'The View’ Host Meghan McCain Responds to Donald Trump’s ‘Painful’ Comments on Father John McCain, Veterans
09/04/2020 12:18 am EDT
Donald Trump's Response
The White House called The Atlantic's reporting false, although the Associated Press independently verified some of the reporting. Trump also took to Twitter to dispute the reporting on his feelings about McCain. The president claimed he "never called" McCain a "loser" and called the reporting "more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election!"
However, Trump did call McCain a "loser" on video. In July 2015, when Trump was running for the Republican presidential nomination, Trump called McCain, who survived over five years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, a "dummy" and did not agree McCain was a war hero. "He's not a war hero," Trump said at the time. "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured." Trump later added, "He's a war hero because he was captured. OK, I believe — perhaps he's a war hero." Trump continued criticism McCain after he took office, especially after McCain voted against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. McCain asked that Trump not attend his funeral, while both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama delivered eulogies.
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