The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website October 18, 2017:
Update: Sgt. Johnson’s mother, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, has now spoken with The Washington Post, and she says Wilson’s account is accurate. “President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband,” Jones-Johnson said. She said she was in the car at the time but declined to elaborate on the specifics of Wilson’s claim.
A Democratic congresswoman says she was in the car with the widow of a soldier killed in Niger when President Trump made comments that upset the widow. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (Fla.) says Trump told Myeshia Johnson that her husband, Sgt. La David T. Johnson, “knew what he signed up for.” Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday, Wilson added that the widow was in tears after the call and lamented that Trump “didn’t even remember his name.” Continue reading “Trump’s alleged ‘knew what he signed up for’ comment to widow is worth caution, but fits a clear pattern”