OAKLAND — The mother of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, who was killed during the 2012 attack in Benghazi, wants Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican Party to stop using her son’s name.

Mary F. Commanday, of Oakland, wrote a letter published by The New York Times on Friday pleading with the Republican presidential nominee to refrain from using her son’s name during his campaign.

Commanday said she was motivated to write the letter to the editor because she didn’t want to hear her son’s name and reputation connected with Trump’s campaign.

“I wrote it because I felt that Chris’ name shouldn’t be involved with that whole campaign,” Commanday said from her home Saturday evening. “It’s happened before … I decided enough was enough, and I didn’t want to see that happen anymore.”

The Republican Party mentioned the attacks several times during its convention last week, and Commanday said she reached a point where she wanted the public to know she’s had enough. Commanday added that she thinks Trump “is an outrageous person.”

“I am writing to object to any mention of his name and death in Benghazi, Libya, by Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican Party,” Commanday wrote in the letter. “I know for certain that Chris would not have wanted his name or memory used in that connection. I hope that there will be an immediate and permanent stop to this opportunistic and cynical use by the campaign.”

Throughout his campaign, Trump has used the Benghazi attack to criticize his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time. He tweeted specifically about Stevens’ death last month.

“If you want to know about Hillary Clinton’s honesty & judgment, ask the family of Ambassador Stevens,” Trump said in one tweet.

Contact Katrina Cameron at 925-945-4782.

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