Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 07:18 pm
The presidential campaign of Donald Trump is blaming President Obama for the death of Capt. Khan that occurred four years before Obama was president.
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While appearing on CNN’s The Situation Room, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson dodged a question about whether or not Trump has apologized to Khan family, and then rewrote history, “It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost his life, so I don’t understand why it’s so hard to understand why Donald Trump was confused about why he was being held responsible for something that he had nothing to do with while Hillary Clinton had everything to do with.
Army Capt. Humayun Khan bravely gave up his life to save others on June 8, 2004, when George W. Bush was president, not Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton did not have anything to do with Capt. Khan’s death. At the time, she was still the junior Senator from New York.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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