ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The nation's only Latina governor is joining a chorus of Republican lawmakers in disavowing Donald Trump's repeated criticisms of a bereaved military family.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Monday called Army Capt. Humayun Khan an American hero. He was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2004.
The Republican governor says Khan's grieving parents "have every right to voice their opinions in the political process," and that disparaging them is "absolutely wrong."
Trump broke a political and societal taboo over the weekend when he criticized Khizr and Ghazala Khan. Khizr Khan strongly crticized Trump during the Democratic National Convention.
Trump stoked further outrage by implying Ghazala Khan didn't speak while standing alongside her husband at the convention because she's a Muslim woman.
Martinez, who has not endorsed Trump, previously denounced him for comments made about Mexican immigrants.