Brianna Keilar

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

I was serious when I said they taste like soft shell crab. — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Your reporting has been leading the way @taygoldenstein. 👏 Thanks for breaking down all the minutiae of what’s happening with voting in TX. — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Teargaslighting: Today marks one year since Donald Trump's infamous photo-op at St John's Church, and DC Police – through an attorney – is finally admitting that law enforcement used tear gas that day against peaceful protestors. #RollTheTape https://t.co/Wt1FrnsS9Z — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

RT @NewDay: Echoing QAnon forums, Michael Flynn appears to suggest a Myanmar-style coup should happen in the US. Lawyer Sidney Powell, who… — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

@RandiPierce17 Honestly, I can’t even watch me eat them. — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Love this — ⭐️ today 60 kids who lost a parent in military service ran the @wearblue 5K in honor of their fallen parent. To get ready they trained for 2 months with an active duty military mentor for this big event. 👏 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

"Don’t be ashamed to have a good time this Memorial Day — that’s part of the gift that’s been bestowed to you" Timeless, as ⁦@TaskandPurpose⁩ aptly put it, words on Memorial Day from ⁦@CarlForsling⁩ - republished from 2018 https://t.co/W51EYxvFRO — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Thank you for all you do for our military families @TAPSorg — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

And if most Americans are disconnected, divested from the human cost of war, the price will be higher because of it, paid for by a small part of the population -- and the rest of the country might not even notice. 14/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Seeing this holiday as a long weekend to usher in the summer with beer and brats on the grill isn't a problem. Many military families will do same thing. But experiencing it only as that is a sign of just how disconnected most of the country is from their armed forces. 13/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

The burden of these few men and women -- this is what's at the heart of the difference between how military-connected Americans experience Memorial Day and how most civilians will. 12/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Carol Collier, who lost her son, Army Staff Sgt. Dustin Yates, to suicide said:  "My son was proud to serve and loved every minute of his service...but I worry that we are unnecessarily stressing the same people over and over by repeated deployments.” 11/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

I spoke with more than 20 veteran and active duty service members, spouses, parents, siblings and children as they reflect on how this war changed their lives forever. You can read their words here:  https://t.co/vUgDmTNP4c 10/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

This year, with the war in Afghanistan finally coming to an end after almost 20 years, Memorial Day weekend is particularly somber for military families of post 9/11 combat veterans. 9/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

I felt embarrassed as I witnessed these moments. If I'm being honest, I felt shame. I normally spent Memorial Day unencumbered by what the holiday actually means and I felt like a voyeur, taking in these vignettes of remembrance and grief. 8/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Several rows away, a group of guys stood circling another grave where they had set an unopened beer on the headstone -- no doubt their buddy's -- as they drank, talked, smiled. They wouldn't have been out of place at a backyard barbecue. 7/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

As we walked, I saw a woman laying on her side on a blanket in front of a white headstone, her knees slightly bent, as if someone was spooning her. I imagined her with her husband like that when he was alive. She was shading herself from the midday sun with a large umbrella. 6/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

A year later in 2016, I spent part of Memorial Day in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, where service members killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried, as my new boyfriend, an Army Special Forces officer, visited the graves of his dead friends. 5/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

But I didn't. Not really. I thanked our viewers for joining us for the tribute on Memorial Day, then I unclipped my mic, walked off the set and went home to pack a bag for a trip. And I'm pretty sure I didn't give the true meaning of the day much more thought. 4/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

"Tomorrow, when you resume life's daily routines, take a moment to think of the families who will return home and leave their loved ones here in this sacred place, and what of next week and next month. What should we do then? Remember." 3/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Six years ago, I closed out a show on Memorial Day with a moment from the commemoration at Arlington Cemetery and these comments from General Martin Dempsey: 2/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Until I started dating someone in the military I effectively ignored the actual reason for Memorial Day. Now I’m married to a service member and the holiday settles over my house like the anniversary of the death of a loved one, which I think most civilians can connect w/. 1/14 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

@cookinforpeace @MRohNYC Thanks so much for coming on @NewDay! I had so much fun doing this segment. — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

RT @CNN: "This year, Memorial Day is a moment to take stock of the full scope of how the war in Afghanistan has impacted America's military… — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

This is what Memorial Day is about: those who have sacrificed, those we have lost in war, and those we have lost to suicide because of their service. https://t.co/AC5QWfuino — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

@Sanleh1 @NewDay @JohnBerman @cookinforpeace @mkraju @mkraju doesn’t eat cicadas, he just curses at them. 😂 — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

RT @Porter_Anderson: Media: @brikeilarcnn: "If most Americans are disconnected, divested from the human cost of war, the price will be high… — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

RT @NewDay: Mary Elliott, curator of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, shares her personal connection to the Tul… — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

My new CNN Home⭐️Front column: Most civilians will experience this Memorial Day differently than military connected families. I talked to veterans, active duty military, spouses, parents, siblings and children as the war in Afghanistan comes to an end. https://t.co/vUgDmTNP4c — PolitiTweet.org

Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn

Retired Lieutenant General @MarkHertling has a special way of remembering the heroes who died under his command. He joined me to share their stories this Memorial Day. https://t.co/1tYGWgIm2i — PolitiTweet.org