The following article by Philip Rucker was posted on the Washington Post website February 8, 2018:
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly first found his credibility being challenged in October, when he leveraged his standing as a retired four-star Marine Corps general who had lost a son on the battlefield to try to contain a political crisis over President Trump’s calls to the families of fallen soldiers.
His reputation took another hit when he later refused to apologizefor falsely attacking a Democratic congresswoman. And another when he called Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee “honorable” and blamed the Civil War on a lack of compromise. And yet another when early this week he said some immigrants known as “dreamers” were “too lazy to get off their asses.” Continue reading “John Kelly’s credibility is at risk after defending aide accused of domestic violence”