To the Editor:

Re “Video Disproves Story Kelly Told About Lawmaker” (front page, Oct. 21):

Let me see if I have this straight. John Kelly’s description of a speech by Representative Frederica Wilson is contradicted by a video recording. Mr. Kelly, who was present at the speech, is at best mistaken. The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, says it is “highly inappropriate” to question Mr. Kelly because he is a former four-star general.

So Mr. Kelly can say, “Up is down, and down is up,” and according to Ms. Sanders should not be questioned. Someone needs to tell her that George Orwell’s “1984” is a novel, not an instruction manual.

CLEM BERNE, NEW YORK