A Texas Gold Star mother is blowing the whistle on what she says is a bold face lie about her family, and her son, which was told by Governor Ron DeSantis during the first GOP Presidential debate for the 2024 cycle.
Tracy La Porte says that during the first US Presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 23, 2023, she believes Ron DeSantis used her name without her permission to score political points with Angel Moms when asked about his border policy, and in the process, she says DeSantis butchered the facts surrounding the tragic loss of her son, and lied about her son by falsely claiming her son died from taking fentanyl, which caused Tracy and her family an avalanche of pain and emotional trauma directly following the debate.
Tracy exclusively told me that although she was not watching the GOP debate live when DeSantis invoked her name on the debate stage, she immediately received a barrage of phone calls and text messages from Texas lawmakers and fellow Gold Star moms and Angel Moms in Texas, asking her why DeSantis was claiming her son died from a Fentanyl overdose, when he was actually killed on active duty within hours of his second deployment to Afghanistan.
"Along with the horror of her son being falsely branded as a Fentanyl user on stage by a GOP Presidential candidate during a LIVE televised Presidential debate, Tracy said DeSantis's claims were so reckless that they could have damaged her credibility with Texas state legislators and lawmakers in her effort to get"The 2Step Act passed.
After DeSantis used Tracy's name and created a whirlwind of pain for her family by lying about her son's cause of death and lying about meeting Tracy, numerous media outlets including Breitbart News and Epoch Times ran articles about how Ron DeSantis mentioned Angel Moms during the Presidential debate.
"While DeSantis uses moms for political gain, President Trump was working with me on a federal level to propose the The 2Step Act to the Federal Transportation Department. President Trump immediately recognized me as a Gold Star mother and took the time to write me directly out of respect, care, and compassion. He never once used me or my story on a debate stage or anywhere. His respect and care for a Gold Star mother made me feel like he was a family member who cared for me, my son, and our country by recognizing the fact that what had happened to my son while he was on active duty was a National Security Risk everywhere. President Trump validated that he cares about our troops, and that my son mattered."
"He needs to get more educated on what a Gold Star mother is, and what an Angel mom is. As a veteran himself, of all people, DeSantis should know what a Gold Star mom is and he should know that it is inappropriate and hurtful to exploit our dead service members and the dead children of Gold Star Parents for political gain. That is an open wound forever, and poking that wound is like ripping a mother's heart open. I think Ron DeSantis needs to apologize to me and correct the record on my son as an exemplary, well-decorated combat soldier who served our nation for our freedoms."
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