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| A Virginia post office will be named after the late Captain Humayun Khan . |
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DONALD TRUMP signed a bill Friday (Dec. 21) honoring late Army Capt. Humayun Khan who died in the Iraq War in 2004. reports Bloomberg.
The bill renames Virginia's Barracks Road Shopping Center post office, at 2150 Wise St., as the "Captain Humayun Khan Post Office."
Khan’s Pakistani American immigrant parents criticized then-candidate Trump and his proposed Muslim travel ban during a highly-publicized speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2016.
Trump accused Khan’s father, Khizr Khan, of not allowing his wife to speak during the convention and suggested that Hillary Clinton’s campaign wrote the speech for the Khans. Captain Khan’s mother would later explain she chose to stand by her husband at the convention, but not speak, out of fear she would lose her composure.
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Khizr Khan held up his copy of the Constitution during the Democratic National Convention. |
During the speech, Khizr Khan offered to loan his copy of the Constitution to Donald Trump, one of the dramatic moments of the convention.
“Donald Trump, you’re asking Americans to trust you with their future," said Khan in his powerful speech. "Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy," that's the moment when Khizr Khan took the copy of the Constitution out of his jacket pocket and held it up high. "In this document, look for the words ‘liberty’ and ‘equal protection of law’,” he continued.
“Donald Trump, you’re asking Americans to trust you with their future," said Khan in his powerful speech. "Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy," that's the moment when Khizr Khan took the copy of the Constitution out of his jacket pocket and held it up high. "In this document, look for the words ‘liberty’ and ‘equal protection of law’,” he continued.
The Daily Progress reports the couple’s son died when a vehicle with explosives was driven into the gate of a compound in Baqubah, Iraq . He would be later honored posthumously with the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner sponsored the bill to honor Khan.
“Captain Khan is revered not only in Charlottesville, but across the nation,” the senators said. “With the dedication of this post office, we’re showing the Khan family that we’re forever grateful for his service and sacrifice for our country.”
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