{"id":45045,"date":"2016-08-03T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45045"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:53:42","slug":"trump-spokeswoman-blames-obama-for-capt-khans-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45045","title":{"rendered":"Trump Spokeswoman Blames Obama For Capt. Khan\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always, HuffPo is great at disseminating propaganda and disinfo every chance they get regarding Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the following article does contain some truth about the DNC Khan affair that they will always try to discredit. \u00a0Is there any coincidence that Khan sounds like Con, by the way?<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Khan has even said that he was tricked by the DEMs into using his son&#8217;s memory for nakedly partisan political gain by the Clinton campaign team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=44831\">Khizr Khan was tricked into smearing Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45045\">State of the Nation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"headline__subtitle\">The Iraq War hero was killed in 2004 \u2014 five years before Obama took office.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"author-card__details__name\">Chris D\u2019Angelo<br \/>\nThe Huffington Post<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>A Donald Trump spokeswoman Tuesday night opened a new front in the GOP nominee\u2019s campaign of insults against the parents of a Muslim-American war hero, this time blaming President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the soldier\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost his life,\u201d\u00a0Trump national spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said in an interview with CNN\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/shows\/situation-room\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1}}\">Wolf Blitzer<\/a>, referring to Army Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Khan was killed in 2004 in Iraq, protecting fellow soldiers from a car bomb.\u00a0You might recall that Obama did not take office until 2009.<\/p>\n<p>After being blasted earlier Tuesday by Obama as \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/obama-republican-leaders-trump_us_57a0c0b6e4b0693164c2aa76?section=&amp;\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2}}\">unfit<\/a>\u201d to serve the nation\u2019s highest office, Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/760552601356267520\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:3}}\">took to Twitter to lash out<\/a> in a childish sort of I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I comeback. Trump has directed insults at Khan\u2019s parents,\u00a0Khizr Khan and Ghazala Khan, since they denounced the candidate at the Democratic National Convention last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\">\n<div class=\"flex-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youtube-flip-VAtxCRfU1g0\" class=\"video-flip youtube\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VAtxCRfU1g0?start=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com&amp;widgetid=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-youtube-id=\"VAtxCRfU1g0\" data-youtube-start=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>During Tuesday\u2019s exchange on CNN, Blitzer repeatedly asked Pierson if Trump has called the Khan family to apologize. Repeating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/08\/02\/politics\/eric-trump-khan-dispute-apology\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:4}}\">comments made earlier in the day by Trump\u2019s son, Eric<\/a>,\u00a0Pierson said Trump apologized by \u201chonoring the service of the son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Blitzer pressed her on the issue, Pierson asked, \u201cJust out of curiosity, what exactly is Mr. Trump supposed to be apologizing for, just so that I\u2019m clear?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/khizr-khan-donald-trump-muslim_us_579ac886e4b0e2e15eb551c5\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:6}}\">a moving speech<\/a>\u00a0last week at the Democratic National Convention, Khizr Khan said Trump has \u201csacrificed nothing and no one.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-khizr-khan_us_579ce135e4b0e2e15eb61dd9\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:7}}\">Trump attempted to defend himself<\/a>\u00a0and suggested Ghazala Khan kept quiet during the convention because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-ghazala-khan_us_579d0bb5e4b08a8e8b5e57d1\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:8}}\">of their faith<\/a>. Ghazala Khan later said that she didn\u2019t speak because she knew she would lose her composure when the convention displayed photographs of her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWasn\u2019t he disrespectful, though, to the Gold Star family?\u201d Blitzer asked Pierson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisrespectful by defending himself?\u201d Pierson responded. \u201cHe didn\u2019t say anything about the son, in fact he honored his service. The only thing he said, Wolf, is basically, \u2018This man knows nothing about me, why is he criticizing me?\u2019 How is that an attack?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Pierson\u2019s comment about Obama and Clinton being to blame for Capt. Khan\u2019s death, Blitzer offered this fact check:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wolfblitzer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WolfBlitzer<\/a> fact checks Trump spokeswoman after she says Obama and Clinton are to blame for Capt. Khan&#39;s death <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZAfYTh2J9\">https:\/\/t.co\/nZAfYTh2J9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSitRoom\/status\/760651965172899840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pierson\u2019s bizarre statement came a day after <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CLewandowski_\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1}}\">Corey Lewandowski<\/a>, a CNN analyst who was Trump\u2019s former campaign manager, said that\u00a0\u201cif Donald Trump were president, Capt. Khan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/corey-lewandowski-cnn-touching_us_579fd543e4b08a8e8b5f2383\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:8}}\">would still be alive today<\/a> because we never would have entered the Iraq War in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/katrina-pierson-cnn-obama-khan_us_57a14823e4b0693164c337fb?section=&amp;\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/katrina-pierson-cnn-obama-khan_us_57a14823e4b0693164c337fb?section=&amp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note: As always, HuffPo is great at disseminating propaganda and disinfo every chance they get regarding Donald Trump. 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