“The View” co-host Meghan McCain said Thursday that she regrets saying, “I hate Hillary Clinton” on air last year, after bombs were sent to her and other prominent Democrats.
“I’ve been doing so much soul-searching in my life right now,” said McCain, whose father, the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, died earlier this year.
“I talked to my producers beforehand, and I wanted to bring this up that I really try every day, I really try to come into work thinking about what rhetoric I’m going to put out into the world and what my father would have done if he was still here,” she continued.
“Last year on this show, I said I hate Hillary Clinton and I called her Crooked Hillary and it’s one of the things I regret doing because I contributed on television. Now this is not saying that I agree with her… but hate is not a word that should be coming out of my mouth on television about someone of a different political persuasion.”
“I need to hold myself to the same standard that I would like to hold the president, and I implore everyone else in media because I think we should cop to our mistakes, and I’m damn sure going to continue doing what my father did,” McCain said. “I thought, what have I done to contribute to the polarization in this country, and that is one thing that I can own that I did and I regret.”
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