When in doubt, play the race card.
That’s how Democrats play politics. Anytime they’re caught in a bind, they whip out the epithet “racist” and sling it at their opponent. The media, like dutiful servants, then repeats the line, giddily referring to the target as a no-good racist who needs deported to an isolated island for progressive re-education.
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That playbook may have just run out of pages, however. Frederica Wilson, the Democrat representative from Florida who blabbed about listening in on a phone call President Trump made to Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson, just took the whole “Republicans are racist” thing too far.
After White House Chief of Staff John Kelly put Wilson on blast yesterday during an emotional press conference for politicizing Trump’s personal call with Johnson, the cowboy hat-wearing congresswoman went on a tear, ripping into the four-star general.
Wilson went on CNN to spew her ungrammatical bile. “You know, I feel sorry for Gen. Kelly. He has the sympathy for the loss of his son. But he can’t just go on TV and lie on me,” she told CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota.
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What the hell does that even mean? “Lie on me?” This woman was a school principal for Pete’s sake! What kind of stupid slang is that?
But it gets worse. During his remarks yesterday, Kelly referred to Wilson as an “empty barrel.”
So what does an “empty barrel” like Rep. Wilson say in return? She calls it a “racist term.” Seriously.
Rep. Frederica Wilson says "empty barrel" is a "racist term" on @NewDay
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 20, 2017
You can watch the whole interview here:
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Rep. Wilson is a loon devoid of empathy and propriety. Who the hell is she to call out John Kelly, a man whose son died defending our country in Afghanistan, as racist? Kelly has done more for this nation in the past three months than Wilson has done in her entire lifetime.
Attacking a man who lost his son in combat, invoking the tired insult “racist,” bragging about boosting your profile on the back of a grieving widow – all this and more proves Wilson is unfit for office. She’s a self-obsessed partisan. The voters in her district should be ashamed to have her as their representative in Congress.
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What the hell. Who wears a cowgirl hat to work. I wonder if she owns a horse. She sure reminds me of the end the flies pay attention to.
“Frederica Wilson Accuses White House Chief of Staff John Kelly of Racism”
Yep, it’s official, Freddie Wilson is a horse’s ass.
This what is meant by fake news. CNN can say it is honestly quoting a congress woman who should be a credible source. Look at the air time she got and the additional commentary from the talking heads “that must be reputable other wise why would they be selected to go on TV”. Then they spin Trump’s response like it was directed at the widow. Why wouldn’t they get Kelly’s reaction right away and put her comments in the trash where they belongs. CNN isn’t lying by the letter but they know they created a false narrative. Trump just says “fake news” or “lies”. He’s right of course but there will never be an apology – Compounding the lie.
More Hollywood, I mean WhiteWood Drama thanks to Fake News CNN. This is all an act to divide and conquer the people. They must of taken acting classes because they have you people fooled to think the “fighting and name calling” is real. Behind closed doors, they are partying together in their big dinner parties and saying SUCKERS!
Rep. Wilson should also charge General Kelly with RAPE. She would look just as foolish as she did when she called him racist.
yeah-Frederica, you are black, therefore I am disgusted by you-whatever reason could there be than because you are black. And please don’t give up your wardrobe consultant, your speech writer or your jewelry designer.
Danni… She does have a warped sense of style in addition to the virus of stupidity that has taken her over. I wonder if those big hoop earrings are what the DNC and her Democratic co-horts lead her around with? Oh, and if she insists on trying be an urban cowboy, pass along that she needs to either shrink her head or buy a bigger hat for her swelled noggin.
*YO, WAKE UP!! THIS *WILSON* IS A DEVIOUS DECEPTIVE DEMENTED DIRTBAG, PERIOD!! THIS IS Y WE NEED 2 BOYCOTT & ATTACK THESE *DESPICABLE DEMS* BIG TIME, PERIOD!! & THESE DERANGED FALSE ATTACKS ON *TRUMP* HAV 2 STOP, PERIOD!! THE SWAMP RAT DEMS & THE BIAS FAKE LEFT WING MEDIA, HAV DECLARED A WAR ON *WE THE PEOPLE* PERIOD!! & WE NEED 2 MASSIVELY FIGHT BACK, AGAINST THESE RADICAL FASCISTS, PERIOD!! *BOTTOM LINE* DONT JUST SIT BACK & ONLY COMPLAIN!! AL& THE BIKER VETS
Al…Good salient and solid points and we appreciate you voicing your opinion. However, you don’t have to SHOUT. We are right here and can hear you just fine in a normal tone of voice.
*YO, WAKE UP!! THIS *WILSON* IS A DEVIOUS DECEPTIVE DEMENTED DIRTBAG, PERIOD!! THIS IS Y WE NEED 2 BOYCOTT & ATTACK THESE *DESPICABLE DEMS* BIG TIME, PERIOD!! & THESE DERANGED FALSE ATTACKS ON *TRUMP* HAV 2 STOP, PERIOD!! THE SWAMP RAT DEMS & THE BIAS FAKE LEFT WING MEDIA, HAV DECLARED A WAR ON *WE THE PEOPLE* PERIOD!! & WE NEED 2 MASSIVELY FIGHT BACK, AGAINST THESE RADICAL FASCISTS, PERIOD!! *BOTTOM LINE* DONT JUST SIT BACK & ONLY COMPLAIN!! AL& THE BIKER VETS
The voters in her district should demand a recall and kick her out of office. First she listened in on a private conversation, it makes no matter if the phone was on speaker or not, she should have removed herself. If moving out of range was not possible, she should have kept her big mouth shut. Then she insults a Gold Star Parent, and a 4 Star general all in same week. She is a total disgrace and should be removed from public office!!
Wilson is the racists. She also know that she is.
Racism is a two way street however some people can only go one way. This woman is not real she tries to make points on a soldiers death, he died to protect her right to insult white people, she should thank God she lives in this country and white men and women not just Blacks are willing to die to protect her right to call them racist she should look in an honest mirror, not one made by a Democratic Bigot.
…………………… When you are failing, and failing badly, PULL OUT THE RACE CARD !
Looks to me that racist Frederick is a man as is Michelle O. This man is seeking attention and maybe a run for pres. I think him and Mac-sin Waters in 2020. But hey, Fred why won’t you accept email from outside your district? If you want to be pres. you need to open up!
This comes from the mouth of a BLACK Democrat RACIST.Takes one to know one
Please take off that “WTF” thing on your head. And you are definitely not a rock star. Give me a focking break.
I have noticed that it’s the racists who bring up the race card in a rant. EVERY TIME!!
In fairness and pity, the “Progresssives” have lost the distinction between being foolish and being loyal Party members. For all intents and purposes, there is no difference. Keep looking for an intelligent Progressive. There have to be a few out there, if they dare speak up.
Of course, by definition, her attack is racist. I don’t believe that. I’m just using her own, boring, time-worn, idiotic excuse for an answer. She and I do differ on some points. I would list them, but obviously they are all “racist” and she would have no idea what I would be writing about.
General John Kelly was 100% correct in everything he said. That congresswoman IS an empty headed know nothing that likes to hear herself speak. She has the unmitigated gall to call a man who gave his entire adult life to serve his country, and lost his son who was doing the same thing, a racist?!!!!!! First of all, she doesn’t know the meaning of the word, as most these days don’t. He said nothing against the color of her skin, he did, however, point out how meaningless her words were, and they were lies as well.
I question the constituents of her district brain matter. This district MUST be all brain dead to elect this black hoe to anything above dog catcher. Truly an idiotic, delusional, vain, hoe of the neighborhood. She should be in afriKa, not America.
As they say, a fox smells their own scent first.
That term is NOT racist. Regardless the term has been beaten to death, and it has no meaning because it is used for everything from milk from cows to the solar eclipse.
SHE IS PURE TRASH STARVING FOR ATTENTION
The only “Racist” is Frederica Wilson & if you’d ever have heard her speak you’d know that to be true. She throws hate messages around loudly, all the time.
Rep. Wilson is a “Disgrace” as well as a racist, not the honorable, ret. General John Kelly, to whom I as a Floridian, apologize to for Frederica Wilson’s remarks. She was totally wrong in both comments to President Trump & to John Kelly.
A disgrace to the finest black American men and women that ever wore a uniform that I served with for over two decades, and my niece who is black. The contributions made by black Americans goes on from here to there. She is another left wing N________
The unmitigated shallowness of the Left seen in Hollywood which has no comprehension of what a conservative is and stereotypes them in blatantly false ways constantly (evidently expecting their audience to accept their often bigoted or racist depiction) , or politicians like this that would dare to suggest a General would make comments like these just to save a job that is ultimately way below him, or individual liberals that are still reeling because they had convinced themselves that everyone thinks like them is mind boggling.
Conservatives evidently did a very good job of compassionately agreeing to disagree with those on the Left given the Left’s shock at discovering their thinking was not universal. If conservatives were really as heartless and cruel as the Left pretends then why are they so shocked by the fact that there are so many conservatives that disagree with them? You can’t have it both ways. If conservatives were really as hateful as the Left pretends then their evil would be well known and not a shock. Liberals have become so shallow (no depth to a snowflake) in the way they see the world that is has made them completely daft.
Imelda Marcos had a closet full of high-class, high-dollar shoes. You can bet this woman has several closets full of fancy-schmantzy hats that don’t quite fit right.
ONE THING TO DRESS AND LOOK LIKE A FOOL, BUT TO CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE TO PROVE IT IS TOTALLY DEMOCRAP INSANITY/
You are right Ronald; this woman looks like she moonlights at the Mustang Ranch.
She is the racist here and does not have the intellect to recognize it.
Democrats are the biggest racist in the USA, the lie, murder and call everyone a racist if they do not get their way
She should craw under the rock in which she came all these liberal know is the race card.
Please Senator Wilson stop wearing your ridiculous cowboy hats & put on a Burqa so we don’t have to see your ugly chimpanzee face!
Mari…Loved you instruction to Ms. Wilson. Unfortunately, she will probably take it as your endorsement of her running for the U.S. Senate since you referred to her as Senator. She wishes! She is just a low-life, ghetto loving Representative (or Congresswoman, if you prefer) who has little relevancy in her “elected” position and probably had financial backing of Washington liberals, like Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, so she could buy the job.
She LOOKS like a total moron in the Culturally appropriated black cowboy hat and giant ring ear rings. If she is a school “principal,” she should resign or be fired for complete and absolute stupidity and lack of the English Language.
Anyone who goes out in public dressed like a rodeo clown is surely lacking in common sense….like this ignorant representative!
Wow, who didn’t expect a Black Racist Senator to accuse a White War Hero General of being a racist? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, nobody!!!!!! The “race card” always comes out when there is no other defense for telling lies, ask any Black legislator!
she had to have help, she is not smart enough to dream up all of the BS she spouts out. i believe people like her promote raceism
Whenever a black racist doesn’t agree with someone of a different color, they always, always pull the race bait into it. This Congresswoman HATES all white people. She steals from her own people and taxpayers and then claims we are racist. She’s a disgrace to decent black people all over the world.
thats the kind of trash running this country? we are screwed people.
Totally screwed, the insane are running the asylum!
That’s right when you don’t have any truth then call names and play the race card.
Evidently fred’ is positioning herself to be the Witch this Halloween.
Dems ghouls should make her her hats fly off the shelves :)
Frederica, you’re the racist you lying twit. You’re absolutely worthless. You vote against the military and then pretend to sympathize with a military widow. You SUCK!!!
The buffalo in the cowboy hat is a race-baiting liberal moron…
I find it odd that in this rather lengthy interview Wilson talks about every thing accept Kelly’s comments? Maybe she should lose the handcuff earrings and the cowboy hat and come clean on this issue?
And,Kelly’s comments racist, I never heard a more recist comment but, for her’s!
It becomes more and more apparent that anytime a black person gets put in their place like this Florida Congress person they call Racist. Time to ditch that card and time for the voters in Florida to put her a ss to the curb.At best you are an ignorant person at worse you are a hate monger,either way you should be gone along with you stupid cowboy hats
General Kelly is not racist – he just has a problem with STUPID PEOPLE
Obviously Wilson is related to Maxine Waters. The “Empty Barrel” description couldn’t be more fitting.
All thin-skinned,easily offended individuals who look for an excuse to blame others for their (or their constituents) shortcomings sound alike.
An empty barrel makes a loud booming sound when struck as apposed to a full barrel – but it only brings attention to how empty it is. I do not see how this apropos analogy is racist . Does she also call cows racist because they only give white milk?
Never mind the congress woman. She is now and always will be irrelevant. This is on CNN and MSNBC et al. Dishonest, irresponsible, divisive, vile, hateful and kind-of creepy.
the circus called..one of their clowns is missing..wearing a cowboy hat..come get her!!
Frederica Wilson is the racist and hater!
Wilson is just another low life race baiter…slopping at the taxpayer’s slop-bin…she is a disgrace to her own race.
I, for one, am very, very tired of people who don’t get their way or feel slighted in the least have to resort to the race card. I have personally endured this with neighbors who continually ignore the ” no parking in fire lane” signs and cry fowl when the police give them a ticket. How sad that a person is so ashamed of their heritage that they have to fall back on this lame excuse.
What a nation we would have if it could be led by Federica, Maxine, and Sheila — The stupidity that flows from these racists is appalling..
By the way, it is fact – if you hit or drop an empty barrel, it will make more noise than one that is full!
just think how stupid their constituents are..escapees from the asylum!!
Everything is racist to these frigging morons – that’s all they got. They can’t bring anything of worth to the table so they have to try and shut down everyone else. If people of any substance and consequence don’t start ignoring these a-holes, they are gonna drag down everyone of all races. And it starts with the MSM.