about senator corker a reporter asked about the comments. here s what she said. i don t believe that general kelly mischaracterized. he gave his account of what took place. general kelly and his family have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. i think he s led with honor and integrity. he s doing a great job as chief of staff and i don t think he has anything to correct or apologize for. let s bring back the panel. kie this idea that he sacrificed, he s a general so let s not question him, yes, he s done wonderful things for the country. there s no question. but that doesn t mean he gets a pass about making up something about someone. if you look at the video, that was pretty standard politicking. she gave credit to a lot of people.
doesn t lie. john kelly srection of a 2015 of speech by frederick wilson was faulty. kelly standing at the white house podium said the congresswoman said things that a tape of the event proved she did not say but no acknowledge.. just another effort at taxpayer expense to redefine truth. i don t believe that general kelly mischaracterized. he gave his account of what took place. eligible kelly and his family have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. i think he s led with honor and integrity. i think he s doing a great job of chief of staff and i don t think he has anything to correct or apologize for. general kelly served with distinction. he s an american hero. he s a gold star parent and had tragedy in his family. what he said was not true. so then using his military service to say therefore, you cannot question him i m sorry, that is equal to if not a
kelly mischaracterizing congresswoman frederica wilson s speech. watch this. i don t believe that general kelly mischaracterized. he gave his account of what took place. general kelly and his family have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. i think he s led with honor and integrity. i think he s doing a great job of chief of staff and i don t think he has anything to correct or apologize for. so he didn t mischaracterize. we have what he said, and then we have the tape which doesn t show what he says. shouldn t he apologize since he was wrong? general kelly should apologize. congresswoman frederica wilson is a well respected member of congress. she s smart. she has a history of fighting for children and for families and she told the truth. so why in the world would he try to malign his character? the tapes and the videos really show exactly what happened.
i put our senators on notice, put it on your radar, senator nelson and senator rubio who i believe have representatives here today. they hot-lined it to the senate floor in just two days. guess what the president signed it into law, april 7th, 2015, with a bang, bang, bang. [ applause ] sarah sanders later said that kelly was referring to other comments made off video, but there s no proof of that. so, back to today after talking about the president s mistruths about senator corker a reporter asked about the comments. here s what she said. i don t believe that general kelly mischaracterized. he gave his account of what took place. general kelly and his family have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. i think he s led with honor and
came out here at this podium and mischaracterized the speech by a congresswoman given at an fbi building dedication. why won t the chief of staff or you right now acknowledge that that was a mischaracteration and correct the record? i don t believe that general kelly mischaracterized. he gave his account of what took place. general kelly and his family have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. i think he s led with honor and integrity. i think he s doing a great job as chief of staff and i don t think he has anything to correct or apologize for. sarah? ali? why wouldn t even if president trump mentioned his why hasn t he or anyone from the white house apologized for how she took his call? she took his call as insensitive. look, the president was making the point that his call was meant to be respectful, sympathetic and the purpose was to offer condolences on behalf of the nation.