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   On 10/22/2024 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > With just two weeks until Election Day, Left-leaning magazine The Atlantic   
   > published an article on Tuesday accusing former President Donald Trump of   
   > disparaging a slain U.S. Army private in 2020.   
   >   
   > The Atlantic story, which was written by editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg,   
   > claims that Trump “became angry” when he learned how much the funeral   
   bill   
   > was for soldier Vanessa Guillén. The deceased 20-year-old, a daughter of   
   > Mexican immigrants, was murdered by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood in April   
   > 2020. After her death, Trump spoke to her family at the White House and   
   > offered to cover the cost of her funeral, Fox News reported.   
   >   
   > Goldberg cites “attendees” and “contemporaneous notes of the meeting   
   taken by   
   > a participant” to report that Trump fumed when he learned how much the   
   family   
   > billed the White House for the funeral. According to The Atlantic, Trump   
   > responded by telling his staff, “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a   
   > f***ing Mexican!” Goldberg then wrote that the then-president ordered his   
   > chief of staff, Mark Meadows, not to pay the bill.   
   >   
   > Natalie Khawam, the Guillén family’s attorney, responded to The   
   Atlantic’s   
   > story on X, accusing Goldberg of lying and exploiting her clients “for   
   cheap   
   > political gain.”   
   >   
   > “After having dealt with hundreds of reporters in my legal career, this is   
   > unfortunately the first time I have to go on record and call out Jeffrey   
   > Goldberg@the Atlantic: not only did he misrepresent our conversation but he   
   > outright LIED in HIS sensational story,” Khawam wrote. “More   
   importantly, he   
   > used and exploited my clients, and Vanessa Guillen’s murder… for cheap   
   > political gain.”   
   >   
   > “I would like to also point out that the timing of this ‘story’ is   
   quite   
   > suspicious, as this supposed conversation that Trump had would have occurred   
   > over 4 years ago! Why a story about it now?!” she added. “As everyone   
   knows,   
   > not only did Trump support our military, he also invited my clients to the   
   > Oval Office and supported the I Am Vanessa Guillen bill too.”   
   >   
   > Guillén’s sister, Mayra, also responded to The Atlantic piece and defended   
   > Trump, writing, “Wow. I don’t appreciate how you are exploiting my   
   sister’s   
   > death for politics- hurtful & disrespectful to the important changes she made   
   > for service members. President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to   
   > my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today.”   
   >   
   > Despite the Guillén family’s quick refutation of The Atlantic story,   
   > Goldberg’s piece gained attention in the mainstream media with outlets,   
   such   
   > as CBS News, covering it. Shortly after publication, however, Guillén’s   
   > family blasted Goldberg and his “sensational story.”   
   >   
   >       'CBS Evening News' anchor Norah O'Donnell opened the show with The   
   >       Atlantic story:   
   >   
   >       "Two weeks from Election Day, as the final battleground sprint is   
   >       underway. Every hour matters for these candidates as they try to reach   
   >       as many voters as possible in the key states that will…   
   >       pic.twitter.com/ki6qjVU1QW   
   >   
   >       — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 23, 2024   
   >   
   > Meadows also pushed back against The Atlantic’s claims.   
   >   
   > “I was in the discussions featured in the Atlantic’s latest hit piece   
   against   
   > President Trump. Let me say this. Any suggestion that President Trump   
   > disparaged Ms. Guillen or refused to pay for her funeral expenses is   
   > absolutely false,” Meadows said. “He was nothing but kind, gracious, and   
   > wanted to make sure that the military and the U.S. government did right by   
   > Vanessa Guillen and her family.”   
   >   
   > Ben Williamson, who was a spokesman for Meadows when he was Trump’s chief   
   of   
   > staff, said he told The Atlantic before the piece was published that Trump   
   > “absolutely did not say that” regarding Guillén’s funeral bill. In The   
   > Atlantic piece, Goldberg wrote that Meadow’s spokesman “denied having   
   heard   
   > Trump make the statement.”   
   >   
   >       On the left: I sent Atlantic a comment saying President Trump   
   >       “absolutely did not say that,” referring to the alleged comments   
   >       about Ms. Guillen they printed.   
   >   
   >       On the right: Atlantic translated that comment to “didn’t hear   
   Trump say   
   >       it.”   
   >   
   >       Treat this dishonest piece accordingly. pic.twitter.com/pM1o1c9fEm   
   >   
   >       — Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) October 22, 2024   
   >   
   > Fox News anchor John Roberts added, “I was in the Oval Office (pool   
   > correspondent) the day Vanessa Guillen’s family visited. The meeting was   
   > somber, respectful, and according to Vanessa’s sister Mayra, very much   
   > appreciated.”   
   >   
   > This isn’t the first article Goldberg has written based on anonymous   
   sources   
   > accusing Trump of disparaging military members. In September 2020, just weeks   
   > before the election, Goldberg published a story that alleged Trump called   
   > Americans who die in war “losers” and “suckers.” That piece was also   
   refuted   
   > by Trump and numerous Trump administration officials who were present.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Let's go Brandon!   
   >   
   Well, any day of the week I will believe a four-star general ON THE   
   RECORD over Trump.   
      
   https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-milit   
   ry-generals-hitler/680327/   
      
      
   And Trump said a lot worse than calling our soldiers suckers and losers.   
   To patriots this is a deal killer.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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