Former presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said today that the family of fallen soldier Capt. Humayun Khan should apologize to Donald Trump for their comments made in an emotional case against the real estate mogul's candidacy at the Democratic National Convention.
“I don’t think it would be harmful if they apologized to him and he apologized to them, but I don’t see that happening,” Carson told CNN's Wolf Blitzer when asked if Trump should apologize to the family. “Well, for one thing, if you accuse someone of something that’s not true, it usually is a reasonable thing to acknowledge that.”
Trump is facing backlash over remarks he made about the Khan family after they took him to task at the DNC -- and he has doubled down on his criticism since then.
“Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T.V. doing the same – Nice!” Trump tweeted yesterday in reference to an appearance that Khizr Khan and Ghazala Khan, the slain soldier’s parents, were making on CNN’s “New Day.”
Trump questioned whether Ghazala Khan was not permitted to speak at the convention.
Carson then suggested the two -– Trump and the Khan family -– call a truce.
“Rather than make this a one-sided issue, why don’t we all just say, back off a little bit,” Carson said. “We have such important issues to deal with and you know, let’s just call a truce. And the best way to call a truce is simply to say I’m over that, you’re over that, I’m sorry I said this if it offended you.”
Many Republicans have condemned Trump’s attacks on the family, including Arizona senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan have also issued statements in defense of the Khan family.
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