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Andrew Sullivan nailed it last night:
9:13 p.m. Okay, this is jaw-droppingly powerful: the dignified father, Khizr Khan, of a fallen Muslim soldier, refuting the rancid divisiveness of Trump by his very composure and gravity.
9:19 p.m. This I can clearly say: that last speech was the best of the last two weeks, and the most necessary. When that father brought out his own copy of the Constitution and waved it at Donald Trump, it was the fulcrum of this election. This is what is at stake – the core values of this country under threat from a man who has no understanding of the Constitution he would swear to uphold.
9:34 p.m. Meanwhile, in Iowa, Trump is touting war crimes:
Trump is now praising waterboarding in Iowa. “Absolutely, I wouldn’t even think about it.”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 29, 2016It’s a war crime. And he’s telling us he wouldn’t even think about not forcing a soldier to violate the laws of war to do it.
