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Trump told Widow Soldier 'Must've Known What He Signed Up For': Rep. [Florida Trump Hater]
NBC BAY AREA ^

Posted on 10/18/2017 3:04:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

...Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., said she overheard President Donald Trump tell the widow of Miami Gardens native Sgt. La David T. Johnson, a U.S. soldier killed in Niger, that her husband "must've known what he signed up for."...

...."Sarcastically, he said: 'But, you know, he must've known what he signed up for,'" Wilson said. "How could you say that to a grieving widow? ... I couldn't believe, and he said it more than once. This man has no feelings for anyone. This is a young woman with child....

"Everyone knows when you go to war, you could possibly not come back alive, but you don't remind a grieving widow of that. That's so insensitive," Wilson added.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: military; race; tds
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Oh, you all should SEE the Miami media going CRAZY over this. Frederica Wilson is about as loony as Debbie Blabbermouth. Apparently she is trying to call this Trump's "Benghazi".
1 posted on 10/18/2017 3:04:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Yeah right. Trump says this to widows. GMAB


2 posted on 10/18/2017 3:06:07 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee" Hey, NFL, why didn't you any of you bold guys hire Kaepernick? #GoodbyeGoodell)
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Comcast hates Trump.


3 posted on 10/18/2017 3:07:43 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
He MUST be impeached over this! /s

It is refreshing to see someone on the left slip up and admit just how screwed up Benghazi was though.

4 posted on 10/18/2017 3:09:53 AM PDT by Religion and Politics (It's Morning in America)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I can see him saying this, especially if it was part of the conversation lauding his bravery and desire to do good. My family knows that I have signed up for this and that death could be a possibility. Trump’s whole point could have been about the soldiers bravery or service, but if you cherry pick parts of the conversation, you could probably make Trump sound like anything.

By the way, what does GMAB mean?


5 posted on 10/18/2017 3:12:16 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: wbarmy

get me a beer.


6 posted on 10/18/2017 3:20:04 AM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: RC one

It just doesn’t sound like Trump


7 posted on 10/18/2017 3:25:09 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

[she overheard]

ABC distorted this story this morning BIG TIME. The widow made no comment about what the President told her in private. After spewing misinformation the commentators added, “The Representative didn’t know in what context the statement was made.”


8 posted on 10/18/2017 3:25:41 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12")
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To: wbarmy

Yes, I can see Trump saying that...in a true, caring way of course.

Frederica Wilson is a virulent Trump hater. She is the worst.


9 posted on 10/18/2017 3:27:28 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

It all depends on context. The guy did know what he was signing up for and yet he still signed up for it which seems quite commendable to me.


10 posted on 10/18/2017 3:27:47 AM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Try this version.

“He must have known what he signed up for .... and still he was willing to serve this great Nation that he loved.”


11 posted on 10/18/2017 3:29:33 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: wbarmy

They sign up knowing they could die & that’s what makes them special. He knew what he was getting into & yet he was willing to die for his country. All those who enlist know this & they are indeed heroes. That’s how I took it.


12 posted on 10/18/2017 3:30:30 AM PDT by FES0844 (G)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Why wouldn’t it be normal to acknowledge the obvious, especially since it does indeed point out the evidence of courage while facing possible death?

There is absolutely nothing that President Trump can do or say that the rabid antiTrumpers will ever approve.

I don’t think that will change.

Peach


13 posted on 10/18/2017 3:33:02 AM PDT by CarolinaPeach
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To: stars & stripes forever

Was Wilson listening in on the other end? How does she know this? Was the phone line bugged? Inquiring minds wanna know.....

Sick sick woman.


14 posted on 10/18/2017 3:38:59 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: Maskot

And what was this rep doing “riding” with the widow? Hmmmmm


15 posted on 10/18/2017 3:41:08 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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[Sick sick woman]

I’m SICK of seditious legislators like WILSON. Hopefully those in her district are too and give her the boot in 2018.


16 posted on 10/18/2017 3:42:25 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12")
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To: SoFloFreeper

“said she overheard...”
Newspeak for “fake news in overdrive”.


17 posted on 10/18/2017 3:44:21 AM PDT by miniTAX
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To: SoFloFreeper

Isn’t this an ode to courage? Knowing the peril and doing the right thing anyway?!?


18 posted on 10/18/2017 3:44:45 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Black widow feeds Trump-hate to her local Black Democrat. What a, um, surprise.


19 posted on 10/18/2017 3:48:13 AM PDT by montag813
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To: stars & stripes forever

Me too. Not just legislators, I’m sick of ALL anti American liberals.


20 posted on 10/18/2017 3:49:27 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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