Khizr Khan, the father of a slain Muslim Army captain who gained national attention by pointedly criticizing former President Donald Trump during the Democratic National Convention in 2016, announced in an exclusive interview with NBC News that he is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and plans to act as a campaign surrogate for her.

In 2016, Khan denounced Trump’s treatment of Muslims and other minorities while holding a pocket-sized U.S. Constitution and challenging Trump to read the document. In his interview with NBC News on Saturday, Khan said Trump has “gotten worse” and that he fears the former president will become a dictator and end democracy as Americans know it.

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    ^ check this guy’s history and decide whether he’s got an axe to grind, and maybe a Lada to earn.

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      trying to depress turnout while claiming voter suppression is not a big deal. chef’s kiss.

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      Democrats are as allergic to factual information as the Republicans are

      anything that shatters the Democrat fantasy must be some Russian paid troll thing tied to the Republicans

      Republicans have a similar bitch with different wording but again meaning is the same

      both parties support elections based on showmanship, hot air, and fluff without any progressive goals that would benefit the people

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        anything that shatters the Democrat fantasy must be some Russian paid troll thing tied to the Republicans

        Did you miss the announcement like two days ago that a shit ton of right wing douchebags were “unwittingly” on Russia’s payroll?

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          As unwitting as one can be. When they Google time in Moscow trying to figure out why someone supposedly in Paris isn’t responding.

          Though to be fair it isn’t just the right wing. There are those on the left as well. And I’m sure ole verdant checks some of them daily to get their information. I think the only difference is that no one is going to pay any of the ones on the left tens of thousand to hundreds of thousands per podcast episode to push out misinformation. Probably just a few nickel-plated commemorative Stalin pins.