Posted on 10/18/2017 8:52:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The mother of a soldier killed in an ambush in Africa said Wednesday that President Trump "did disrespect my son" with remarks in a condolence telephone call a day earlier.
Sgt. La David T. Johnson's mother, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, told The Post on Wednesday that she was present during the call from the White House on Tuesday to Johnson's widow, Myeshia Johnson. She stood by an account of the call from Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) that Trump told Johnson's widow that her husband must have known what he signed up for.
"President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband," Jones-Johnson said in an exchange with the Post.
Trump denied Wilson's account in a Twitter message Wednesday. He said he had "proof" that the exchange did not go as Wilson had said. He did not elaborate, but the claim again raised questions about whether the president tapes calls and conversations.
Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2017
Wilson had said that the Johnson family was astonished by that remark during the phone call, which Wilson said she heard via a speaker phone while riding in a car with the Johnson family.
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I realize the family is grieving and want to cut them some slack for that. However, this whole brouhaha gives every indication that Frederica, Cowanda, and/or Myeshia cooked this media storm up for partisan reasons.
I won’t give them any slack since their pay pal account brought in $300,000 the first day! Cah-ching it rings when ever you cry ‘victim”
Good thing Trump fights back against these lies. A President Jeb would have resigned by now.
The President probably has a tape of his conversation. I hope he releases it so as to clarify things for these hate filled LIB/DIMs.
This story is BS, I’ll move on even if the hate filled 24/7 anti-Trump media won’t
A picture is worth a thousand words.
5.56mm
It’s not disrespectful, it’s consoling and encouraging. It means this soldier’s death, sacrificing self for country, was part of his ultimate mission.
...which Wilson said she heard via a speaker phone while riding in a car with the Johnson family.
Hmm, a Rep riding around in their car? Doing speakerphone with POTUS? Hmm...
I’m betting it is a flat lie. I doubt the rep was even in the car. I doubt she heard the conversation.
This doesn’t sound like compelling evidence:
“Wilson told WPLG, “Now, I didn’t hear the entire conversation, but when I tried to find out what the entire conversation was, she said, ‘I just can’t remember everything that he said.’ But that stood out in everyone’s, uh, heart on the call. You don’t say that. He is the president of the United States....”
No he didn’t, the mother just did. Fake news
This reminds me of an exchange I had with a liberal not long after 9/11. I told him that my nephew wanted to enlist in the military, impelled by the attacks on that day. He was shocked and said, “This is probably not the best time to enlist.” I looked him dead in the eye and replied, “This is precisely the time for good people to enlist and fight our enemies.”
There is nothing especially Ebonic about the name Frederica.
And the president shouldn’t be calling the family of every lost Soldier anyway. Think FDR had time for that?
And flags shouldn’t go half staff Everton a soldier dies.
That wasn’t started with respect. It was meant as a way to attack Bush during the iraq war. Seems like the flag is half staff 50% of the year anymore.
De oppresso liber
RLTW
Isaiah 6:8
So why was the reporter so interested in when Trump would call?
No it seems clear that the second news of this soldier's death came in, it was politicized. Awful.
I'm an American soldier, an American
Beside my brothers and my sisters
I will proudly take a stand
When liberty's in jeopardy
I will always do what's right
I'm out here on the front lines
sleep in peace tonight
American soldier, I'm an American soldier
He was a member of 3rd special forces group. He was support personnel, it’s a airborne unit[red beret signifies a airborne unit], he was there in support of the mission on the ground.
Get ready you lying scumbag because I PROMISE you, Reddit and 4Channers are going to find out a WHOLE LOT about you.....
YOU disrespected your son by LYING.
What the hell is a “La David” and a “Cowanda?”
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