McCain denounces Trump’s criticism of Khan family, saying he does not have an ‘unfettered license to defame’

Khizr Khan, father of fallen Army Capt. Humayun Khan, holds up a copy of the Constitution during the Democratic National Convention. /SAUL LOEB:AFP:GETTY IMAGES
Khizr Khan, father of fallen Army Capt. Humayun Khan, holds up a copy of the Constitution during the Democratic National Convention. /SAUL LOEB:AFP:GETTY IMAGES

By Jennifer Steinhauer | The New York Times

In a remarkable and lengthy rebuke of his party’s nominee, Senator John McCain sharply criticized Donald J. Trump’s comments about the family of a fallen Muslim Army captain, saying, “While our party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us.”

Mr. McCain, a war hero whose service and capture in Vietnam was also once derided by Mr. Trump, had stayed largely silent over the weekend as Mr. Trump’s feud with the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan brewed, waiting until Monday morning to release a prepared statement.

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