Ed Martin on CNN said this last night:
… President tried to say something from his heart, in artfully … And Kelly, who lost his son, said this is what we are trying to do and we have a woman, a congresswoman running around with a hat on, calling herself a rockstar saying it is white supremacy
That’s a lot to unpack:
- Pres Trump lied that he of all the Presidents so far reaches out to every single gold star family. His office didn’t even have the complete list of fallen soldiers at that time
- Pres Trump did say something inartfully. Admitting that the next day and showing humility would have ended the issue. Presidents are under stress, and even lazy ones like Trump, need to be given latitude when they misspeak. However, no latitude if they refuse to admit their mistake
- John Kelly di more than come out & defend the President. If he had stuck to just that, he would have been fine. Instead he called Rep Wilson an empty barrel
For Ed Martin to discount every single mistake of President Trump and John Kelly and focus on the appearance of Rep Wilson and mock her is the epitome of white entitlement
And it got worse from there:
Frederica Wilson is not relevant for this moment. Put her aside
WTF Ed, Rep Wilson had a personal connect to the family. She mentored the kid. And you are the TV talking idiot who keeps dragging this one forever to curry favor with the right wing nuts & President Trump
When asked when she lied, Ed said this:
This is much worse than lying. It is taking a part of the speech and part of a conversation and going in public and demagoguing it. It is much worse than lying, it is called exploiting a family suffering …
When asked why President of United States can lie & Chief of Staff lied, Ed replied:
He did not lie … You can hang your hat on things like that and pretend that that’s what the truth of the matter is. The truth is that the President tried doing something nice and it was misconstrued. And Kelly tried something nice and it was misconstrued. You call it racist, You call it offensive. You are dividing America instead of bringing us together. You (Bakari Sellers — a black man!) are the problem and so is Frederica Wilson
So, white men lying about their action is completely fine. But a black woman telling the truth is grand standing and dividing us.
That is the epitome of white supremacy …
America, you are better than this. Wake up ...