Washington (CNN) Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim US soldier slain in Iraq in 2004, said Sunday that Donald Trump has a "black soul," indicating he lacks empathy and compassion. Had he read that, he would know the status a Gold Star mother holds in this nation." "He is a black soul, and this is totally unfit for the leadership of this country," Khan said. Khan pushed back on Trump's suggestion that his wife, who was also on stage at the DNC, was not allowed to speak. "For this candidate for presidency to not be aware of the respect of a Gold Star mother standing there, and he had to take that shot at her, this is height of ignorance," Khan said.

Source: CNN July 31, 2016 13:28 UTC