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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Breaking News: Trump doubles down, says he didn't make controversial remark to widow

 
 
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Trump doubles down, says he didn't make controversial remark to widow
President Trump on Wednesday doubled down on his denial that he told the widow of a U.S. solider killed in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for.”

Speaking at the White House, Trump pushed back on details of his call with Army Sgt. La David Johnson’s widow that were provided by Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), who was in the car with the widow, Myeshia Johnson, during the conversation. 

“I didn’t say what that congresswoman said – didn’t say it at all — she knows it,” Trump told reporters. “I would like her to make the statement again because I did not say what she said."
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