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   From: NoOne@private.corp   
      
   On 10/26/2024 7:05 AM, NoBody wrote:   
   > On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:13:22 -0600, Skeeter   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > They're desperate now that Trump has the momentum.  Nothing is   
   > sticking though since we've heard all the lies before.   
      
   I put more confidence in multiple four-star generals than I do in a man   
   with 30,000+ recorded lies while in office.   
      
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