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Frederica Wilson: This is a grieving widow, a grieving widow who is six months pregnant. And when she actually hung up the phone, she…

On the recordOctober 17, 2017
This is a grieving widow, a grieving widow who is six months pregnant. And when she actually hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, he didn't even know his name.
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Frederica Wilson
Democratic · Florida

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Representative Wilson describes the emotional impact of President Trump's condolence call to the widow of Sergeant La David Johnson.

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