widow of u.s. soldier on trump’s call: “he couldn’t remember my husband’s name”

When he finally did call, Rep. Federica Wilson (D-Fla.), who was in the car with Johnson at the time and the call was on speaker phone, was the first to describe the president’s callousness.

“Sarcastically he said: ‘But you know he must have known what he signed up for,’” Wilson told NBC6. “How could you say that to a grieving widow? I couldn’t believe … and he said it more than once. I said this man has no feelings for anyone. This is a young woman with child who is grieved to her soul.”

.@RepWilson, who rode w/ Sgt. Johnson’s widow, said she heard part of call w/ Pres. Trump; “He must’ve known what he signed up for” @NBC6 pic.twitter.com/Rep6ERrQEb

— Michael Spears NBC6 (@MikeSpearsNBC6) October 17, 2017

Trump basically called Wilson a liar, but now Myeshia Johnson is confirming the congresswoman’s story in an interview with Good Morning America. “He couldn’t remember my husband’s name. I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband’s name.”

She also reiterated that Trump said that her husband “knew what he signed up for but it hurts anyways. And it made me cry because I was very angry at the tone in his voice and how he said it.”

The president’s call made her “very upset and hurt,” she said. “It made me cry even worse.”

Trump is still denying this on Twitter, but what else is new?

“[Pres. Trump] couldn’t remember my husband’s name. … That’s what hurt me the most.” – Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt. La David Johnson pic.twitter.com/px5io2RbJB

— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 23, 2017