Posted on 10/23/2017 5:28:51 AM PDT by Kaslin
Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson is demanding White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly apologize to her—for “character assassination.”
“Not only does he owe me an apology, but he owes an apology to the American people,” Wilson said Sunday on MSNBC’s “AM Joy” referring to Kelly, whom she also referred to as a “puppet of the president.”
Kelly, the retired four-star Marine general, held a press briefing last week to address the Niger controversy.
Wilson said she overheard parts of a call President Trump made to the widow of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, Myeshia Johnson, one of the four U.S. soldiers killed in the African nation after being ambushed by ISIS forces.
According to the Florida Democrat, Trump made insensitive remarks, telling the widow that her husband knew “what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurts.”
Kelly, who lost a son in combat, sought to explain what exactly happens when a member of the U.S. military is killed in combat, how they are brought home, and the advice he gave Trump when making the difficult phone call to their families. He also criticized Wilson for sharing the contents of the call, and said he was “stunned” she would “have listened in on that conversation.”
“I would have thought that was sacred,” he said.
At one point during his remarks Kelly referred to the congresswoman as an “empty barrel,” which was of course interpreted as “racism” to the Democrat.
On Sunday Wilson also demanded answers to what happened in Niger after Johnson's body was found nearly a mile away from the scene of the ambush.
"We had four soldiers who died. They have been buried," she said. "And we need to know why, and we need to know about the special circumstances surrounding [U.S. Army Sgt.] La David Johnson."
On Twitter, Wilson referred to the soldiers’ deaths in Niger as “Trump’s Benghazi.”
"Niger is @realDonaldTrump's Benghazi. He needs to own it," the Florida Democrat tweeted.
Just keep digging Freddie... Americans are growing more disgusted by you and your party everyday.
HATE MEDIA has NO shame.
Obviously a showboat with that cowboy hat, more like character suicide.
The law of unintended consequences at work. The UniParty gerrymandering keeps Congressional seats like hers safe from assault by more reasonable dims or Conservatives alike.
If this is Trumps “Benghazi”, by her logic..
then we all need to just forget about the whole thing, right?
Because like Benghazi, there’s nothing to see, right?
It was just a witch-hunt, right?
So, let’s just forget this too, Me. Wilson...
Forget it and shut up.
She killed her own character. All he did was identify the body and determine the time of death.
empty barrels gonna make some noise.
So I see an image from a news conference this dingbat participated in last week and standing right there next to her in support is CONVICTED FELON Corrine! Brown. Corrine! is due for sentencing on November 16.
If these media entities decide that 'diversity' (sic) is a now a losing proposition and patriotism in on the rise, then we should expect to see a shift at some point.
Consider the pro-nationalism movies made during WWII; do you think the freaks actually cared or was is it just good business at that particular time?
He never mentioned her name...if the hat fits.....
This whole episode just breaks my heart. Nothing is sacred anymore.
S Florida’s finest
All General Kelly has to do is rewind the tape when The Joyful Tortoise said Trump should apologize to Mrs. Jebbie Bush for comments about the illegals.
Then candidate Donald J. Trump simply said “No”.
That’s all it takes, General. Placating to the satanic left has no place in the Trump administration.
Character Assassination? At best this was a mercy killing....
“The sheriff is near!”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
She has no discernable character for anyone TO assassinate; in my humble opinion.
That idiot is an embarrassment not only to her district in Florida, the State of Florida, the United States, but the entire Universe
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