John Kelly responds to rodeo clown Rep. Wilson

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said he was "stunned" and "brokenhearted" by rodeo clown and congresswoman Frederica Wilson's comments about President Trump's call to a grieving widow of a slain soldier and making the call a public discussion. Wilson, who had no business listening in on the call, turned it into a political spectacle.

Kelly was clearly emotional as he lost his own son, 2nd Lt. Robert Kelly in 2010 fighting in Afghanistan.

The former Marine Corps General in a rare and emotional instance spoke from the White House briefing room podium condemning Wilson for listening to the phone call the president made to the widow and then criticized him for his tone in the media.

"I was stunned when I came to work yesterday morning and brokenhearted at what I saw a member of Congress doing--a member of Congress who listened in on a phone call from the president" to the widow, he told reporters.

"It stuns me that a member of Congress would have listened in on that conversation, absolutely stuns me . . . I thought at least that was sacred," he said in a clearly emotional tone.

He added that he was so shocked by the escalation of events the Florida rodeo clown of a congresswoman created, that he went to Arlington National Cemetery to walk among the fallen.

To use an American warrior's death for a political ploy is not just unconscionable, it's totally disgusting. 

The call President Trump made was to the widow of Army Sgt. La David Johnson. He was one of four Americans killed in an ambush in Niger on October 4th. 

Wilson within hours went to the press in one of her ridiculously stupid-looking undersized cowboy hats to criticize Trump for allegedly saying on the call that "he [Johnson] knew what he signed up for," saying the remark was insensitive. 

Making Johnson's death a political issue is what's insensitive in this case, and it was made by a Democratic Congress Clown who never displayed any political support for the military in the past. She voted against benefits for military widows and widowers and voted against VA funding issues.

Kelly assured the public that Trump's words were not only private, but were also taken out of context, and that Wilson should not have listened to the conversation at all. 

He added that Trump was trying to say something along the lines of what Gen. Joseph Dunford told him when his own son died: That "he was doing exactly what he wanted to do . . . he knew what he was getting into."

Wilson responded to Kelly remarks soon after he spoke. 

"Let me tell you what my mother told me when I was little. She said 'The dog can bark at the moon all night long, but it doesn't become an issue until the moon barks back,'" the clown told reporters.

After President Trump also responded and denied Wilson's words, she later gloated about how she's now famous for getting the President of the United States to react.

How wonderful that Wilson was so happy about the public exposure--I wonder how Mrs. Johnson felt about her big smiling face under the shiny rodeo clown hat.


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