No Time For Politics
A Democratic Congresswoman is accusing President Trump of speaking in a callous and un-Presidential manner. A charge President Trump called “totally fabricated” in a tweet. Two things in this matter ring out as undeniable 1) Either the President or the Congresswoman are not being honest 2) The death of a serviceman is being used as a political football. If and when the full details come out, we as a society should hold the dishonest party fully accountable and we as a society should respect the feelings of the family grieving the loss of a fallen soldier.
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.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.
Later Wednesday, Trump expanded on his denial.
“I didn’t say what that congresswoman said; didn’t say it all. She knows it,” Trump said when asked about the exchange by a reporter. “I had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who was — sounded like a lovely woman. Did not say what the congresswoman said, and most people aren’t too surprised to hear that.”
Trump spoke at a meeting at the White house with members of the Senate Finance Committee.
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.
Wilson told MSNBC on Wednesday that Johnson’s widow was shaken by the exchange.
“She was crying the whole time, and when she hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, ‘He didn’t even remember his name.’ That’s the hurting part.”
