Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich) responded Wednesday night after President Trump used his Michigan rally to mock her and her late husband, former Rep. John Dingell, whom he suggested may be in hell, saying his words were “hurtful.”
At the end of this clip, Trump jokes about Rep. John Dingell being in hell after his wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell, voted for impeachment pic.twitter.com/i72Qnn49GM
— Brandon Squall (@Walldo) December 19, 2019
“Mr. President, let’s set politics aside. My husband earned all his accolades after a lifetime of service. I’m preparing for the first holiday season without the man I love. You brought me down in a way you can never imagine and your hurtful words just made my healing much harder.”
— Rep. Dingell’s tweet
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NEW: Rep. Debbie Dingell hit back at President Trump after he mocked her and her late husband, Rep. John Dingell, whom he suggested may be in hell: You brought me down in a way you can never imagine"https://t.co/TpRcyOadqP
— Axios (@axios) December 19, 2019
Trump clearly a fellow of the most base instincts. In my experience over the past 50 years, I have never witnessed a more foul and abusive political leader. He is a great embarrassment to the country. https://t.co/I40tbMKi7w
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) December 19, 2019
she is right, and the president’s comment was just awful https://t.co/xAn6sOpUFY
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 19, 2019
Going to be in every local spot next October. https://t.co/btufCbm77F
— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 19, 2019
Suggesting that John Dingell went to Hell while addressing a rally in Michigan is a bold strategy, Cotton
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 19, 2019
Trump scheduled a rally in @justinamash's district to try to punish him for supporting impeachment.
And then didn't mention Amash at all.
Bully cower.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 19, 2019
Dear Donald Trump:
Attacking John Dingell in MICHIGAN, which is also a state you desperately need to win next year, was…unwise. pic.twitter.com/fVEA9VXTsx— Charles #GetCovered-ba (@charles_gaba) December 19, 2019
Can this nation survive another four years of this mean spirited, immature jerk and the stupid, low rent people who think he’s just wonderful? Look at those people behind him in that clip (and I assume, the others in the audience) laughing and cheering at his tasteless remarks. Is this what America has become?
If so, God help us.
Rep. Debbie Dingell: "I don't want to politicize my husband. I don't want to politicize his death. It is still something that i'm really grieving over. This Thanksgiving was really hard and Christmas is harder." pic.twitter.com/dj7hLonCMw
— The Hill (@thehill) December 19, 2019
JUST IN: Pelosi slams Trump's attacks on Dingell: "Cruelty is not wit" https://t.co/Lrm1glxwfp pic.twitter.com/ZGvi79KvNB
— The Hill (@thehill) December 19, 2019
2/ For a guy in his 80s when he hit Twitter, he was damn good at it, and that was for a reason. He'd been to the big show. He'd seen it all.
I know that people I admired and admire thought the world of him personally. Republicans. Democrats.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 19, 2019
4/ What Trump's attack betrayed, in case you missed the four obvious points of it, was as follows.
A. For Trump, the cruelty IS the message. He knew Debbie's wounds were fresh, her pain real. He's a sadist of the worst order; one who exploits the pain of the grieving.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 19, 2019
/6 C. His boundless, ravenous ego is a singularity of need, an insatiable maw demanding abject loyalty when he shows even the most minimal courtesy. Everything is transactional and disproportionate. Nothing is ever enough. It's always "What have you done for me lately?" and FYPM.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 19, 2019
8/ I wish to the gods there was one goddamn elected Republican in the world to call out his b.s.
Just. One.
But Profiles in Cowardice is the order of the day, and it is a party not only without stalwarts but one where the collaborators with evil see themselves are heroes.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 19, 2019
What had John Dingell said about the president since he died that warranted such counter-punching? https://t.co/9qgupi6xPE
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) December 19, 2019
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