Rep. Frederica Wilson pledges not to comment any further on Gold Star widow's phone call with Trump

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Rep. Frederica Wilson pledges not to comment any further on Gold Star widow's phone call with Trump
by Diana Stancy Correll | Oct 19, 2017, 5:44 PM

Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., says she will no longer comment on a Gold Star widow's phone call with President Trump after White House chief of staff John Kelly's emotional press briefing in which he criticized the lawmaker for politicizing the call.

"The congresswoman will not be making any further comment on the issue because the focus should be on helping a grieving widow and family heal, not on her or Donald Trump," Wilson's spokesperson said in a statement Thursday.

Trump told the widow of one of the four soldiers killed in Niger this month that her husband "knew what he signed up for ... but when it happens, it hurts anyway," Wilson recounted on Tuesday.

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[Sanguine]

Of course not.  She's already created the story that she wanted out there.  No further comment necessary.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hopefully she heard what General Kelly had to say about her today. 

[Bigun]

Hopefully she heard what General Kelly had to say about her today.

Surely you are joking?   No way in hell is she going to listen to that!

[mystery-ak]

 Marc Caputo‏Verified account @MarcACaputo

"John Kelly's trying to keep his job. He will say anything," says @RepWilson in response to Trump's staff chief who ripped her for disclosing details of controversial call with soldier's widow. "There were other people who heard what I heard."

[Right_in_Virginia]

Marc Caputo‏Verified account @MarcACaputo

"John Kelly's trying to keep his job. He will say anything," says @RepWilson in response to Trump's staff chief who ripped her for disclosing details of controversial call with soldier's widow. "There were other people who heard what I heard."

 

[aligncare]

Politics...ugh.

[DiogenesLamp]

Of course not.  She's already created the story that she wanted out there.  No further comment necessary.

I saw someone asserting that her whole purpose was to detract attention from Trump's success in Iraq in defeating ISIS.   


As if the media was going to cover that anyway. 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Of course not.  She's already created the story that she wanted out there.  No further comment necessary.

And, of course, the author of the article is nice enough to remind us what the comment was.

[Concerned]

Good.  Hopefully both sides will shut up about this, move on, and start treating the Presidential notification process of Gold Star families with the respect and reverence that it deserves.  The last two days of Presidential comparisons, he said-she said, denials, counter-attacks, and dragging other Gold Star families into the fray have been truly heartbreaking to me.

[aligncare]

Good.  Hopefully both sides will shut up about this, move on, and start treating the Presidential notification process of Gold Star families with the respect and reverence that it deserves.  The last two days of Presidential comparisons, he said-she said, denials, counter-attacks, and dragging other Gold Star families into the fray have been truly heartbreaking to me.

I hope you’re not suggesting that it was a mistake for the president to make a phone call. I know if my family suffered that loss, receiving a call from the president would help reinforce the meaning of our sacrifice. A president is just as much a symbol of America as the flag is and patriotism is strongly woven into us.  And here we have the American President paying my family his respect and sharing for a few moments our loss. No, I feel it would help comfort us. Just as a priest would help comfort us and help answer other questions.

[Sanguine]

I hope you’re not suggesting that it was a mistake for the president to make a phone call. I know if my family suffered that loss, receiving a call from the president would help reinforce the meaning of our sacrifice. A president is just as much a symbol of America as the flag is and patriotism is strongly woven into us.  And here we have the American President paying my family his respect and sharing for a few moments our loss. No, I feel it would help comfort us. Just as a priest would help comfort us and help answer other questions.

@aligncare, I take you at your word that this would be comforting to you, but I do wonder - if it had been that feckless wonder, the Big 0, would you have been comforted by his call?  Would you have even taken his call?

[dfwgator]

@aligncare, I take you at your word that this would be comforting to you, but I do wonder - if it had been that feckless wonder, the Big 0, would you have been comforted by his call?  Would you have even taken his call?

The only veteran family that Obama cared about was the Bergdahls.

[bilo]

Marc Caputo‏Verified account @MarcACaputo

"John Kelly's trying to keep his job. He will say anything," says @RepWilson in response to Trump's staff chief who ripped her for disclosing details of controversial call with soldier's widow. "There were other people who heard what I heard."

What a piece of garbage. If the Rats had any character they would be condemning her in droves, but they don't and won't.

[aligncare]

@aligncare, I take you at your word that this would be comforting to you, but I do wonder - if it had been that feckless wonder, the Big 0, would you have been comforted by his call?  Would you have even taken his call?

Oddly enough, I think yes. It sorts out like this. It’s not the man, it’s America and the office I have an emotional connection to.

I’m deeply impacted by that image of George Washington kneeling, bible in hand and waving flag superimposed on the background. So, yes even Obama would do.

I’m an immigrant as you know. Maybe that has something to do with it.

[Sanguine]

Oddly enough, I think yes. It sorts out like this. It’s not the man, it’s America and the office I have an emotional connection to.

I’m deeply impacted by that image of George Washington kneeling, bible in hand and waving flag superimposed on the background. So, yes even Obama would do.

Good answer.  Though mine would be the opposite.

[Concerned]

I hope you’re not suggesting that it was a mistake for the president to make a phone call. I know if my family suffered that loss, receiving a call from the president would help reinforce the meaning of our sacrifice. A president is just as much a symbol of America as the flag is and patriotism is strongly woven into us.  And here we have the American President paying my family his respect and sharing for a few moments our loss. No, I feel it would help comfort us. Just as a priest would help comfort us and help answer other questions.

I don't know what was said in this particular call; however, just as General Kelly recommended the President not make the calls, I would have done the same.  Unfortunately, the President does not come across to me as being overly empathetic, and I would fear that making these calls might have an undesirable and unintended effect on the grieving particularly in the current polarized environment. 

My real objection was to the politicization of the entire process by the President, the Congresswomen, and now, most sadly to me, by the President's Chief of Staff.  I think we desperately need to get out of this cycle and get back to treating this process with respect rather than as a political hot potato (which I really do find heartbreaking).  JMO.

[bilo]

Oddly enough, I think yes. It sorts out like this. It’s not the man, it’s America and the office I have an emotional connection to.

I’m deeply impacted by that image of George Washington kneeling, bible in hand and waving flag superimposed on the background. So, yes even Obama would do.

I’m an immigrant as you know. Maybe that has something to do with it.

Good for you! I would feel the same. If for no other reason than he at least made an effort.

As we see from how the Rats have responded to Gen Kelly's press conference they lack the character to recognize when someone who doesn't agree with them is trying to do the right thing. For the Rats anything that advances their radical leftism is okay. In this instance, trying to discredit Pres. Trump is okay regardless of how wrong it is because he doesn't support their ideology.

I highly recommend watching Gen. Kelly's press conference to get some perspective on this.

[Meldrew]

Ms. Wilson's rather full of herself, says "I'm a rock star now".  Video here -

https://twitter.com/PoliticalShort/status/921170231447379968

I'll bet if you look up "assclown" in the dictionary, you'll see her picture. 

[Emjay]

Of course not.  She's already created the story that she wanted out there.  No further comment necessary.

Plus, people have dug into her record because of this and discovered that she consistently votes against rights and benefits for Veterans.  That's all over the net now.

She's made a fool of herself and she's trying to backtrack.  Too late, lady.

[Emjay]

Good answer.  Though mine would be the opposite.

Maybe.  I would feel revulsion if that piece of crap Obama called and I hope I would have the courage to hang up on him.

[Fantom]

I saw someone asserting that her whole purpose was to detract attention from Trump's success in Iraq in defeating ISIS. [/i]   


As if the media was going to cover that anyway.

Isn't Niger an obama war?.... Strange way to deflect.

[Fishrrman]

This story is the leftist-democrat-communist "McGuffin of the week".
(apologies to Alfred Hitchcock)

[edpc]

Freaking rodeo clown