[PJ] WASHINGTON ‐ Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) predicted that President Donald Trump will eventually resign from office to avoid impeachment by making up an excuse such as "somebody is trying to kill Barron" Trump, his 11-year-old son."We just have to, like the slogan says, stay woke; just stay woke, be careful, because I can see the wheels turning now...we’re marching toward impeachment, there’s no question about it. If that happens, are we prepared? Because it’s going to happen," Wilson said Thursday at the annual Legislative & Policy Conference organized by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) on Capitol Hill.
"So we have to make sure, Rev. Sharpton, that we are prepared when this happens so we don’t just wake up one day blindsided," she added. "...I think it’s just going to get so tight and it’s going to close in and then everybody is going to be indicted around this president, and then he is going to realize he is probably next on the list. And I think he is going to come up with an excuse like ’somebody is trying to kill Barron, and so I’m going to resign.’"
Wilson went public last month with her account of Trump’s phone conversation with Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers recently killed in Niger. Wilson said Trump told Johnson that her husband knew "what he signed up for"; Myeshia Johnson later confirmed this. Trump tweeted that Wilson’s recollection of the conversation was a "total lie."
"Wacky Congresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party, a disaster for Dems. You watch her in action & vote R!" Trump tweeted.
Wilson, who has reported receiving death threats, said she has received a lot of support from the Democratic Party and military families during the back-and-forth with Trump.