‘Special Report’ Panel Agrees: ‘Terrible Mistake’ Trump’s Stirring Controversy over Widow Phone Call

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BAIER: "It was the president brought up these calls and who called and who didn't. Presidents of past and whether they did or did not. But it's going to go down this road, and it's going to continue continue."
STODDARD: "I think it's terrible for every military family and gold star family in this country to watch and listen to any of this. It's extremely upsetting and it's offensive. The president started this on Monday. He was asked about the ambush in Niger and why it's taken two weeks to find out about it. Reports say James Mattis is still trying to look for answers about what happened. That's concerning. Trump turned it into some untrue accusation about former presidents to which a Twitter onslaught began, proving what he said was false. He doubled down today. He might have stumbled over his words and said the wrong thing. What he did today made it a lot worse. He has a terrible record on gold star families. He needs to spare this one group of people."
YORK: "You have to separate. One, he made a terrible mistake bringing up Obama and previous presidents at the press conference. That was a dumb thing to do. As far as the stuff with sergeant Johnson's family is concerned, we do have a member of Congress who talked about his engagement several months ago -- impeachment several months ago stirring this up. It's not clear what the president said and whether it was disrespectful or not."
BAIER: "The broad point being all of it is horrific. We have to cover it because it's news, but it's bad."