On Thursday, White House chief of staff General John Kelly, whose son was killed in Afghanistan in 2010, took to the White House podium to excoriate the media and Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) for politicizing a condolence phone call from President Trump to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, killed in Niger two weeks ago. “I was stunned and broken hearted at what I saw a member of Congress doing,” Kelly stated, calling Wilson “selfish.” Kelly added that he advised Trump on what to say to Myeshia Johnson before Trump spoke with her, and that the much-ballyhooed “he knew what he was getting into” line was meant to pay tribute to Johnson’s bravery in signing up for the military in the first place. Kelly explained:
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.
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