A Blue Star Mother On the Khan Controversy

Published August 2, 2016 1:12pm ET



Writing at the Federalist, Susan Kristol reflects on the sacrifices made by the parents of those members of the military deployed into or killed in combat—and suggests Donald Trump should have responded much more empathetically to the appearance of two such parents, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, at the Democratic National Convention last week.

Here’s an excerpt:

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