trump is now talking about is that impeachment spectacle. let s go back to him. he is a political operative. these gentlemen know it. and frankly the ig never should ve brought him. if he would ve compared with the whistle-blower said to what i said in the conversation. two conversations, really. but to what i said in the conversation with the president, who i think is a terrific person, of ukraine, he would ve said, wait a minute, the whistle-blower said this. and that wasn t the conversation, because we have the transcribed conversation. and also, shifty schiff is dishonest, a corrupt politician. when he imitated, tried to copy my conversation and his copy, he made up a conversation, went before congress, and made up a phony conversation. just like he does every time he talks. he is a phony. he is a very dishonest, very corrupt politician.
trying to remember my husband s name. and that is what hurt me the most because if my husband is out here fighting for our country, and he risks his life for our country, why can t you remember his name. so the president responded to that, just minutes later, and here s what the president writes. let s pull it on the screen for you. i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant la david johnson and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation. so he s saying what she said didn t happen. what s your response. mrs. johnson is a widow in mourning and i believe her. i believe congresswoman wilson. we need to reach out. the president needs to stop it. this is a moment of fwreef, it s a moment of mourning. we need a full investigation first of all. we need to understand what took place, how it took place.
the white house is expect nothing further from the president on this one in terms of communication with the family. so if that is the case, and if this is all that is left, him disputing the widow s own feelings, and essentially calling her a liar, that s what he s doing with this statement, how can that be? it s not a good look, poppy. here s what i will tell you, i learned a lot from my wife one time when we were extended in combat and my commanding general sent me back to germany to assuage all the concerns of the spouses. my wife grabbed me at the airport and she said the most important thing, don t talk about the mission and don t talk about what soldiers do. validate the spouses feelings. that s what the president hasn t done. he has not validated a gold star widow s feelings. that s unfortunate. it s not a good look for a commander in chief, for any commander, to kind of get in these kind of fights with a grieving widow. may not be a political thing, it might be a human thi
administration on how her husband died, why his body was left for 48 hours, why she hasn t been able to see or identify her husband yet. do you have questions for the administration on this as well? well, first, we need to honor the fallen soldier, sergeant johnson, and his family, and tell them how much we appreciate his sacrifice and sacrifice of the family and for all our men and women in uniform and their family. how much we appreciate them and honor them. i understand there s some questions hopefully there can be more answers and also as you know, we re looking into you know the military effort in niger and we ll continue to do that and get more facts. senator, you know, it s a delicate question here but myesha johnson was on tv this morning and clearly still hurt by the conversation she had with the president. our reporting from the white house is, is that the president has no intention to reach out to her again, a phone call or l
letter or an aide saying we re sorry you feel that this wasn t the conversation that you wanted to have at that time. do you think that someone ought to just touch base with her and say hey we re sorry you feel this way. forget the politics of this but a human level, you shouldn t be hurt by a conversation like this. i believe the president was trying to reach out to her, to myesha and the family. i think there will be we have an ongoing effort through our military and others through the military groups the support groups to help our gold star families and support them and that s ongoing and will be ongoing for the johnson family and all our families. the thing we have to keep in mind here we are all grateful for the sacrifice of our soldiers, men and women in uniform, and particularly when they pay the ultimate sacrifice for them and for their families. and that s the key, that we all recognize that and honor them. we want those families to know we all feel that way and to