Frederica Wilson says John Kelly lied from the White House podium
When White House Chief of Staff John Kelly condemned a Miami congresswoman on Thursday for sneering at President Donald Trump’s condolence call to a soldier’s widow, the retired general recalled when the two attended a somber ceremony in Miramar to dedicate a new FBI building named after two slain FBI agents. Kelly criticized Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson for claiming “she got the money” for the new building during the 2015 ceremony while he and others in the audience were focused on the heroism of agents Benjamin Grogan and Jerry Dove, killed during a 1986 shootout with bank robbers south of Miami. Thursday night, Wilson said Kelly got the story flat-out wrong. In fact, she said Washington approved the money before she was even in Congress. The legislation she sponsored named the building after Grogan and Dove, a law enacted just days before the ceremony.
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In fact, this crazy congress-critter also said that General Kelly used a racist term (her words) in calling her an 'Empty Barrel' though he didn't mention her by name. Every believable definition that one can find (except hers) disputes that very characterization she made, but what the heck, in for a penny, in for a pound.
Well - Sarah Sanders clarified everything
Hummm - OK - sort of like using Kelly's son as a throw away line to slight Obama?
Like that?
Anderson Cooper has a nice little list of examples of "empty barrelism" HERE.
I listened to Wilson's entire speech - it got a standing ovation - perhaps Kelly stayed seated. I though it was all about how so many people pulled together to honor the FBI agents.
Still I'm "stunned" that a speech like Wilson's could offend him so and yet he would then willingly work for President Trump - the hogshead of empty barrels. If he took the job for "duty and obligation", should he not resign - for "honor"?
I do think Kelly is somewhat compromised and tainted by his service to Trump, although I do think he is an honorable man. He needs to get out of there fairly soon though before the stank of it all gets to him.