She hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, "He didnt even remember his name."

[Miles Archer]

Trump disputes account of his call with soldier’s widow. But congresswoman who heard exchange says it was ‘horrible.’

Wilson told MSNBC on Wednesday that Johnson's widow, Myeshia, 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.”

Wilson went on to say Trump “was almost like joking. He said, ‘Well, I guess you knew’ — something to the effect that ‘he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but I guess it hurts anyway.’ You know, just matter-of-factly, that this is what happens, anyone who is signing up for military duty is signing up to die. That’s the way we interpreted it. It was horrible. It was insensitive. It was absolutely crazy, unnecessary. I was livid.”

“She was in tears. She was in tears. And she said, ‘He didn’t even remember his name.’”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/18/totally-fabricated-trump-disputes-congresswomans-depiction-of-his-exchange-with-soldiers-widow/?utm_term=.ab14a768b6a4

[C_U_L8R]

1. I believe her

[jrthin]

3. I too believe her. nt

[calimary]

34. So do I.

Don’t forget this jerk’s reputation for lying. He lies like the rest of us breathe. He has not a single grain-of-sand’s worth of empathy or compassion. His track record of wall-to-wall, constant, and consistent dishonesty would compel any objective listener NOT to give him the benefit of the doubt. He squandered that privilege LOOOOONNNNGG ago.

[iluvtennis]

61. Ditto

[Hortensis]

37. I would tend to anyway, but Mrs. Johnson's words reveal

she still had/has illusions about him, and so many do. This dysfunctional buffoon could not hurt me, though I'm guessing in grief this call could be extremely upsetting. Everything about this is so wrong.

[NastyRiffraff]

13. As horrible as it is, it's easy to believe

When Dump is talking, what comes out of his mouth is often pure poison. This certainly was.

[JDC]

54. No doubt in my mind

[dalton99a]

2. Worthless gesture, from the useless piece of shit

[DK504]

4. I'd like to be surprised by cretin, but it doesn't surprise me at all.

If she is so off base Baboon, release the tape you have of the phone call. Release the tape!! Prove us wrong, prove the widow and mother of a dead soldier wrong. DO IT.

[leftstreet]

5. That's he problem. He has to 'guess' how people feel

but I guess it hurts anyway

Because he's completely incapable of empathy

[BeyondGeography]

6. Two children ages 2 and 6 and a third on the way

Rep. Wilson has set up a scholarship fund for the kids if you are able to help:

https://www.gofundme.com/sgt-la-david-johnson-scholarship

[blaze]

9. Funding is over $300,000 after one day. Looking for a million.

This is a wonderful response.

[PearliePoo2]

12. The scholarship fund for the children has raised

almost $316,000 in one day. That's terrific.
It appears these Gold Star children will be getting a high quality education.

[Marthe48]

24. This is uplifting :)

n/t

[Stuart G]

7. Very Sad.. Trump has lost this..and it is truly ugly. Of course, we believe her.

[smirkymonkey]

8. I have no words.

This is probably the most despicable thing he has done to date.

[Dave Starsky]

14. Every day he does something even more despicable.

There really is no end to his depravity.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. It probably would have been better if he had skipped the phone call and let his staff write a letter

for him to sign. He clearly lacks any empathy.

[Dave Starsky]

15. I don't think his staff is capable, either.

Let's face it, they're all about the worst that society can produce.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. You might be right. He seems to surround himself with people that share his personality traits.

[Marthe48]

25. I wouldn't accept a call from him, or open a letter from the White House

By now, I know it's a junk call and junk mail

[PJMcK]

58. You've insulted junk (n/t)

[lunasun]

47. Who on his staff could write a sincere letter? I imagine all kind of innuendos and digs from them

to a grieving AA military widow. Then they chuckle as they send it "Here's your letter ha ha" and flash their WP finger sign to each other
they are deplorable

[Dem_4_Life]

11. This breaks my heart and angers me at the same time.

He has no SOUL.

[gopiscrap]

29. I wrote about this on DU last night

fuck him as I said last night, as a child, standing at the flag draped coffin of my father who died in combat, was one of the most heart rending experiences of my life. I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like for a spouse and then to have that evil, soul less piece of shit insult her and her husband's sacrifice in that manner is just incomprehensible.

[LisaM]

42. As an aside, I'm sorry that you had to go through that...

and I'm sorry you lost your dad. It gives you a place to come from during this event and let us know what it is like, which I appreciate.

[gopiscrap]

50. thank you, I can only share it from the perspective of a child (I was 7)

I didn't have all the other practical complications that an adult spouse has. I can't even begin to imagine what that is like...however I did see my mother grieve and live the rest of her life with this burden

[sunonmars]

16. A whole new level of sewer level scumbaggery by Trump

He has the brain of a psychopath, has no qualms of hurting people and feels no conscience or remorse.....

[gratuitous]

17. Not even close to how bad this episode will get

I'm afraid Myeshia Johnson is going to find out very soon what happens when the Nitwit Brigade swings into action. Prepare to be nauseated, everyone.

[maryellen99]

18. They have already started on Fox and Friends

Saying that she should just be grateful that he called.

[sunonmars]

19. i hope the military and veteran voters are closely watching this disrespect.

[PearliePoo2]

32. I should be surprised, but I'm not. They're beyond disgusting.

Fox and Friends are despicable, racist filth to the core. Fox is a treasonous threat to the Nation.

[uponit7771]

35. Republican state run propaganda is part of the problem

[Snake Plissken]

20. I bet the conservation went something like this

I guess it just wasn't your husband's day, well at least he died having fun doing what he loved. Here let me give you a discount code so you can get 5% off any orders of $200 or more of my MAGA caps on my website, be sure to let everyone know how beautiful I treated you, and the tremendously sacrifice I made coming here to see you. What was your husband's name again?

[sunonmars]

21. What a piece of shit......"your guy"

Link to tweet

[avebury]

44. Megan McCain was dispicable.

The Congresswoman let her have it but good. Rep. Wilson has known the deceased since he was a young boy and had mentored him. Rep. Wilson has know the soldier's family for years. The Congresswoman was not making it a political issue but was coming from a position of someone who loved this young man and his family. Good for her.

[raven mad]

22. Humanity?

Thy name is NOT sTrumpet.

[Gothmog]

26. For this thread

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F10029724170

[Doodley]

27. Trump fans would say this is the proof he does call for fallen soldiers.

[gordianot]

30. The question then becomes "What does he call them?".

[Glimmer of Hope]

28. He still doesn't know.

[Faux pas]

31. Kickin'

with sadness and disgust

[ffr]

33. Is there a day since 11/9/16 that goes by where we're not more horrified than the next?

My jaw can't stop dragging itself on the floor.

[MFM008]

36. Sane people believe her

....

[fierywoman]

43. It's not he said-she said; it's: he said- three women heard him say it.

[avebury]

46. I believe that it was he said vs

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the widow, the mother, the aunt, the uncle, the Congresswoman, a military guy, the driver of the vehicle and what sounded like the Congresswoman's driver (based upon what the Congresswoman said on The View). That is a lot of people to back up what the Congresswoman said.

Given Dump's track record, I believe the Congresswoman.

[fierywoman]

48. Even better! (thanks for the info)

[LudwigPastorius]

38. Another installment of the never-ending shit show that is Trump...

I was watching the David Fincher series "Mindhunter" last night and the psychologist character said, about psychopaths, "they don't believe that other people have interior lives".

That describes Trump to a T, a raging narcissist, incapable of empathy, or human decency.

[niyad]

39. sadly, does this actually surprise ANY of us????

the only thing that WOULD surprise me is if, once, just once, he acted like a normal human being.

[Salviati]

41. Why should it surprise us, or the fact that his supporters will defend him.

He picked a fight with a gold star family when he was campaigning for the job, what made us think he'd stop once he got it.

[hamsterjill]

40. Please forgive this question.

I've just returned to work after a family death, and I've not kept up with all of the news of recent weeks. I'm a cube rat at the moment and can't look up the information myself.

But, was the deceased a Black American? Regardless of his skin color, this account of the conversation just makes my blood boil. But if it is as I assume it is, Trump was probably being callous because of his disdain for people not like himself. THAT makes me even angrier.

Trump is hideous.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

45. I just looked at the GoFundMe link, and you are correct: The soldier was a Black American.

tRump is a maggot.

[hamsterjill]

49. Thank you, Peggy.

And YES, tRump IS a maggot. And now trying to lie about the conversation! Unbelieveable!

[sarge43]

51. Sgt Johnson was a Black American

Some question if Moron knew this or cared. If a person isn't white or rich or male or better yet all three, in his rat's nest of a mind, that person is a loser. Not worthy of his attention. Kelly probably told him he had to make an effort about the soldiers killed in Niger. The only surprise it wasn't worse and it could have been.

[hamsterjill]

52. I'm sure the Moron-In-Chief knew that Sgt. Johnson was a Black American.

Someone would have told him.

It's disgusting. Simply disgusting. It makes me want to vomit what this asshole has done to my country. Yes, it could have been worse. But it shouldn't be that way. These families have already gone through hell and back, and they don't deserve to be disrespected this way. NONE of them.

[trueblue2007]

53. I AM SO SORRY FOR MRS. JOHNSON. So sorry. I grieve with her.

I AM SO SORRY FOR MRS. JOHNSON. So sorry. I grieve with her. I too have lost someone very close.




* i lost my mother when i was only 13.

[rurallib]

55. Tillerson had it on the button -"FUCKING MORON"

and let me add a miserable human.
Hell, he's a miserable any species.

[ClusterFreak]

56. How much longer, America? How much longer?

I ask this question rhetorically, and perhaps a little arrogantly, as an extremely interested Canadian observer. I know a solid majority of Americans would prefer it if this wretchedly pathetic excuse for a human being was no longer their President. Everyone here sure does of course. On DU and the vast majority of Canadians. Nonetheless, I just gotta say it. I just gotta ask. How much fucking longer?

[yuiyoshida]

57. I am surprised he didn't end the call with

"Have a good day!!" ...or " Have fun!"

[Blue Owl]

59. Go fuck yourself Trump

[L. Coyote]

60. 25 45