Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego: Donald Trump is ‘unstable, unfit’

PHOENIX — For the second time in less than a week, U.S. Rep Ruben Gallego of Arizona questioned Donald Trump’s character and ability to run the country, this time calling him “unfit” and “mentally unstable.”

Gallego (D-Ariz.) told CNN on Tuesday morning that the GOP nominee for president was “unstable, he’s unfit to be a presidential candidate.”

The Arizona congressman’s remarks came a day after many Republican politicians took Trump to task for an angry tweet directed toward a Muslim family whose son died fighting for the U.S. in 2004.

“I want to keep this country safe and somebody like Donald Trump is unstable. He doesn’t understand the military … he clearly doesn’t have the temperament to be president of the United States,” Gallego said in the TV interview.

“This man is unstable, he is unfit to be a presidential candidate. … I do believe he’s mentally unstable,” Gallego, who served in the Marines, said. “Who in their right mind would attack a Gold Star family?”

“It’s important to be a leader sometimes and not a politician”- @RepRubenGallego Democrat from Arizona. https://t.co/09aABXXcwi

— Carol Costello (@CarolCNN) August 2, 2016

Capt. Humayun Khan was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. His father, Khizr Khan, made an emotional challenge to Trump at the Democratic National Convention.

Last week, Gallego, a Democrat and a veteran, said Trump’s insults of Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain offended him.

During the CNN appearance, Gallego also said sane, responsible politicians shouldn’t be supporting Trump.

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