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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Kelly owes the congresswoman an apology
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-kelly-owes-the-congresswoman-an-apology/2017/10/20/c81205e2-b5c1-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.13ffaa0e57f3WHITE HOUSE Chief of Staff John F. Kelly owes Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) an apology. That is the only conclusion that can be drawn after watching a video of the representatives remarks at the dedication of an FBI building in Miramar, Fla., in 2015.
Mr. Kelly took to the lectern in the White House briefing room Thursday to defend President Trumps handling of a condolence call to a widow of one of the soldiers killed in Niger and to attack Ms. Wilson as selfish and politically motivated for her criticism. To bolster that characterization, he offered up his remembrance of the dedication of the FBI building in memory of two FBI agents who had been killed in the line of duty. He claimed Ms. Wilson used the occasion to take unseemly credit for securing federal funding for the building. We were stunned, he said, stunned that she had done it. Even for someone that is that empty a barrel, we were stunned.
But, as a video by the Florida Sun Sentinel of Ms. Wilsons remarks that day shows, Mr. Kelly got it all wrong. She did not say she got money for the building. She was generous and graceful in sharing credit for how legislation naming the building was fast-tracked. And she spent most of her nine-minute speech praising the FBI agents killed in a gunfight with drug dealers: Today it is our patriotic duty to lift up Special Agent Benjamin Grogan and Special Agent Jerry Dove from the streets of South Florida and place their names and pictures high, where the world will know that we are proud of their sacrifice, sacrifice for our nation.
It is unfortunate that the sacrifice of brave people such as these two agents or the four soldiers killed in Niger can get overwhelmed by the petty name-calling of politics. That is a point Mr. Kelly was trying to make Thursday, and that he undercut with his misrepresentation of Ms. Wilson. He needs to set the record straight.
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John Kelly owes the congresswoman an apology (Original Post)
Stonepounder
Oct 2017
OP
The whole administration owe a number of people apologies. Not gonna happen.
Mediumsizedhand
Oct 2017
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)1. He was probably told this by trump, it sounds like a trump move
Mediumsizedhand
(531 posts)2. The whole administration owe a number of people apologies. Not gonna happen.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)3. K & R
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)4. Someone will leak who wrote
Kelly's message. When the reference to Obama popped up,that was a tell that someone crafted this with a specific purpose.
ffr
(22,671 posts)5. More like, he should kiss her mo-fo-ing ass!!
You don't get to lie, just because you're in power. Shame on you General Kelly! You sold out!
Putin, but be laughing at all the chaos this regime is inflicting on America.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)6. Yeah, needlessly attacking the congress woman based off false info
hay rick
(7,640 posts)7. Kelly disgraced himself.
Worse- much of his credibility is based on his military rank and service. His failure is a failure of character and the American people should now be questioning their faith in our military leadership.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)8. Like all the other liars in this administration...
there will be no apology forthcoming.The Trump administration explains their lies with even more, bigger lies. Being a Republican means never having to say you're sorry, even in the face of insurmountable proof that they're wrong.
coolsandy
(479 posts)9. Never happen. Check his record...he is a "deplorable" in military uniform according to ACLU
no_hypocrisy
(46,190 posts)10. Even if he wanted to apologize, Trump would never allow it.