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.

  • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    As unwitting as one can be. When they Google time in Moscow trying to figure out why someone supposedly in Paris isn’t responding.

    Though to be fair it isn’t just the right wing. There are those on the left as well. And I’m sure ole verdant checks some of them daily to get their information. I think the only difference is that no one is going to pay any of the ones on the left tens of thousand to hundreds of thousands per podcast episode to push out misinformation. Probably just a few nickel-plated commemorative Stalin pins.