a dead soldier is now becoming a partisan issue.

Considering elected Republicans' disowning of Trump's comments, I don't think that's true at all.

I said "becoming".  The response from the Republican establishment (who never wanted Trump in the first place) is one thing, but take a look at social media or article comments sections for a snapshot of the current GOP base's views on the Khan family.