Johnson's mom to WaPo: "President Trump did disrespect my son & my daughter & also me & my husband"
Johnson's mother to WaPo:
"President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband."
The grieving mother of a U.S. soldier killed in an ambush two weeks ago has confirmed that President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband.
Cowanda Jones-Johnson, the mother of Sgt. David Johnson, confirmed Rep Frederica Wilsons account that President Donald Trump told the soldiers widow that he knew what he signed up for during a phone call.
Jones-Johnson says she was in the car when Trump called her daughter-in-law, Myeshia Johnson, to offer his condolences, and overheard the conversation on speakerphone, The Washington Post reported.
President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband, Jones-Johnson told the newspaper on Wednesday.
The soldiers mother declined to elaborate, but confirmed that Wilsons account of the conversation was accurate.
http://people.com/politics/slain-soldier-mother-president-trump-disrespect-son/