Yes, there are some who are suggesting the Khizr Khan fiasco may be Trump's "McCarthy" moment, akin to the moment when Joe McCarthy questioned the loyalty of a young lawyer working for the Army, prompting Joseph Welch to ask "do you have no sense of decency, sir?" on national television.
Until then, McCarthy had seemed untouchable, but his career ended at that moment, as it was clear to all that he had gone too far.
Here, it seems Trump also went too far. And this is a weirdly self-inflicted wound: this whole thing would have blown over if he had done the smart thing and said nothing at all about it.
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