Khizr Khan, the father of a slain Muslim-American soldier, had powerful words for the Republican nominee at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.
Khan’s son, Army Captain Humayun Khan, was killed by a suicide bomber in Baghdad in 2004. He said that if Donald Trump were able to implement his ban on Muslims from entering the states, his son would have never been able to serve in the US military. During the convention, he took the stage with his wife by his side and delivered one of the most damning speeches of the four-day convention.
“Our son Humayun had dreams of being a military lawyer, but he put those dreams aside the day he sacrificed his life to save the lives of his fellow soldiers,” Khan told the packed convention. “Hillary Clinton was right when she called my son ‘the best of America.’ If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America.”
The Khans came to America from the United Arab Emirates. Humayun was 27-years-old when he was inspecting his camp in Baquba, Iraq when he noticed a speeding vehicle packed with explosives approaching his location. He informed his fellow soldiers and ran 10 steps toward the vehicle to stop it, when it exploded, killing him immediately. Kahn told The Washington Post in 2005 that his son’s fellow soldiers did not call him “Captain Khan.” They called him “our captain.”
"Donald Trump, you're asking Americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution?" he continued on Thursday. "I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document, look for the words, look for the words, liberty and equal protection (under) law.”
Khan also asked if Trump has ever visited Arlington Cemeteries. "Go look at the graves of the brave patriots who died defending America,” he said, “you will see all faiths, genders, and ethnicities.
"You have sacrificed nothing. And no one."
