a string of events that michigan after trump accused predecessors of not calling the family of fallen service members, but the white house stood by kelly cease statement friday. sara huckabee sanders responded in a dig. general kelly said he was stunned. that representative wilson made comments at a building de dedication honoring slain fbi agents including lobbying former president obama on legislation. as general kelly pointed out, if you re able to make a sacred act like honoring american heros all about yourself, you re an empty barrel. i ll put it more simply in the south. all hat, no cattle. according to the miami herald, one of thousands who attended the funeral on saturday morning. meanwhile, president trump was tweeting, quote, i hope the fake news media keeps talking about wacky congresswoman wilson in that she is a representative is
after the white house defended the chief of staff john kelly for calling congresswoman wilson an empty barrel. the press secretary said quote if you are able to make a sacred act like honoring american heroes about yourself then you are an empty barrel so they are not backing down. at the same time, they also want to move on from this dispute. they want the public and the media to focus on other things, focus on more policy issues, like tax reform, but it s tough to do when the president himself is continuing to tweet about it and talk about it. fox s maria bartiromo asked him about it in an interview airing on sunday morning futures tomorrow and he explained just how difficult these calls are to make. these are tougher than dealing with the heads of countries, believe me. these are very very hard calls. they re sad and sometimes, you know, the grieving is so incredible. but he s just an elegant man and a wonderful man, and he is doing
republicans, she asks the audience to repeat after her the motto of the fbi, fidelity, bravery and integrity. and she receives a standing ovation. in light of the fact that we can now see the whole speech, today, reporters asked white house press secretary sarah huckabee sta sanders stood by his statement. he said he was stunned over the comments, about her own actions in congress, including lobbying former president obama on legislation. as general kelly pointed out, if you are able to make a sacred act like honoring american heroes all about yourself, you re an empty barrel if you don t understand that reference, i ll put it a little more simply. as we say in the house, all hat, no cattle. have you seen the speech? i have. and then you know that most of it was her effusively praising these fbi agents and when she was talking about what she did in congress, she was not
comments. and you would be wrong, wrong because press secretary sarah sanders picks up right where trump and kelly left off. does general kelly still stand i the statement that he made yesterday that he felt that she was grandstanding and that she was taking credit for absolutely. general kelly said he was stunned that representative wilson made comments at a building dedication honoring slain fbi agents about her own actions in congress, including lobbying former president obama on legislation. as general kelly pointed out, if you re able to make a sacred act like honoring american heroes all about yourself, you re an empty barrel. she wasn t done with that. she went on to add this doozy. if you want to get into a debate with a four star marine general, i think that that s something highly inappropriate. with all due respect, it is absolutely appropriate to
stunned that representative wilson made comments at a building dedication honoring slain fbi agents about her own actions in congress including lobbying former president obama on legislation. as general kelly pointed out, if you re able to make a sacred act like honoring american heroes about yourself, you re an empty barrel. if you don t understand that reference, all hat, no cattle. have you seen the speech? i have. and you know most of it was her praising the fbi agents and in congress, not talking about getting securing $20 million but naming the building. she was also talking about the she went on to e fusively praised. and comments weren t part of the speech and witnessed by many people that were there. what general kelly referenced yesterday.