Sen. Joni Ernst urged President Trump to stop disparaging the late Sen. John McCain, calling the Vietnam war hero “a dear friend”
Sen. Joni Ernst on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to stop disparaging the late Sen. John McCain, calling the Vietnam war hero “a dear friend” and defending him against the president's criticisms.
“I do not appreciate his tweets,” Ernst said, when pressed by the attendee why she didn’t previously speak out more forcefully“John McCain is a dear friend of mine. So, no I don’t agree with President Trump and he does need to stop.” Over the weekend, Trump sent a series of tweets ripping McCain, falsely claiming that the Arizona senator was "last in his class" at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and condemning McCain for flagging to law enforcement an explosive and unverified dossier from ex-British intelligence officer Christopher Steele alleging tied between the president and Russia. Trump attacked McCain again Wednesday in a speech, saying "I never liked him much.
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