Posted on 10/20/2017 7:06:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Friday accused White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly of lying about her and using a racist term when he publicly admonished her for politicizing the presidents condolence call to a Special Forces widow.
Mr. Kelly, a retired Marine general whose son was killed in action in Afghanistan, on Thursday denounced the Florida Democrat for listening in on President Trumps call to Army Sgt. La David Johnsons widow and then accusing the president of being disrespectful.
He has my sympathy for the loss of his son, but he cant just go on TV and lie on me, Mrs. Wilson said on CNN.
She took issue with Mr. Kelly describing her remarks at the 2015 dedication of a FBI field office in Miami, which was named for two agents killed in the line of duty.
Mr. Kelly said she boasted about securing funding for the building in her district and described the congresswoman as empty barrels making the most noise.
I was not even in Congress in 2009 when the money for the building was secured. So thats a lie. How dare he, Mrs. Wilson said.
She said that she did participate in the naming of the building at the behest of FBI Director James B. Comey and House Speaker John A. Boehner, describing it as a bipartisan effort.
She also took offense at the phrase empty barrel.
Thats a racist term, too. Im thinking about that. We looked it up in the dictionary because I had never heard of an empty barrel, and I dont like to be dragged into something like that, she said.....
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LOL.
When they resort to the ‘race card’, you know they haven’t got much.
Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
Gerrymandering produces districts that are weighted racially to ensure representation of minorities. Once elected these representatives are supported by the democratic party so it is nearly impossible to get rid of them. They have their own caucus powerbase. Now that the dems have institutionalized this political party base they are finding that they as a party are more beholden to it than it is to them. Therefore they can’t govern for the country and the country is realizing this more and more.
Funny that.
He lied on me!
I saw that, on Twitter, the other day.
I think I’ll start writing this on all of my $20 bills.
Wilson playing the race card. She can put her race card where the sun does not shine.
When I heard him use the metaphor “empty barrel”, I knew it would be called racist. That’s the game.
Can you believe this moron was an elementary school principal?
In the Congo???
She sits on committees that affect your life. Ponder that.
If she took off that hat, what she has for a brain would fall out.
That’s pretty cool!
Well if the hat fits “lady”.
Damn... this should trigger some liberals to petition removal of the WH from $20’s....
What is the average IQ of the people who elected her to office is the question.
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Can you believe this moron was an elementary school principal? Is it any wonder why the state of public education is so pathetic.
With “The Distinguished Gentlewoman From Florida” in Congress, is it any wonder why the state of our beloved Nation is so pathetic?
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