In 2016, Khan — whose son died fighting in Iraq — spoke at the Democratic convention and denounced Trump. He now tells NBC News that the former president has "gotten worse."

Khizr Khan, the father of a slain Muslim Army captain who gained national attention by pointedly criticizing former President Donald Trump during the Democratic National Convention in 2016, announced in an exclusive interview with NBC News that he is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and plans to act as a campaign surrogate for her.

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. 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.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
    04·
    2 months ago

    Harris Walz support a lot of the same things the Republicans do

    Trump and Walz even teamed up to give police more funding to forcibly remove oil pipeline protesters

    more war funding, more police funding, more funding to restrict our borders, no plan to improve workers’ rights, no plans for universal healthcare, no raising the minimum wage, no plans to care for our planet better

    https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FINAL-MASTER-PLATFORM.pdf

    https://www.gop.com/press-release/icymi-rnc-platform-committee-adopts-2024-republican-party-platform/

    wording is different but the meanings are clear and very much alike

    • eran_morad@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      ^ check this guy’s history and decide whether he’s got an axe to grind, and maybe a Lada to earn.

      • pyre@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        trying to depress turnout while claiming voter suppression is not a big deal. chef’s kiss.

      • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
        05·
        2 months ago

        Democrats are as allergic to factual information as the Republicans are

        anything that shatters the Democrat fantasy must be some Russian paid troll thing tied to the Republicans

        Republicans have a similar bitch with different wording but again meaning is the same

        both parties support elections based on showmanship, hot air, and fluff without any progressive goals that would benefit the people

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          anything that shatters the Democrat fantasy must be some Russian paid troll thing tied to the Republicans

          Did you miss the announcement like two days ago that a shit ton of right wing douchebags were “unwittingly” on Russia’s payroll?

    • specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works
      0·
      2 months ago

      This is a post about Khizr Khan. Go shit up the internet with copypasta trash somewhere else.

      edit: just wanna remind everyone that blocking users is super easy.

      • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
        03·
        2 months ago

        and in particular why Khizr Khan is endorsing Harris Walz

        if you read the article his gripes about the Republicans are things the Democrats have come out strong on too like securing the border to the extreme and arming Israel

        Khan also said he wasn’t an expert on the Afghanistan war and didn’t want to “second guess” the actions of the Biden-Harris administration.

        “Second-guessing the decisions of our leadership, our military leadership, is not a good idea,” Khan said. “It is not in national interest. Guess who is going to exploit this difference and Republicans’ exploitation of this issue? Our adversaries — and it does not benefit our country. It does not benefit our national security.”

        Khan is just talking out his ass

        both parties are warmongers who support fascist ideas like closed border policies