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From: NoOne@private.corp
On 10/25/2024 5:03 AM, NoBody wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:05:02 -0500, 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.
>
> Well the Atlantic isn't fit to wrap cat litter in so there's that.
Well, they are quoting decorated four-star generals who are on the
record and backed up by dozens of Trump insiders, so there's that.
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