THEIR HERO
He’s laid to rest amid Trump-fueled turmoil
tried to keep the fight going on social media.
“I hope the Fake News Media keeps talking about Wacky Congresswoman Wilson in that she, as a representative, is killing the Democrat Party!” he tweeted as mourners were readying for Johnson’s funeral.
The squabble between Trump and Wilson began Tuesday when she went public about Trump’s phone call with Johnson’s pregnant widow, Myeshia.
The President reportedly told the grieving young mother that her 25-year-old husband “knew what he signed up for.”
Trump denied Wilson’s account, calling her “wacky” and saying she “fabricated” his statement.
He also accused her of “SECRETLY” listening to the phone call.
White House chief of staff, John Kelly, entered the fray on Thursday, saying he was “stunned” by Wilson’s actions and accusing her of using a 2015 FBI dedication to grandstand. Video evidence unearthed Friday proved him wrong.
Wilson (right) steered clear of the controversies as she spoke on Saturday, according to the Sun Sentinel.
“Watching her as she received her husband on Tuesday was an incredibly powerful moment, please know you are loved and have the support of millions of people,” Wilson told Myeshia Johnson as she recalled the heartbreaking moment Johnson’s body was taken off of a plane. “He is a true American hero,” she said. A GoFundMe page dedicated to the couple’s children is nearing $750,000, Wilson said. Johnson’s aunt, Cowanda JonesJohnson, who raised him as her own son, sat near the children, unable to control her emotions. When Johnson’s mother died, he was only 5 years old.
His family enrolled him in 5000 Role Models, a project Wilson began in 1993 when she was an educator where AfricanAmerican boys are paired with mentors who prepare them for college, vocational school or the military.
“We teach them to be a good man, a good husband and a good father. Sgt. Johnson typified all of those characteristics,” said Carlton Crawl, a public school consultant and one of the program’s mentors.
Pastor Darrell Owens told the crowd that Johnson enrolled in the Army out of love.
“No soldier signs up without a passionate love for country,” he said. “This life was not taken, this life was given. No one takes a soldier’s life, a soldier lays his life down.”