Gold Star father Khizr Khan endorses Harris for president

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : He uses every opportunity that he gets to use for his benefit, as somebody had said that Trump is nothing but ego and appetite.
42% : "Trump is undeserving of support [from] America because he is [a] divider.
33% : "During a recent interview with NBC News, Trump defended his actions, saying a family "asked me whether or not I would stand for a picture at the grave of their loved one who should not have died."
30% : On Tuesday, the same day as the presidential debate between Harris and Trump, Republican leaders plan to posthumously honor the Abbey Gate victims by giving the Congressional Gold Medal to their families.
30% : "Khan also weighed in on the recent dust-up after Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery with some Gold Star families.
24% : "Trump has already announced his authoritarian playbook, publicly announced that this may be the last election of this country.
22% : "Khan, whose son, Army Captain Humayun Khan, was killed by a car bomb while serving in Iraq in 2004, also said he believes that Trump is a threat to the future of American freedoms.
19% : In his interview with NBC News on Saturday, Khan said Trump has "gotten worse" and that he fears the former president will become a dictator and end democracy as Americans know it.
17% : When asked about the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Gold Star families attacking Harris, Khan said he respected the families but believed Trump was using their grief for his political benefit.
14% : Several of the families have emphasized that they invited Trump to the cemetery, and a number of them have blamed Biden and Harris for their loved ones' deaths.
12% : In 2016, Khan denounced Trump's treatment of Muslims and other minorities while holding a pocket-sized U.S. Constitution and challenging Trump to read the document.
10% : A Harris campaign aide also told NBC News the campaign expects some Gold Star families who lost loved ones in Afghanistan during the withdrawal to continue to publicly criticize Harris and Biden and praise Trump, which some have done for the last few weeks.
2% : Vice President Kamala Harris has also condemned Trump and his campaign for their actions at Arlington National Cemetery in a post on X. She accused Trump of "disrespect[ing] sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt.

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