Last year a World War II veteran and House Representative of 60 years passed away, and now Trump tries to suggest he has gone to hell.
At a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, yesterday Trump relayed alternate facts to his groupies by suggesting that Debbie Dingell’s husband, John, was perhaps looking “up” at all he had done for Dingell by ordering lowered flags and arranging for an Arlington burial.
Debbie Dingell “called me up and said it was the nicest thing and John would have been so pleased,” Trump said, suggesting that the congresswoman dialed him up with a tone of desperation asking that her late husband be showered with accolades.
“I didn’t call him. He called me, to tell me he was lowering the flags. And that meant a lot,” said the Michigan congresswoman, who won her late husband’s seat in 2015 after he retired. “John Dingell earned his burial at Arlington Cemetery because he’s a World War II veteran, [the] longest-serving member in the Congress. He loved our country.”
Mrs. Dingell responded with class, calling for civility in the country.
“I don’t want to get into this tit-for-tat. That’s going down to his level,” she said. “Some things should be off limits. And you know what, we’re all human beings.”
She also noted that she was among other GOP friends at the time, even while she was voting for impeachment, and that her friends were showing her support.
One Michigan Republican, Fred Upton, spoke up on Twitter on Wednesday evening.
“I love Fred,” Dingell said. “He and I are a bipartisan team. We don’t always vote the same way, but when John died Fred was with me every step of the way. Drove to the House. Flew with me to Washington, flew back the first time. That’s what people do. You can disagree agreeably.”
Other Republicans spoke up Thursday morning.
“John Dingell was a well-respected man & I consider Debbie a close colleague and friend. To use his name in such a dishonorable manner at last night’s rally is unacceptable from anyone, let alone the President of the United States. An apology is due, Mr. President,” Michigan GOP Rep. Paul Mitchell tweeted, tagging Trump’s personal Twitter account.
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