Dem lawmaker fires back at Trump: You didn’t fire Kelly for lying

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) shot back at President Trump’s calls for a Washington Post reporter to be fired over a misleading tweet about Trump’s rally, saying Trump didn’t fire his chief of staff for making an inaccurate statement about a Democratic lawmaker.

“Your Chief of Staff lied about @RepWilson when are you going to fire him?” Gallego tweeted Saturday. 

Your Chief of Staff lied about @RepWilson when are you going to fire him? https://t.co/S309aquJPc

— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) December 9, 2017

The lawmaker was referring to John Kelly claiming that Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) had taken credit for securing funding for an FBI building, despite a video showing that Wilson hadn’t taken credit for the funds. {mosads}

Kelly made the comments against Wilson after she shared details of a phone call between Trump and the widow of a fallen soldier.

Gallego’s tweet was in response to Trump’s attacks on Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel over a tweet Weigel posted that showed empty seats at a Trump rally Friday night.

However, the photo was from before the rally began and there was a large crowd at the event.

Trump first demanded that Weigel apologize for the tweet.

The reporter apologized almost immediately after Trump’s demand and noted that he had deleted the tweet after another reporter had pointed out that it was inaccurate.

Trump then called for Weigel to be fired after the apology. 

.@DaveWeigel @WashingtonPost put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before I arrived @ the venue, w/ thousands of people outside, on their way in. Real photos now shown as I spoke. Packed house, many people unable to get in. Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo! pic.twitter.com/XAblFGh1ob

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2017

Sure thing: I apologize. I deleted the photo after @dmartosko told me I’d gotten it wrong. Was confused by the image of you walking in the bottom right corner. https://t.co/fQY7GMNSaD

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 9, 2017

.@daveweigel of the Washington Post just admitted that his picture was a FAKE (fraud?) showing an almost empty arena last night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena was packed (as shown also on T.V.). FAKE NEWS, he should be fired.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2017