La David Trump Attack Persuasive Speech

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Apparently, the he-said-she-said roller coaster between President Donald Trump and Rep. Frederica S. Wilson has a third side: the mother denies Trump's version of his condolence call and said the commander-in-chief was ill-mannered about her fallen green beret son, Sgt. La David T. Johnson, who was killed during a mission in Africa. U.S. Special Forces soldier, La David Johnson, was killed along with three other green beret members during an ambush attack in Niger on Oct. 4. Reportedly, the military service members were part of a support mission when they came under surprise fire. https://www.inquisitr.com/4562335/trump-to-pregnant-widow-of-us-army-sgt-la-david-johnson-killed-in-africa-he-knew-what-he-signed-up-for/ As previously reported …show more content…

"She was crying the whole time, and when she hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, 'He didn’t even remember his name.' That’s the hurting part." Wilson added that Trump "was almost like joking. He said, 'Well, I guess you knew' — something to the effect that 'he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but I guess it hurts anyway.' You know, just matter-of-factly, that this is what happens, anyone who is signing up for military duty is signing up to die. That’s the way we interpreted it. It was horrible. It was insensitive. It was absolutely crazy, unnecessary. I was livid." The dead green beret's mom, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, said that "President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband." Sanders later said she thinks it's a disgrace that Rep. Wilson is "politicizing" the conversation. She says that there are no recordings that back up Trump's claims, but she told reporters that members of Trump's administration, including White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, were present.