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NBC News reports:
A Florida congresswoman said that the family of a U.S. service member killed in Niger was “astonished” when President Donald Trump suggested in a phone call that the soldier “must’ve known what he signed up for.”
Rep. Frederica Wilson told NBC Miami that she heard the president’s comment to Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s widow, Myeshia, on speaker phone as they traveled together to meet his body on Tuesday.
“He said, ‘But you know he must’ve known what he signed up for,'” the Democrat recounted Trump saying more than once during the call to express his sympathy. According to Wilson, the conversation lasted somewhere from three to five minutes.
“Everyone knows when you go to war you could possibly not come back alive but you don’t remind a grieving widow of that,” Wilson said. “That’s so insensitive.”
At this writing Rep. Wilson is live on CNN furiously defending her claim about the conversation.
Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2017
Rep. Wilson on Trump's claim that she "fabricated" his comments: "I have no reason to lie" https://t.co/F5EJcoJvQg
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 18, 2017
Rep. Wilson says the widow "broke down" after her call with Trump, saying "he didn't even know his name" https://t.co/NH32B5q7pC
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 18, 2017