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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump added babies to the list of people he has insulted over the past week alone, which includes veterans, Muslims, women and U.S. military families.
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During a rally in Ashburn, Virginia, Trump asked a woman with a crying baby to leave minutes after he said the crying was not bothering him and that he loved babies.
"Don’t worry about it. I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby. Don’t worry, don’t worry. The mom’s running around like—don’t worry about it, you know. It’s young and beautiful and healthy and that’s what we want.”
However, just minutes later the real estate billionaire decided to interrupt his own speech again only this time to tell the mother to get her baby out of his rally as he was just “kidding” earlier.
“Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here," the Republican nominee said to laughter and applause. "That’s all right. Don’t worry. I, I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking. That’s OK. People don’t understand. That’s OK."
Trump has been on a roll this week with his insults.
The Republican nominee is facing a massive backlash, even from many key names within his own party, over his insults toward the parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, a Muslim U.S. soldier who was killed during combat in Iraq.
Khizr Khan took to the stage of the Democratic National Convention last week and criticized Trump over his proposed ban on Muslims entering the country.
Since then, Trump has complained he was "viciously" attacked by the Khans and suggested Ghazala Khan might not have been "allowed" to speak, implying her silence reflected restrictions placed on women by some traditional Muslims.
McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate and current chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued a lengthy statement sharply criticizing Trump's comments.
"While our party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us," said McCain, a prisoner of war for five years during the Vietnam War.
The latest criticism came Tuesday from President Barack Obama as he scolded Republicans over not withdrawing their support for Trump despite continuing to condemn his rhetoric and actions.
"If you are repeatedly having to say, in very strong terms, that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him?" Obama asked and added that Trump had proved he was “unprepared to be president” through his attacks on the Khans.
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