"He Knew What He Signed Up For"

? _i_look_like wrote: »

So whats up with his family never seeing the body? His dad was on tv today talking about how the military refuses to show him or his wife the body. Beyond ? up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW386uqPMTw

Carson: People ‘Looking’ For Something To Criticize In Trump’s Call To Widow

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson on Wednesday said some people “were just looking for something to complain about” in President Donald Trump’s remarks to the widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger earlier in October.

Asked about Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s family, who criticized Trump’s remarks, Carson said, “I think there were people who were just looking for something to complain about.”

“I mean, if he had said, you know, ‘I’m sorry, this is sure a dark day for you,’ they would have said ‘See, he’s a racist, he said a dark day,'” Carson, who is black, said, apparently referring to Johnson and his widow Myeshia Johnson, who are also black.

Carson made the remarks during an event hosted by the Hill on Wednesday morning, in response to a question posted by the Hill’s editor-in-chief Bob Cusack. Democratic research group American Bridge flagged the remarks to TPM in an email.

“The video clearly shows Secretary Carson channeling Donald Trump and maligning a Gold Star family’s sacrifice,” American Bridge spokesperson Harrell Kirstein told TPM by email. “This is just another example of the lack of sympathy from the Trump Administration for families of American service men and women killed in action.”

Report: Rep. Frederica Wilson Away From Washington Amid Ongoing Threats

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) didn’t cast at least 20 votes in the House so far this week after reportedly not returning to Washington on Monday amid ongoing threats, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.

A source close to Wilson as well as Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) confirmed that Wilson elected to stay home this week because she had received threats for criticizing President Donald Trump’s conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, an American soldier who was killed in Niger earlier this month.

“She’s home,” Hastings told the Herald. “I have not spoken with her about it, but I’ve heard that she’s received substantial death threats and I think she is doing everything she can to ratchet down and let some of us, including me, take over.”

The source close to Wilson said police are investigating “some” of the threats against Wilson.

A spokesperson for Wilson’s office did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.

Wilson and Trump were in a war of words last week, after Wilson told reporters that Trump couldn’t remember the Johnson’s name during a condolence call with his widow and suggested that Johnson knew “what he was signing up for.”

On Twitter, Trump claimed Wilson “fabricated” the story and accused her of lying and “SECRETLY” listening in on a “very personal” phone call.

Wilson stood by her story, which the widow later confirmed, and said she was in the car with Johnson’s widow, Myeshia Johnson, because she has been a close mentor to the fallen soldier since he was young.