Since the controversy started late last week, Khirz Khan has called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan to condemn Trump’s remarks. In their statements ...

I reject it,” Ryan said in a Sunday statement. “Many Muslim Americans have served valiantly in our military, and made the ultimate sacrifice. Captain Khan was one such brave example.

(Khizr Khan’s wife, Ghazala, stood silently by her husband’s side during his remarks.) Praising Ryan and McConnell each as patriots and decent human beings, Khan said it was time to ...

And he hasn't been shy about criticizing Trump. Over the weekend, Ryan defended Khizr Khan, a Muslim father who spoke at the Democratic convention about his soldier son who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan. Khan called both men "patriots" and "decent human beings" and appealed to them: "Isn't it time to repudiate Trump?" The father ...