Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry accused Democrats on Tuesday of using the Gold Star father of a Muslim soldier who died during the Iraq War to attack Donald Trump at the Democratic convention last month.

“I think the Democrats used him in a way, that quite frankly, I’m not sure I approve of. We love our veterans, we love our Gold Star families, but the fact of the matter is Mr. Khan politically used his time on the stage to go after Donald Trump,” Perry, a veteran himself, said during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper.

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