How Donald Trump brought Khizr Khan to the DNC stage
Great context to the Khan speech at the Dem. Nat. Convention
How Donald Trump brought Khizr Khan to the DNC stage
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/04/politics/2016-election-khizr-khan-donald-trump-muslim-ban/index.html
By Dan Merica and MJ Lee, CNN
Updated 12:54 PM ET, Thu August 4, 2016
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..................Even Clinton aides and convention planners who described how the address came together said they never expected the response that would soon follow.
The backstory
The Clinton campaign became aware of Khan's story while preparing for her December speech in Minnesota. According to multiple aides, a member of Clinton's speech writing team came across a print interview where Khizr Khan described the 10 steps that his son, Humayun, took before his death.
It was immediately clear, aides said, how powerful Khan's story was.
"If you want to see the best of America," Clinton said, "you need look no further than Army Capt. Humayun Khan."
Shortly thereafter, Democratic Party representatives contacted Khizr Khan to ask if they could pay tribute to his son's memory at the party's mid-year meeting, Khan told CNN this week.
He agreed............
