Posted on 05/11/2018 2:34:35 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A White House official dismissed a view expressed by Sen. John McCain about President Donald Trump's CIA nominee, saying Thursday at a staff meeting that "it doesn't matter" because "he's dying anyway," two people in the room told The Associated Press.
Kelly Sadler was discussing McCain's opposition to Trump's pick for CIA director, Gina Haspel, when she made the comment, according to the two people, who described feeling shocked and stunned by the remark. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door communications staff meeting.
The White House did not dispute the remark. In a statement, they said, "We respect Senator McCain's service to our nation and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time."
The Hill newspaper first reported the comment.
The 81-year-old Arizona Republican, who has spent three decades in the Senate, was diagnosed in July with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. He left Washington in December and underwent surgery last month for an infection.
Sadler is a special assistant to the president. She did not respond to a request for comment Thursday evening.
McCain's wife, Cindy, responded with a tweet tagged to Sadler, "May I remind you my husband has a family, 7 children and 5 grandchildren."
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“She ate a meal that would choke a pig.” Danny Aiello, about the same mother.
McCain crossed that line back in 1996.
And the leaks continue.
McCain crossed that line back in 1996.
It’s 2018. And this is a new story? Think about it.
Actually, Cindy, Donald Trump has a family too, but that didn't stop your husband from promoting filthy lies about Russian prostitutes. Did you ever think about the effect that might have on the President's family?
“Instead, McCain decided to remain a Senator.”
That’s because he has no identity as a person/human being/soul. He is what his job title is. Period.
You’re right. Mcain’s wife should not have said that. When you are attacking the president from your death bed people are free to attack back regardless of what his wife thinks.
Some people are wilting over after hearing this supposed comment reported by the AP from unnamed sources.
Assuming the AP is telling the truth- that being a big assumption with a big spoonful of salt- I have NO problem whatsoever with the comment.
If McCain is going to be an even bigger a$$hole in his last days, he deserves to get this type of response back. McCain has no problem dishing it out, but like a typical liberal - oh no, he is very sick and has a family, so please be gentle with him.
McCain’s wife Cindy and her children would be better if they told McCain to shut up and stop behaving like an a$$hole, at least now.
Which of the staffers at the closed-door meeting also worked on the campaign? There’s the probable FBI plant and leaker.
wait till this asshole dies and the media praises him 24/7. I think I will take my annual no-news-no-tv-no-internet vacation that week. Puke.
It saddens me that PC Principal lives in the Trump White House. Unlike so much in today's "news", is a statement that is factually 100% correct.
Boom
We might not be bothered by her sentiment, true. But Trump appointees have to be classier than swamp things. This kind of statement only serves to blur the line between Trump’s team and the career creatures who are in the WH, and should be gone by now. Why are there still people on the staff leaking internal goings-on to the press?
He abadoned his first family for a pill head. She was stealing meds from patient
Of course, her husband got her off.
But the governor, being a Republican, would have appointed a Republican to replace him. He may have resigned had the governor been a Democrat.
Try it. Not hurtful or mean or negative at all...given the right tone.
The two little leakers should be the ones fired.
“We have to keep listening to this blabber mouth because he or his relatives constantly reminds us that he was a former POW. ”
Yeh, for sure. McCain has always responded to comments about his time as a POW by stating he was no hero. And, the press has always has always given him a pass and ignored his double-wink while stating this. Now, we have to endure his wife using the same technique with a triple-wink concerning his cancer. Dispicable is what comes to mind...
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