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From: skeeterweed@photonmail.com
In article <8NOSO.2587465$azJ4.629654@fx16.ams4>, NoOne@private.corp
says...
>
> 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.
A set up by liars.
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