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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have MSNBC on right now. Democrats are still pushing the phone
call controversy. Democrats are shooting themselves in the foot, all this does is fire up
Trump's base. Just let it go, he is not going to apologize all this does is distract the media
from Russia, Obamacare, tax cuts for the rich and his hurricane response. He loves this, he
is playing the media like a violin.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)This is his game plan.
We have to stop falling for it.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)Media has a dysfunction relationship with tRump....
Kaleva
(36,310 posts)His own SOS Tillerson called him a fucking moron.
nini
(16,672 posts)Who happens to be the master at gaslighting and wearing people down and distracting them. He has to do that to keep the focus off reality.
Kaleva
(36,310 posts)Mueller and his staff isn't wearing down and same goes for the WP, NYT, The Guardian, Lawrence O'Donnell, the Repub Never Trumpers, Rachel Maddow and others.
nini
(16,672 posts)Especially his dumbass followers.
AND look at how the discussions on here go with multiple posts on the same crap he says. Yea.. it's working.
Kaleva
(36,310 posts)then all the members of DU combined.
JI7
(89,252 posts)His base is not going anywhere ever no matter what he says or does.
doc03
(35,348 posts)we may get some traction. But being he was black and the Congresswomen is black it will only
give him more votes. I can't even repeat the things his people are saying about this.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)doc03
(35,348 posts)know some people that voted for Hillary that have turned since the NFL thing and this.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)them, we dont want them, it means they are racists.
brush
(53,787 posts)of his act.
Azathoth
(4,610 posts)makes this exciting for Dump's racist base. They are energized by the whole thing. Meanwhile, most low-info voters tune in and see Trump feuding with yet another black person and say to themselves "Well, 95% of black people hate him, so who knows which side is right."
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Everybody has had their say, and it's obvious that Cheeto will never backtrack or apologize.
He never apologized to Obama for all the shit he did, why would he start apologizing now?
I do feel bad for Sergeant Johnson's widow and family, but any more talk after this is counter-productive.
SunSeeker
(51,572 posts)How she has been treated stinks to high heaven. We would be doing a huge dishonor to Le David Johnson to just sweep this under the rug. We must help her get an independent autopsy and demand an investigation into what happened.
If we as Democrats don't fight for a wronged Gold Star African American family, who the fuck will?
Russia, taxes, Obamacare and hurricane relief are all important issues, but we can multitask. Honestly.
LeftInTX
(25,376 posts)She probably didn't pursue it if the funeral home told her no
She is grief stricken and at the time she reluctantly accepted it. (She also is very busy planning the funeral) Once he's buried, the permanence of the situation hits her.
He had autopsy performed.
She is acting out of grief. She is not currently on a fact-finding mission, but is probably searching for closure. Do you really think she wants his body exhumed?
If she wants it exhumed, I support her. But I believe she is grieving, not being a political sleuth.
SunSeeker
(51,572 posts)When you say she "was acting out of grief," you are suggesting she was not being rational. That is patronizing and insulting.
Of course she is grieving. But what she was saying was not bizarre or irrational. She had every right to see her husband's remains. She will never have closure until she does. She needs to confirm that there was indeed a body in that coffin and that the body was her husband's.
She had already been lied to by this administration. Why should she just take their word for anything? She is doing what any rational wife would do.
It is not clear if there was any autopsy. La David Johnson's family certainly was not provided an independent autopsy.
Today, on GMA, Myeshia again very clearly expressed a desire to see La David's body. It is scandalous for the military to be denying her this right.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)someone in a situation like this, controversial circumstances surrounding their loved ones death, etc.
He would not be able to find a safe place to hide from the deplorable pricks
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... I never understand these post with the focus on Red Don's base.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I hope it does.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)Sgt. Johnson's wife deserves to know the truth about what happened to her husband and his children deserve to someday know how their father passed on while serving his country honorably.
And the American public deserve an apology from the Liars in Chief. We should NEVER back down.
McCain has it right. We need to remind the public everyday that President Bone Spurs is a draft-dodging liar and chickenhawk.
time should be spent talking about his horrible tax plan that's nothing but a giveaway to billionaires.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I mean, the man's barely 71 years old, new at his job, and means well. No sense in dwelling on his little faux pas. Trump would have forgotten all about a similar slight by now. Bygones.