richest man. finally, 15,000 bucks, that s the high bid for nike s betsy ross flag sneakers on ebay. some of them slipped out before they scrapped it. the company scrapped them all together this week when colin kaepernick complained the flag was offensive because of what he said were connections to slavery. speaking of that story, in response to nike s decision to pull the patriotic shoes, our next guest, a gold star mother, spent her independence day honoring those who fight for our flag. her son, marine lance corporal, christopher levy was killed while fighting for our freedom in december of 2011. he was 21 years old. colin kaepernick was getting paid $14 million a year to throw a ball. my son died for $14,000 a year and he has given more than any football player, any athlete has ever given. i hear these marines that come
very important things to you, to me, to a lot of conservatives. but when we look back, do you think conservatives will be proud of some of the things that republicans defended? no. and i don t think we should be defending the things that are indefensible. that s not to say that everything the president says, obviously, is indefensible. but things that are clearly outside of bounds, like attacking a gold star mother. those are things, and i think a lot of republicans have done that, you re right, a lot have not. a lot have just whatever the president does, they find a reason to justify it. yeah. and i think that s wrong. and i think it actually has caused and encourages the president to do more things that are irresponsible that hurt him and hurt the country and hurt the republican cause and conservative cause. but does it hurt him? i mean, smeerg la murdered journalist. sure it does. assaulting a journalist. i don t know, maybe trump
debbie stabenow a democrat. steve: that would happen in november. what do voters think in michigan in todd piro is live at the romeo diner in romeo, michigan. todd: good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. and when looking at the candidates and deciding who to vote for, angela and jeff really look at those who are best prepared to deal with military issues. jeff is in the army reserves. his son nick is in the navy. angela s son chris is a marine and angela s son philip was killed in iraq. obviously no words i can say on behalf of myself or on behalf of the nation will ever truly thank you for your sacrifice and for your son s sacrifice. as a gold star mother, you say respect for the military under president trump is at a high. why do you say that? we have noticed that more people are respectful of who we are as americans and what we are known for doing.
having some tension between ivanka trump, the first daughter, and jared kushner, the son-in-law and senior adviser. look, it is a very, very difficult job. i can t imagine how anyone can do the job without having moments like john kelly had, wondering, am i being punished for this role? pun thing he h one thing he tried to do is limit who can put whatever article they saw on a web or blog to the president. he s not going to change his hypercombative instincts, the president. he s not going to stop the tweeting. he s not going to do all sorts of other things that people expect on a certain level, the chief of staff to do, in order to make the president more effective. we don t often seen john kelly in public, on-camera settings. he came to the briefing room a while back during the controversy over the gold star mother comments. he s doing this, clearly, because, again, 15th anniversary of the department of homeland security. i understand he followed
star mother, but to attack two gold star mothers. mrs. khan last year and mrs. johnson this year. and not surprising from a president who said his biggest sacrifice was building buildings, who said his personal vietnam was going to studio 54 in the 1980s, who said that john mccain wasn t a hero because he was captured. this is a president who is consistently disrespected military families and john kelly s great sacrifice can t cover for donald trump s great outrage. now, let s all keep in mind general kelly s being stunned, absolutely stunned that a congresswoman would mention how the new fbi office in miami was funded and possibly trying to seek credit for that will becally as every congressman does in that situation. he considered that a dishonorable thing to do. let s look at something that president trump did that john kelly has never said that he is stunned by. and that is, of course, the president s first visit to cia headquarters.