NEW: Top officials, sister of murdered soldier refute Atlantic hit piece on Trump: ‘exploiting my sister’s death’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“I don’t appreciate how you are exploiting my sister’s death for politics- hurtful & disrespectful to the important changes she made for service members. President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today.”
On Tuesday, The Atlantic published a piece claiming that during a December 2020 Oval Office meeting, Trump was outraged at the $60,000 cost of the funeral for murdered Army private Vanessa Guillen and issued comments attacking her. Guillen’s sister and top officials have refuted The Atlantic’s reporting.
20-year-old Guillen, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, was killed in April 2020, being bludgeoned to death at Fort Hood and her body being burned and buried in a river bank. Shortly after her death, Trump invited Guillen’s family to the White House. “I saw what happened to your daughter Vanessa, who was a spectacular person, and respected and loved by everybody, including in the military,” Trump told Guillen’s mother. He later said, “If I can help you out with the funeral, I’ll help—I’ll help you with that. I’ll help you out. Financially, I’ll help you.”
