Today Chief of Staff General John Kelly shamed Rep. Frederica Wilson — she of the big hats and even bigger mouth — for politicizing the death of an American soldier.

So how did Rep. Wilson react? Did General Kelly humble her? Did she apologize?

No. And not only no, but hell no!

In fact, Wilson called herself a ‘rock star.’ And then she laughed about it, so very pleased with herself.

Brilliant! The death of a soldier is comedy gold!

Not everyone was amused.

You are a rock star off of the back of a dead soldier. What a thing to be proud of! https://t.co/KNw2zhrWlz

— Nancy E (@NancyE96930494) October 20, 2017

Talk about exploiting the pain of a fallen soldier's family. https://t.co/BhZS1r23Ru

— David B. Cohen (@DavidBCohen1) October 20, 2017

And then there’s this observation:

This was never about the family. https://t.co/5aJ02i4ACJ

— Sage Antone (@AntoneSage) October 20, 2017

He’s right: it was never about supporting Sgt. La David Johnson’s pregnant widow and their young children. It was all about making political hay. Let’s be honest here — she doesn’t give a rat’s rear end about this Gold Star family, except when they were politically expedient. As a result she got the attention she craves, and now she thinks she’s a “rock star.”

Columnist Dan McLaughlin of NRO Online declared that Wilson really stepped into it with her remark.

This is a major mistake on her part. https://t.co/yhDnzKqSk7

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) October 20, 2017

I wish. But I’m not so sure, because in 2016 Wilson’s Florida Congressional district was solidly Democrat. In fact, no Republicans ran in 2016 against Wilson, although GOP candidate Louis Sola will challenge her in 2018.

But no matter. Consider the fallout if a Republican congressman used the death of a soldier as the punchline of a joke — he’d be drummed out of office at the drop of one of Frederica Wilson’s ginormous tacky hats. Furthermore, he or she would deserve it. But Wilson will be re-elected next year. Because she’s a rock star, you know.