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“I want to apologize to the organizers of the Women’s Convention for not being able to attend your conference next Friday in Detroit. Given the emergency situation in Puerto Rico, I will be traveling there to visit with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz and other officials to determine the best way forward to deal with the devastation the island is experiencing," he said in a statement.

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After White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly gave a deeply personal and emotionally-charged statement against the politicization of fallen soldiers and their grieving families, Florida Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson laughed to reporters about her role in stirring up the controversy over President Trump's painful call to a Gold Star widow.

"You mean to tell me that I have become so important that the White House is following me and my words," Rep. Wilson laughingly told Miami 7 News on Thursday. "That's amazing! This is amazing! That is absolutely phenomenal! I'll have to tell my kids that I'm a rock star now!"

What Wilson is so flippantly laughing off is a controversy she helped inflame when she accused President Trump of handling a call to the Gold Star widow of fallen soldier Army Sgt. La David Johnson in a supposedly callous manner. Along with the widow, Wilson, who says she was on the speaker phone when Trump called, accused Trump of saying callously that Sgt. Johnson "knew what he was getting into."

In a briefing on Thursday, Gen. Kelly condemned the politicization of grieving Gold Star families and said he was "stunned and broken-hearted at what I saw a member of Congress doing." He also described what went on behind the scenes leading up to the call and explained how difficult those calls are to make.

Kelly said he advised Trump to say, "He was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. He knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. He knew what the possibilities were because we were at war. And when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this Earth, his friends."

That's what the President tried to say to the four families the other day," said Kelly, who lost his own son in combat in 2010 during Barack Obama's presidency.

Rep. Wilson responded by cynically accusing Kelly of simply trying to "keep his job."

"John Kelly’s trying to keep his job," said Wilson. "He will say anything. There were other people who heard what I heard."

After clearly enjoying her time in the limelight over the controversy on Thursday, the congresswoman issued a statement saying she would no longer comment publicly on Trump's call to Johnson. "The congresswoman will not be making any further comment on the issue because the focus should be on helping a grieving widow and family heal, not on her or Donald Trump," Wilson's spokesperson told the media Thursday.

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
I like George W. Bush. I've always thought he was one of the more decent human beings in politics.
The left ridiculed him, demeaned him and demonized him while he was in office and afterwards. Now that he has criticized a Republican, he's their elder statesman spouting wisdom that everyone needs to heed. It's unfortunate to see him become another useful idiot of the left.

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Originally posted by Veeper:
Thankfully we're all awake now to see what kind of horse shit he meant.

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Originally posted by Ackks:
A Gold Star widow released a copy of the President's call.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10...lled-in-afghanistan/

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Originally posted by Ackks:
A Gold Star widow released a copy of the President's call.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10...lled-in-afghanistan/

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Originally posted by Mr. Kook:
In other news the Senate just passed a budget blueprint that puts them one step closer to a tax cut.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m...get-vote-senate.html

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Former White House adviser Steve Bannon widened his assault on the Republican establishment Friday night, saying former GOP President George W. Bush had the most “destructive” presidency in U.S. history.

Bannon's scathing comments at the annual California Republican Party convention came about a week after Bush denounced bigotry in Trump-era American politics and warned that the rise of isolationism and "nativism," which Bannon espouses, have clouded the nation's true identity.

"There has not been a more destructive presidency than George Bush's," Bannon said.

He also said Bush has no idea whether "he is coming or going, just like it was when he was president,” amid boos in the crowd at the mention of Bush's name.

Bannon made the remarks in a speech thick with attacks on the Washington status quo, echoing his earlier calls for an "open revolt" against establishment Republicans. He called the "permanent political class" one of the great dangers faced by the country.

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He called the "permanent political class" one of the great dangers faced by the country.

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
George W. Bush is a giant tool.

He should go back to painting stupid shit in his bathtub.