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Lawrence: 'Stunned' By John Kelly's Attack On Rep. Frederica Wilson The Last Word MSNBC (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2017 OP
Wow. If you missed the show last night, this is worth watching. mnhtnbb Oct 2017 #1
Kelly used is self importance of deceit and deception to use his son and the other gold star parents turbinetree Oct 2017 #2
That was so very powerful and so very accurate Gothmog Oct 2017 #3
Acting like Donald in a way treestar Oct 2017 #4
I Do Not Believe John Kelly erpowers Oct 2017 #5
Very powerful. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #6

mnhtnbb

(31,319 posts)
1. Wow. If you missed the show last night, this is worth watching.
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 08:35 AM
Oct 2017

I am at the beach and deliberately avoiding news programs as much as possible. But I just watched this clip.

Kelly really does show his racism, without even blinking. No wonder he's able to work for Trump.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
2. Kelly used is self importance of deceit and deception to use his son and the other gold star parents
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 08:44 AM
Oct 2017

as vehicle of outright racism, and to say that the sexual predator in the white house to "bravely" protects this country as a added insult .

He actually said the word bravely....................

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
5. I Do Not Believe John Kelly
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 06:50 PM
Oct 2017

I do not believe anything that John Kelly said about his conversation with General Dunford after his son's death. I do not believe much of what Kelly said about Donald Trump asking him how to conduct a phone call with a family member of a fallen soldier. "He knew what he was getting himself into" does not seem like something someone would say in response to someone dying. I can accept the idea of someone saying "He died doing what he loved to do/wanted to do", or "He died surrounded by his friends", but who would say "He knew what he was getting into when he joined the Marines"? It just does not seem to me that the quote "He knew what he was getting into" would be said by a Marine, a Casualty Officer, or a friend.

I also do not believe Trump asked General Kelly for advice on how to make a condolence call. I do not think a person has to ask someone how to make a condolence call. You just call the person and offer your sympathy. Beyond that you just listen to the person and try to comfort them as much as you can. I think General Kelly just tried to take the fall for Trump.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. Very powerful.
Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:57 AM
Oct 2017

I hate John Kelly even more than I did before. He is a coward and a racist and this clip made that absolutely clear.

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