listening in?

Just like he mentors the pResident, so what's the difference. Kelly is exactly who we thought he was. I'm glad he's there to keep his guy from wigging all the way out, but he's a Trump lackey just like all the rest.

... crass that would make people that upset.

I don't think Kelly helped here

add it to the rest of the lies in the heap, imo

to a Presidential condolence call if it is okay with the family?

When it’s like “hey the president is calling” why wouldn’t you put that on speaker.

The fact that a congressperson happened to be in the car is beside the point.

Why are you trying to put this in a better light for Kelly? I don't care he was a general, and the fact he lost his own son does not change the fact he is voluntarily working for the most disrespectful, dangerous and incompetent POTUS in history. He's not there to prevent a war; he's there out of self-interest and ambition. Anyone with respect for America would not stand by while Trump trashes our institutions.

That trump is a white supremacist and racist ( based on his behavior) .

For me, I will never allow their service to be an excuse for any jackass thing they do.

hundreds of servicemen through the years. Some were very fine chaps and others were complete wankers, Kelly IMO is the latter.

That also includes stop glorifying all of them. At a minimum their job is a job. For those that are in harms way is a different story. But in many cases there are those that may excel beyond expectations and they stand out above the rest. Some are recognized when it involves force while others may excel behind the line.

I do think Kelly is dangerous and a racist but I also know what I see and I see nothing in his comments that dispute the wife and Congresswoman’s version of the call.

If you did not mean to imply such a motive on Kelly, I apologize.

But I know that in politics that what a person doesn’t say is as important as what they do say.

Are there any good guys left?

It's illegal to be holding a cell phone and talking/texting while driving in most states. Whoever was driving had to put the call on speaker and therefore it was heard by everyone in the car.

Thank you

he is a Trump Whore

It was on speaker and everyone there heard the remarks made by Trump! I'm very sure that Congresswoman Wilson had the permission of the family to go public with what Trump said.

What stuns me is that Kelly didn't do anything to correct it...he was there in the room!

What comforts an old career military father won't necessarily comfort a mother or wife (widow). NONE of those mfckers have common sense. None of them. And it's a damn shame.

Also, he didn't 100% rule out the possibility that an attempt was made by Pres. Obama to contact him. Did anyone catch that?

Which means he had a spouse. Who would normally be contacted in the family when there is a death in the military? I would think priority would be with the spouse over any general.

What was she supposed to do, jump out the window?

are we to believe Kelly doesn't know this? There's no way Kelly doesn't know this. He's just out there throwing shade to cover for Trump's disgusting actions. It's impossible to respect Kelly after today. This is the beginning of the end for him. He's no longer the man keeping Trump from going off the deep end. He's just another clown in the car now.

Conservatives do not seem to have the ability to think their arguments through.

And this is after it had been made very clear that Rep. Wilson was an old friend of the family.

"Kelly called Wilson’s behavior “selfish” and indicated she had eroded the standards of decency in America."

WTF is John Kelly talking about? Congresswoman Wilson is a good friend of the Johnson family, not to mention she was riding in a limo with the family when Trump called and placed on speaker phone.

As far as decency goes, Mr. Kelly lost all credibility when he accepted to work for Trump.

Guess her feelings are unimportant.

He has to act as though he is in full support of the paranoid schizophrenic orange man and his agenda, while also finding ways to indirectly invalidate him.

Has he once in his life said or done anything remotely close to something showing him to give ANY shits about how he talks to people?

I am so sick of the LIES

I, for one, called, from AFRICOM where Sgt. Johnson's Green Beret command works out of, and each office person let me express my concern at length about not only the lack of pathos in the WH, but also lack of information about what had actually happened in Niger and the timeline in which information had been released, as well as my concern about NK and my desire for impeachment.

A couple of folks said that many others had called to express their same concerns.

I called both GOP and Dem reps. I wasn't alone.

I'm betting he has a much higher I.Q. than Trump.

Link to tweet

Trump's an insensitive lout, Kelly was there to witness it, and now he's trying to deflect attention to Rep. Wilson, as if it was her fault Trump's a jerk. Check your humanity, Kelly; you may have lost it somewhere on the way to the Oval Office.

SHUT UP KELLY
YOU ARE KILLING IRONY
IRONY IS DEAD

Mrs. Johnson invited EVERY PERSON IN THAT VEHICLE TO LISTEN. The people did not LISTEN IN. Kelly is a liar and i have no respect for him. NONE, he is taking Trump's side totally.

KELLY IS A SEXIST PIG A-HOLE !!!! He is a horrible man.

Johnson was part of the Congresswoman's mentor program. He was one of her stars. She was close to the family.

Black lives do matter - fuck the Con and Kelly.