Khizr Kahn, the Gold Star father who attacked President Trump during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, is wading into the recent controversy between the president and the widow of slain Sgt. La David Johnson.

Kahn appeared in a fundraising letter for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week to politicize the controversy and goad supporters into donating cash to the campaign.

 

“I love this country. My son died for this country. And like you, I watched Donald Trump’s latest attack on Gold Star families in horror,” the letter read.

“While Donald Trump’s words are devastating, they’re not surprising. Donald Trump can’t comprehend the sacrifice from our service members and families like mine,” Kahn continued. “…I know the only way to stop Trump is to win a Democratic House.

“I’d walk barefoot to every district in the country if it means Democrats win,” the letter read. “But I can’t do it alone. I need you fighting with me.

“Will you chip in $1 before midnight?”

The ask was paid for by the DCCC, which provided links to donate between $1 and $250.

Those who opted not to pay up received a follow up message from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi the next day.

 

“I wanted to make sure you saw Khizr Khan’s message. He reached out to you yesterday – but my team tells me you still haven’t answered his call,” Pelosi wrote. “Can you pitch in $1 right now?”

It’s not the first time Democrats have used Khan to raise cash. He’s been featured in previous fundraising emails from the DCCC, and appeared at the Democratic Convention last year beside his wife, Ghazalan, to discuss the loss of his son Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004, and attack Trump.

Last week, Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida alleged Trump was callus and insensitive during a condolence call with Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in a recent ambush in Niger.

Wilson alleged Trump struggled to remember Johnson’s name and told his widow the soldier “knew what he signed up for,” though Trump contends Wilson mischaracterized the call for political reasons.

Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, who also lost a son in combat, defended the president during a press conference last Thursday, as have other Gold Star families.

But as Kahn’s fundraising plea went out via email, he appeared on CNN Monday to berate Kelly for allegedly using the deaths of four Green Berets killed in the Niger ambush “for political expediency,” The Hill reports.

“His appearance in defense of Donald Trump at that moment, moment of tragedy in America, where my four brave sons so bravely lost their lives under very difficult circumstances, instead of honoring them and restraining from political expediency, John Kelly, citizen John Kelly now, we honor his service, we honor his family’s service, but now, he is a citizen of this nation,” Kahn told Anderson Cooper. “He was using those examples for political expediency in defense of Donald Trump.”

The group 5,000 Role Models of Excellence Project, founded by Congresswoman Wilson in 1993, is now working to raise $1 million through a Go Fund Me campaign for Myeshia Johnson.

“On behalf of the 50000 Role Models of Excellence Project, it is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of our Role Model Son and American Hero, Army Sergeant La David T. Johnson. This sergeant, 25, of Miami Gardens, Fla., was ambushed in Niger while providing training and security assistance to the Nigeriens Armed Forces in the region overwhelmed by Boko Haram. What a tragedy!” the campaign reads.

“Role Model Sgt. Johnson leaves behind two children, ages 2 and 6, along with his beloved wife and soulmate Mrs. Myeshia Johnson. Mrs. Johnson is currently pregnant with their third child,” it continues.

“The 50000 Role Models of Excellence Project, is establishing a Role Model Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson Scholarship to benefit his children by providing money towards their college education. We are asking you to donate to this worthy cause. Please, donate generously today.”

As of Wednesday morning the campaign had raised $718,833 from 14,920 people in eight days.

A press release on Wilson’s House website shows legislation introduced by the congresswoman and approved by the House of Representatives in December tasked the U.S. secretaries of State and Defense with developing a strategy to help the Nigerian government fight Boko Haram.