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‘Political Rewind’ replay: Khizr Khan, the dad who called out Donald Trump

Khizr Khan, father of fallen U.S. Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, speaks as his wife Ghazala listens during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

Credit: Jim Galloway

Credit: Jim Galloway

Khizr Khan, father of fallen U.S. Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, speaks as his wife Ghazala listens during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016. AP/J. Scott Applewhite
By Jim Galloway
Dec 27, 2017

Today's edition of GPB's "Political Rewind" is a pre-recorded interview of Khizr Khan, the Gold Star dad who called out Donald Trump at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, using a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Host Bill Nigut does the honors.

If you couldn’t catch it this afternoon, click below to listen now:

About the Author

Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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