In Defending Trump's Conduct Towards Fallen Soldier's Family, Kelly Proved Trump a Liar While Disgracing Himself

Consider this portion of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's defense of President Trump's call to the family of Sgt. La David Johnson:

That's what the President tried to say to four families the other day. I was stunned when I came to work yesterday morning, and broken-hearted at what I saw a member of Congress doing. A member of Congress who listened in on a phone call from the President of the United States to a young wife, and in his way tried to express that opinion -- that he's a brave man, a fallen hero, he knew what he was getting himself into because he enlisted. There's no reason to enlist; he enlisted. And he was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be, with exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken.

That was the message. That was the message that was transmitted.

It stuns me that a member of Congress would have listened in on that conversation. Absolutely stuns me. And I thought at least that was sacred. You know, when I was a kid growing up, a lot of things were sacred in our country. Women were sacred, looked upon with great honor. That's obviously not the case anymore as we see from recent cases. Life -- the dignity of life -- is sacred. That's gone. Religion, that seems to be gone as well.

Frankly, Kelly's comments are more profane than sacred.

Let us remember that President Trump specifically denied Congresswoman Frederica Wilson's account of Trump's remarks to Sgt. Johnson's family going so far as to say she "fabricated" what had transpired and that he had evidence to the contrary. 

At no point does Kelly deny Wilson's account. He is instead reduced to chiding Wilson for listening in to Trump's call as if she were eavesdropping. The phone conversation was conducted over a speaker phone inside a car and clearly Wilson was present at the request of Sgt. Johnson's family. Not only does Kelly substantiate Wilson's account he proves Trump to be a liar yet again.

But Kelly has to shoot the messenger and in directing his attack on Wilson, Kelly denies the anger of Sgt. Johnson's family at President Trump's conduct towards them. This is what matters above all else. If Kelly were a stand up guy he would wash his hands of President Trump this instant and walk away with whatever shred of dignity he has left.

It is a shame because General Kelly has served this country with distinction - until now.