NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivered one of the Democratic National Convention’s best jabs at Donald Trump, succinctly skewering the GOP nominee’s bigotry with a joke invoking another famous basketball player. “I’m Michael Jordan, and I’m here with Hillary,” said Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar made a brief appearance at the convention Thursday evening to introduce the father of U.S. Army Capt. “I said that because I know that Donald Trump couldn’t tell the difference.”Abdul-Jabbar, who was named U.S. cultural ambassador by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2012, detailed how Khan’s story stands in direct contrast to Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric. Humayun Khan, one of 14 American Muslims who has died serving in the military since 9/11.

Source: Huffington Post July 29, 2016 01:41 UTC