So what would have been an appropriate response to Mr. Khan's partisan political statements from a National Party's podium?
"Oh yes, Mr. Khan. You're entirely correct! You're a world class FF and I'm the biggest HP that ever walked the Earth, and I'm conceding the election to Hillary right now, because she's the REAL FF in this race."
Would that work?
There are ways that a politician with an ounce of self-control could have finessed this. Reihan Salam, a Republican, suggested:
Mrs. Khan has a heartbreaking editorial in the Washington Post today. This isn't just hurting Trump, it's directly confronting and defeating his demeaning of Muslims as un-American. Brava to Mrs. Khan for that. This is Trump's worst moment since the Curiel pogrom and he needs to back the off as quickly as he can.
Mitt Romney or John McCain would have done a much better job deflecting this type of attack against them, but neither appealed to anti-Muslim bigotry, so A statement like the one Mr. Khan made wouldn't have been necessary.
