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Rep. Frederica Wilson strikes back at John Kelly: ‘Lying,’ ‘racist’
The Washington Times ^ | October 20, 2017 | S.A. Miller

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 president’s 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 Trump’s call to Army Sgt. La David Johnson’s widow and then accusing the president of being disrespectful.

“He has my sympathy for the loss of his son, but he can’t 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 that’s 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.”

“That’s a racist term, too. I’m thinking about that. We looked it up in the dictionary because I had never heard of an empty barrel, and I don’t like to be dragged into something like that,” she said.....

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TOPICS: Florida; Issues; Parties; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: democrats; kelly; niger; wilson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“but he can’t just go on TV and lie on me”

LOL.

21 posted on 10/20/2017 7:23:47 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Geronimo

**Language Warning**
**NSFW**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQwFXtzJ7_k


22 posted on 10/20/2017 7:24:05 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When they resort to the ‘race card’, you know they haven’t got much.

Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.


23 posted on 10/20/2017 7:24:17 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


24 posted on 10/20/2017 7:24:43 AM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
he can’t just go on TV and lie on me,

Funny that.

25 posted on 10/20/2017 7:24:50 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

26 posted on 10/20/2017 7:25:14 AM PDT by Bobalu (The NFL, Watching their demise is more fun than watching their games.)
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27 posted on 10/20/2017 7:25:38 AM PDT by Bobalu (The NFL, Watching their demise is more fun than watching their games.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He lied on me!


28 posted on 10/20/2017 7:26:18 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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To: Bobalu

I saw that, on Twitter, the other day.

I think I’ll start writing this on all of my $20 bills.


29 posted on 10/20/2017 7:27:13 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wilson playing the race card. She can put her race card where the sun does not shine.


30 posted on 10/20/2017 7:27:46 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When I heard him use the metaphor “empty barrel”, I knew it would be called racist. That’s the game.


31 posted on 10/20/2017 7:27:47 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: surrey

Can you believe this moron was an elementary school principal?

In the Congo???


32 posted on 10/20/2017 7:29:09 AM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: VanDeKoik

She sits on committees that affect your life. Ponder that.


33 posted on 10/20/2017 7:29:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: hal ogen

If she took off that hat, what she has for a brain would fall out.


34 posted on 10/20/2017 7:29:21 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.” - DJT)
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To: Bobalu

That’s pretty cool!


35 posted on 10/20/2017 7:29:25 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well if the hat fits “lady”.


36 posted on 10/20/2017 7:31:06 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Bobalu

Damn... this should trigger some liberals to petition removal of the WH from $20’s....


37 posted on 10/20/2017 7:34:18 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What is the average IQ of the people who elected her to office is the question.

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38 posted on 10/20/2017 7:34:26 AM PDT by Mears
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To: surrey

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?


39 posted on 10/20/2017 7:36:58 AM PDT by AFret.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

40 posted on 10/20/2017 7:38:44 AM PDT by 10mm
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