McCain family punches back at Trump's latest Twitter tirade

By Mark Hosenball

 

FILE PHOTO: Meghan McCain and Cindy McCain arrive for the memorial service of U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at National Cathedral in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The widow and daughter of John McCain - former U.S. senator, Republican presidential nominee and Vietnam War hero - on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump and his online supporters for attacking McCain and his family.

 

Speaking on Wednesday to an employee at an Ohio factory that makes military tanks, Trump again hammered McCain. “So I have to be honest, I’ve never liked him much,” Trump said. “I really probably never will. But there are certain reasons for it.”

 

Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late senator, spent the last few days defending her father and politely criticizing Trump. On Wednesday she said the president had reached "a new, bizarre low - attacking someone who is not here is a new low."

 

She also said, "If I had told my dad... he would think it is so hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death."

 

Barely six months after McCain's death, Trump started the latest exchange between himself and the McCain clan on Sunday in a blast of Tweets, including one that attacked "'last in his class' (Annapolis) John McCain."

 

A spokeswoman for Meghan McCain said she was not immediately available for further comment.

 

Cindy McCain, the senator's widow, sarcastically urged her Twitter followers to "see how kind and loving a stranger can be" and shared with them an online message from someone who described John McCain as a "traitorous piece of warmongering shit and I'm glad he's dead."

 

On Tuesday, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office while sitting next the president of Brazil, Trump added: “I never was a fan of John McCain, and I never will be.”

 

The tweets and soundbites triggered a swirl of anti-McCain attacks and pro-McCain appeals on social media, like the one Cindy McCain shared, and cable TV discussion.

 

Without rebuking Trump, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said in a Tweet: "Today and every day I miss my good friend John McCain. It was a blessing to serve alongside a rare patriot and genuine American hero in the Senate."

 

The White House had no comment on Trump's latest attacks.

 

(Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Dan Grebler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-03-21

The simple fact is that John McCain was everything Trump would like to be, but never, ever will be.

 

John McCain was a war hero. He was an honourable man. He was a man who cared for others. He was a man who received respect because he earned it. He was a man of principle who stood for something other than his own selfish interests. He was a great, but flawed, man.

 

Donald Trump is an ever-expanding cloud of toxic waste that defiles everything it touches.

 

It is wrong to even mention these two men in the same post, but Mr Trump has a way of sullying everything around him...

 

 

 

Edited March 20, 20197 yr by Samui Bodoh

Just watched his speech made in Lima, Iowa. What an absolute disgrace of a human being; dancing on Sen. Mcain's grave. He is obsessed with the Senator. ("I never got a thank you from the family")!!!!

If Trump did not like McCain, that's one thing.  However, the man has passed on leaving a grieving family.  McCain's no longer a vote in the Senate, so what's the point?

 

Trump's behavior is very petty.  We would not expect even an ordinary person to act this way.  However, Trump is president, the leader of his country, and we would expect gracious words from someone who should be the role model of not just his country but of its children.

 

Please notice that Senate leader McConnell, who lost that important and well-publicized vote in the Senate because of McCain, has the decency to say very gracious words of McCain.  Some people know how to act like a decent human being.  

Trump really is a turd of the highest order.

1 hour ago, helpisgood said:

If Trump did not like McCain, that's one thing.  However, the man has passed on leaving a grieving family.  McCain's no longer a vote in the Senate, so what's the point?

 

Trump's behavior is very petty.  We would not expect even an ordinary person to act this way.  However, Trump is president, the leader of his country, and we would expect gracious words from someone who should be the role model of not just his country but of its children.

 

Please notice that Senate leader McConnell, who lost that important and well-publicized vote in the Senate because of McCain, has the decency to say very gracious words of McCain.  Some people know how to act like a decent human being.  

 

Totally agree. Frankly, I was not a big fan of McCain either. But one thing I learned from my parents was that one doesn't speak ill of the dead. Obviously there are exceptions to that rule, but I don't think McCain rises to that level.

 

edit: Also I was a fan of McCain / Feingold, though I didn't think it was nearly stringent enough.

Edited March 21, 20197 yr by lannarebirth

Is there no limit to the depths that this scumbag psycho will sink? 

Trump showing us just what he is and what he stands for; small minded, angry, petty, vindictive and callous. Ne really does introduce a new low to all he touches. 

6 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

Trump showing us just what he is and what he stands for; small minded, angry, petty, vindictive and callous. Ne really does introduce a new low to all he touches. 

And the members of Cult45 cheer him on.

 

9 minutes ago, seahorse said:

Is there no limit to the depths that this scumbag psycho will sink? 

I doubt very much their is.

 

And there is no limit to the blind support he receives from Cult45.

 

Depravity, abuse and cruelty are not characteristics of this oaf and his presidency, they are the whole basis of the support he receives from Cult45.

 

He is giving voice to the hatred rooted in their own impotence.

 

The more depravity, abuse and cruelty, the more Cult45 cheer him

on.

I didn't like many of John McCain's political views.

But I respected the man. He earned that respect.

 

Trump is like garbage.

And let's not forget that the American voters chose Trump...

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I didn't like many of John McCain's political views.

But I respected the man. He earned that respect.

 

Trump is like garbage.

And let's not forget that the American voters chose Trump...

American voters did not choose Trump.

 

 

13 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

Trump showing us just what he is and what he stands for; small minded, angry, petty, vindictive and callous. Ne really does introduce a new low to all he touches. 

And Americans voted for that small minded, angry, petty, vindictive and callous guy.

He didn't hide those "qualities" before the election. He didn't change much after the election.

And lots of people still support him - may god bless them with some brain.

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

American voters did not choose Trump.

They did! He was elected according to US laws.

That's the way they count over there.

Americans could chose to change these laws - but they don't.

If you are a rich draft dodger, that skipped Vietnam but dreams of being a tough guy. He has reason to grave - - - -   

 

 

8 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I didn't like many of John McCain's political views.

But I respected the man. He earned that respect.

 

Trump is like garbage.

And let's not forget that the American voters chose Trump...

 

Trump is just a representation of the garbage that is the American voter these days. And not just the garbage that voted for Trump.

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

They did! He was elected according to US laws.

That's the way they count over there.

Americans could chose to change these laws - but they don't.

Americans could choose to change many of the laws that find themselves the topics in this forum. You have to ask yoursef why? The answer I've come up with is that as long as there's no change there's plenty of money to be made. Division is a big money maker for all sides. Unity, not so much. 

I've heard many times you can judge a person by looking at their children. This pretty much says it all:

Edited March 21, 20197 yr by quandow

Trump is what he is. The alarming thing is so many Americans ignored his obvious deficiencies to elect him.

Inflammatory post and replies removed.

 

It takes a brave man to pick a fight with a dead man.

 

Insult from DT to McCain's daughter regarding her appearance in 10...9...8....

 

 

 

Trump is an ass-hat.

Regardless of one's views of McCain, this is completely unnecessary behaviour from Trump. I mean, what's the point? McCain's family are handling it rather cleverly though. Gave me a chuckle. 

Trump media strategy 101:

Disparage, digress, disunite.

Simple but apparently very effective.

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Trump is a phony. He owes more than he's worth. He can't be touched while hiding in the White House.

If he loses in2020 he will find himself swamped by banks wanting their money back. Everything he touches goes bankrupt.

Desperate times ahead 

trump blames McCain for turning over the Steele Dossier to the FBI, which partly initiated the Special Counsel's investigation. That investigation is bearing down on trump causing him to act out.

 

Blaming McCain at this point seems wildly unproductive, as is claiming he gave McCain a huge funeral and didn't get a thank you.

 

His tweet/retweet storm over the weekend was alarming even to supporters.

6 minutes ago, Lucius verus said:

Trump is a phony. He owes more than he's worth. He can't be touched while hiding in the White House.

If he loses in2020 he will find himself swamped by banks wanting their money back. Everything he touches goes bankrupt.

Desperate times ahead 

 

A person cannot owe more than they are worth.

Ok I will try to be nicer Donald needs help he is obviously mentally ill as mr Conway said you are nuts he needs meds and needs to be monitored 

8 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

A person cannot owe more than they are worth.

??????? People do it all the time, everywhere.

16 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

A person cannot owe more than they are worth.

 

trump used Chapter 11 at least four times for some of his businesses.

 

Individuals, the U.S. anyway, can and do often owe more than they are worth. blub-blub-blub.

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

??????? People do it all the time, everywhere.

Your assets minus your liabilities are your "worth". Some call it "net worth" but that's a misnomer. In any case I think you'll find that the Trump Organization has a fairly good balance sheet. No, that's not a Trump endorsement.

Edited March 21, 20197 yr by lannarebirth