Hillary Clinton’s newest Khizr Khan campaign ad is hard to watch, but a must see

She seeks to remind voters of the grotesques Trump has committed during the course of his campaign before Nov 8

In her new 'devastatingly effective' ad, Hillary Clinton takes a jab at Donald Trump while featuring the father of a deceased Pakistani-American soldier.

Through the ad, the Democratic presidential candidate sought to remind voters about Trump's "most horrible grotesques" before the election date.



It is arguably the most vivid, effective, and brutal ad of the campaign season and will most probably have an impact on voters' decisions. The 60-second footage takes on one of Trump’s most malicious and blatantly unconstitutional policy positions: his proposed ban of Muslims from immigrating to the country.



The ad tells the story of Humayun Khan from the perspective of his father, Khizr Khan. Captain Humayun Khan, a Pakistani-American, was killed in Iraq while serving in the US army in 2004. His bravery saved the lives of his fellow soldiers and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

Khizr Khan gave the best speech of the DNC challenging Trump’s Muslim ban and sharing the story of his son’s death. Trump then spent the following week feuding with the Gold Star family.

What this ad does is remind people of the most poignant moments of the entire campaign, which may have been lost in the deluge of other news these past months. Khizr Khan tells the story of his son’s death, clearly speaking his own words with nothing written from the Clinton campaign, and those words both spellbinding and crushing.



The story is told in simple, candid and straightforward language from beginning to end over images of Khan tending to the affairs of his son, including his uniform and what appears to be the flag that was placed on his coffin at his military funeral.

At the end, we see a brief slow-motion image of Trump giving a speech followed by a picture of Khizr Khan holding his arm around his wife, Ghazala, as he watches his son’s military funeral. Here is the script in its entirety:

In 2004, my son was stationed in Iraq. He saw a suicide bomber approaching his camp. My son moved forward to stop the bomber. When the bomb exploded he saved everyone in his unit. Only one American soldier died. My son was Captain Humayun Khan. He was 27 years old and he was a Muslim American. I want to ask Mr Trump: Would my son have a place in your America?




The final line is possibly the most damning indictment of Trump during this campaign and during its delivery the ad shows a close-up of Khizr’s face. He can be seen saying the line with grace and sincerity, but also nearly breaking down at the end. The entire thing is devastatingly brutal, and it’s hard not to watch without beginning to get teary eyed yourself.

This article originally appeared on Slate.