Ann Coulter Mocks DNC 2016 Speaker Khizr Khan, Muslims

Ann Coulter caused an outcry on Thursday, July 28, after she tweeted an insulting message about Khizr Khan, the father of Muslim U.S. war hero Captain Humayun Khan, as he spoke at the Democratic National Convention.

“Hillary Clinton was right when she called my son the best of America,” Khan said, attacking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America. Donald Trump consistently smears the character of Muslims. He disrespects other minorities, women, judges and even his own party leadership. Donald Trump loves to build walls and ban us from this country.”

Khizr Khan Democratic National Convention — Khizr Khan addresses delegates on the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on July 28, 2016, in Philadelphia. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Then, addressing Trump directly, Khan demanded, “Let me ask you, have you even read the U.S. Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. … You have sacrificed nothing!”

Coulter took Khan’s speech as a cue to add her two cents to the conversation. The controversial 54-year-old commentator didn’t waste any time composing a series of tweets insulting Hillary Clinton, Khan and Muslims as Khan continued his moving speech about his son, who died while saving 10 of his fellow soldiers in Iraq in 2004.

“You know what this convention really needed?” she wrote Thursday night in the middle of Khan’s speech. “An angry Muslim with a thick accent like Fareed Zacaria.”

The man Coulter was attempting to reference is respected Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria (Coulter misspelled his name), who holds positions at CNN, The Washington Post and The Atlantic.

Twitter users quickly took to social media to express their disgust at Coulter’s insulting words.

Please note that universal respect for the lovely Muslim parents EXCEPT FOR HATEFUL ANN COULTER..can we now get rid of her presence on TV?

— susan silver (@suz_8) July 29, 2016

@edna94 @AnnCoulter she wouldn’t understand the true concept of “hero” or patriotism. Like Trump, she has sacrificed nothing.

— Lori Hultin (@Lhultin) July 29, 2016

It’s spelled “Zakaria” (and also, it’s spelled “bigot”).

— Rachel Sklar ❄️ (@rachelsklar) July 29, 2016

We are better than this America. I know we are. @AnnCoulter

— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) July 29, 2016

.@AnnCoulter A guy/girl with a thick accent probably programmed all the software you touch including this tweet #america #usa

— Samuel Sunderaraj (@V_samuelSun) July 29, 2016

Coulter, who has not been shy about her support for Clinton’s rival, Republican presidential nominee Trump, didn’t back down from her Twitter tirade, however.

You know what this convention really needed? An angry Muslim with a thick accent like Fareed Zacaria.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 29, 2016

I hope Hillary does her black voice tonight.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 28, 2016

What about the MOTHER of an American hero? She stood submissively in a hijab by husband’s side. https://t.co/2prFRoyoaM

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 29, 2016

“I believe in science” Dem code for “we’re shutting down coal mines, steel plants and any other remaining manufacturing”

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 29, 2016