From our nbc headquarters here in new york. Day 272 of the trump administration, and we begin tonight with a story that wasnt a story until donald trump made it one. Its actually more than that by now. Its deeply disturbing to most folks because it involves something all folks regard as sacred, the loss of our men and women in uniform and the gold star family members they leave behind. First the president compared his handling of gold star families to his predecessors and made false claims by doing so about president obama. Then last night came the story of the condolence telephone call he made to the widow of u. S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson who was killed in an ambush in niger in africa earlier this month. Johnsons widow, mieshia, is 24. They have two young children. She is expecting in three months. And about that telephone call, it was playsed two weeks after this ambush killed four u. S. Service members and wounded two others. Former democratic congresswoman fred rico wilson w
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because you don t know how it s going to affect that person or those persons. and what i really want to say, i decent want this to be some back and forth banter about whether or not someone did a better job. it s about my son, etienne. specialist etienne murphy. he loved doing what he did. and now, this is the aftermath. this is what happens when people our young people go over there to fight for a country that they love so much. we re the aftermath. we re the casualties of war. my daughter-in-law, my grandchildren, my son, they re the casualties of war. young people, those soldiers that come back with ptsd, they re the casualties of war. it s not about whether or not a person may have called or did something more than the previous one. it ee s about what are you doin now to help those who are left
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he wanted to do more for his country. he volunteered to become a ranger, which he did. one of the army s elite. and it was just his goal to go and fight, against evil for this world, for this country and for his family. a letter or a call, really, isn t going to change how i feel. but i just think that whenever anyone is discussing things that have to do with people who are grieving, they should maybe think about what they re saying because you don t know how it s going to affect that person or those persons. and what i really want to say, i decent want this to be some back and forth banter about whether or not someone did a better job. it s about my son, etienne. specialist etienne murphy. he loved doing what he did. and now, this is the aftermath.
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