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Rhiannon12866

(205,017 posts)
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 01:00 AM Oct 2017

Frederica Wilson 2015 video shows John Kelly got it wrong

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, criticizing Congresswoman Frederica Wilson of South Florida, misrepresented a 2015 speech she made at the opening of a new FBI building in Miramar, an exclusive South Florida Sun Sentinel video of her speech shows.

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Kelly criticized Wilson for listening in on the conversation between Trump and the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson. Wilson was in a car with the widow and Johnson’s mother going to the airport for the arrival of Johnson’s body, and the call was placed on speakerphone.

Kelly then continued his criticism of Wilson, mentioning the 2015 dedication of the Miramar FBI building, saying she focused in her speech that she “got the money” for the building.

Wilson said Kelly’s comment was a fabrication, that she wasn’t even elected to Congress when the funding for the building was approved. A Sun Sentinel video of the event supports Wilson’s version of the events.

Wilson did take credit for securing approval of the naming of the building just days before the dedication for two slain FBI agents.

(Includes video): http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-reg-wilson-kelly-tape-of-speech-20171020-story.html

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Frederica Wilson 2015 video shows John Kelly got it wrong (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 OP
He didn't get it wrong .... LenaBaby61 Oct 2017 #1
The thing I don't get is that these lies are so easy to disprove! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #2

Rhiannon12866

(205,017 posts)
2. The thing I don't get is that these lies are so easy to disprove!
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 01:55 AM
Oct 2017

In this day and age we have documents, we have videos! It's not just a matter of who said what. And then those who lied look even worse than if they'd said nothing.

And can you imagine any other president or administration even trying to get away with the constant lies and perpetual outrage? Obama? Jimmy Carter?? The only explanation I can come up with is that if the press is busy disproving all the lies and reporting on the daily scandals, they'll be too busy to dig into the bigger stories - the Russian collusion and the illegal business dealings...

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