Duckworth says she’s seen Obama meeting Gold Star families

Posted on October 19, 2017

By RFD Radio/WFMB

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is firing back at President Donald Trump for his comments about what other presidents haven’t done when it come to contacting family members of fallen soldiers.

President Trump has said that then President Obama didn’t contact Gold Star family members. Duckworth told MSNBC she personally witnessed Obama meeting and consoling family members of fallen soldiers.

“He called, he met with, he certainly remained in contact with in multiple channels with families of the fallen,” Duckworth said. “There’s only one person here who has a record of using Gold Star families for political ploys and that’s Donald Trump.”

The President is also fighting back against claims that he told one Gold Star family that the soldier “must have known what he was signing up for.” Trump said on Twitter that part of the conversation was “fabricated”. That soldier and three others were recently killed in Africa.

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