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A last exit ramp for the GOP?
Donald Trump's confounding war with a Gold Star
family -- earning condemnation from veterans groups and lawmakers on
both sides of the aisle - has started to have a distinct air over the
last 36 hours of a situation that's unraveling. It's the latest in a
long list of fights that have so far failed to sink Trump's candidacy,
but something about this particular controversy feels different. It's
pushing some neutral groups off the sidelines (see the nonpartisan VFW's
strongly-worded response), it's undermining the GOP's mantle as the
party of reverence to the military and national security, and it's
putting Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan in a particularly
torturous bind as they try to defend the Khan family without so much as
naming their own nominee. Mike Pence, Trump's own VP, faced a question
about Trump's treatment of the Khans last night from a military mom who was booed by the crowd
as Pence offered words of solace but no apology. But so far,
Republicans aren't going so far as to un-endorse their nominee as a
result of the Khan controversy. (Not even John McCain, who offered the
most biting statement targeting Trump yet!)
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