The father of a Muslim U.S. Army Captain, who was killed in action in Iraq, slammed Donald Trump during his powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Khan’s son, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, died in 2004 trying to stop a suicide bombing. He saved his unit by telling them to stay back as he approached. Khan, 27, was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart posthumously.
“If you want to see the best of America, you need to look no further than Army Captain Humayun Khan,” presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a video before Khan’s father took the stage.
“Captain Khan told his troops to get back, but he went forward. He took 10 steps toward the car until it exploded,” she said.
In one of the night’s most powerful moments, the elder Khan, along with his wife, both from Charlottesville, Virginia, took the stage to speak about their son and calling themselves patriotic American Muslims.
“Our son, Humayun, had dreams of being a military lawyer. But he put those dreams aside the day he sacrificed his life to save his fellow soldiers,” said Khan.
“Hillary Clinton was right when she called my son ’the best of America,'” he said. “If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America.”
