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White House 'hung up' on Gold Star widow when she called to complain about Trump tax bill
A Gold Star widow told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Friday that the Trump White House hung up on her when she called to tell them about how President Donald Trump’s signature tax plan has been hurting her family.
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Braden-Rogers went on to explain how she has tried to reach out to lawmakers to lobby them to fix the tax law so Gold Star families don’t get hit with higher tax bills — but she said that several Republicans, including the Trump White House, have been giving her the cold shoulder.
“In April, I tried calling [the White House] and was hung up on,” she said.
Camerota seemed surprised that the White House would just hang up on a Gold Star widow and asked her to explain further.
“As soon as the operator at the White House comment line answered the phone and I started to explain the reason of my call… they literally hung up, they didn’t say, ‘Thank you for calling,’ you know, ‘We’ll take your concerns to the president’… they hung up on me.”
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Braden-Rogers went on to explain how she has tried to reach out to lawmakers to lobby them to fix the tax law so Gold Star families don’t get hit with higher tax bills — but she said that several Republicans, including the Trump White House, have been giving her the cold shoulder.
“In April, I tried calling [the White House] and was hung up on,” she said.
Camerota seemed surprised that the White House would just hang up on a Gold Star widow and asked her to explain further.
“As soon as the operator at the White House comment line answered the phone and I started to explain the reason of my call… they literally hung up, they didn’t say, ‘Thank you for calling,’ you know, ‘We’ll take your concerns to the president’… they hung up on me.”
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/white-house-hung-up-on-gold-star-widow-when-she-called-to-complain-about-trump-tax-bill-cnn/|
Of COURSE they did
