Muslim American women opposed to Donald Trump have launched a new political action committee aimed at boosting voter turnout among U.S. Muslims, according to a new report.
American Muslim Women PAC members announced the group’s launch Tuesday and formally endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Politico reported Wednesday.
{mosads}Ghazala Khan, the mother of a U.S. soldier killed during the Iraq War in 2004, has joined around 20 other Muslim women in launching the group, according to the report.
Ghazala and her husband, Khizr Khan, have repeatedly challenged Trump’s rhetoric on Muslims since their high-profile appearance at the Democratic National Convention in July.
“We do our best because God has chosen us, has given us this responsibility,” Ghazala Khan told Politico before addressing the group at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Khan praised other Muslim women in the group, calling them “so strong” and vowing to turn out more support.
Masuda Sultan, another speaker, thanked Trump, the Republican nominee, for bringing the group’s members together ahead of Election Day.
“We’ve been brought into this election without us necessarily volunteering, but now that we’re in I’m actually very grateful to Mr. Trump for calling us out because now we can actually organize and bring our voices together,” she said.
Khizr Khan, who memorably asked Trump if he had read the Constitution during the Democratic convention, again criticized the billionaire on Tuesday for suggesting his Marine son would still be alive if Trump were president.
“I was saddened all over again that this candidate lacks the character, lacks the ability to understand the pain of those that have sacrificed their lives in defense of this country,” he said on CNN.
Trump remarked on Capt. Humayun Khan during Sunday’s presidential debate with Clinton, claiming, “Unlike her, who voted for the war … I would not have had people in Iraq, because Iraq was a disaster.”
Trump last year proposed temporarily banning allowing Muslim into the U.S. He has since said he only advocates “extreme vetting” of those from countries with notable links to terrorism.