Rep. Wilson: John Kelly Calling Me An 'Empty Barrel' Is Racist
Backed into a corner, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), the congresswoman who attacked President Trump over his phone call to a Gold Star widow, is now playing the race card in her duel with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly for defending his boss against her political cheap shots.
Speaking with CNN on Friday morning, Wilson said that John Kelly is a "racist" for calling her an "empty barrel" when criticizing her for listening in to the President's phone call and then using it as an opportunity for political points.
"That's a racist term," Wilson told CNN on Friday morning. "We looked it up in the dictionary because I had never heard of an empty barrel. And I don't like to be dragged into something like that."
Empty barrel simply means someone that makes the most noise, a term that John Kelly has used previously when referring to politicians he feels are out of line. "And a congresswoman stood up, and in the long tradition of empty barrels making the most noise," Kelly said when talking about Wilson, whom he felt had violated something sacred by listening in on the call.
Backed into a corner, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), the congresswoman who attacked President Trump over his phone call to a Gold Star widow, is now playing the race card in her duel with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly for defending his boss against her political cheap shots.
Speaking with CNN on Friday morning, Wilson said that John Kelly is a "racist" for calling her an "empty barrel" when criticizing her for listening in to the President's phone call and then using it as an opportunity for political points.
"That's a racist term," Wilson told CNN on Friday morning. "We looked it up in the dictionary because I had never heard of an empty barrel. And I don't like to be dragged into something like that."
Empty barrel simply means someone that makes the most noise, a term that John Kelly has used previously when referring to politicians he feels are out of line. "And a congresswoman stood up, and in the long tradition of empty barrels making the most noise," Kelly said when talking about Wilson, whom he felt had violated something sacred by listening in on the call.