{"id":16535,"date":"2016-08-17T02:02:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T02:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16535"},"modified":"2016-08-17T02:02:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T02:02:32","slug":"gov-perry-now-deserves-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16535","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Perry now deserves &#8216;shame&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7C2A9793_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16536\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7C2A9793_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"7C2A9793_jpg_800x1000_q100\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7C2A9793_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7C2A9793_jpg_800x1000_q100-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/7C2A9793_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rick Perry has told the father of a slain U.S. Army soldier &#8220;shame on you&#8221; for speaking out against Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, governor, the shame belongs on <em>you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Khzir Khan offered a blistering critique of Trump at the Democratic National Convention. His son, Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in 2004 while serving in Iraq. Khzir Khan said Trump didn&#8217;t understand the sacrifice that Gold Star parents have endured.<\/p>\n<p>So, now we hear from the former Texas governor, an Air Force veteran, who said that Khzir Khan started the rhubarb with Trump and is not immune from criticism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2016\/08\/16\/perry-defends-trump-over-feud-gold-star-family\/\">https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2016\/08\/16\/perry-defends-trump-over-feud-gold-star-family\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How can I say this delicately? I can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pure baloney, Gov. Perry.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s response to Mr. Khan was utterly classless. That is in large part what has prompted the bipartisan criticism of Trump and his handling of that issue. Now, for Gov. Perry &#8212; who once called Trump a &#8220;cancer on conservatism&#8221; &#8212; has jumped into the fray by focusing on Khzir Khan&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Did he miss the part when Trump said the Khans had &#8220;no right&#8221; to criticize him? Or did he ignore the crack that Trump muttered about Mrs. Khan&#8217;s silence at the DNC, suggesting she was not allowed to speak because of her &#8212; oh, yes! &#8212; Muslim faith?<\/p>\n<p>He said the Khans have become &#8220;fair game&#8221; by entering the &#8220;political arena.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, Gov. Perry, political custom has elevated Gold Star parents <em>above<\/em> the kind of criticism they received from the Republican presidential nominee.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Perry has told the father of a slain U.S. Army soldier &#8220;shame on you&#8221; for speaking out against Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump. Actually, governor, the shame belongs on you. Khzir Khan offered a blistering critique of Trump at the Democratic National Convention. His son, Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in 2004 while &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=16535\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gov. Perry now deserves &#8216;shame&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12,13,14],"tags":[1424,6457,6494,3168,3951,4728,5041],"class_list":["post-16535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-military-news","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-humayun-khan","tag-khzir-khan","tag-muslims","tag-rick-perry","tag-texas-tribune","tag-us-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16537,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16535\/revisions\/16537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}