Meghan McCain blasted President Donald Trump and the White House for continuing to attack her father, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, in an attempt to distract from Trump's political problems.
"It's really good politics that they're doing right now," Meghan McCain said on ABC's "The View" Thursday. "Because they are trying to change the narrative. . . not talking about all the other bad things that are going on."
Less than three weeks ago, a White House aide dismissed the importance of Sen. McCain, who is suffering from brain cancer, because he's "dying anyway." Last weekend, Trump blasted McCain for voting against the GOP's attempt to repeal Obamacare.
"We had it done folks, it was done, and then early in the morning somebody turned their hand in the wrong direction," Trump said at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, according to NBC News. "The person that voted that way only talked repeal and replace. He campaigned on it."
Though Trump didn't mention McCain by name, he was the only male Republican in the Senate to vote against the bill.
"I don't like talking about my dad all the time, but he keeps being brought up," Meghan McCain said on Thursday. "In a rally last weekend, there were boos. It was elicited by President Trump at the rally, and I was promised an apology by Kelly Sadler to my family, and I didn't get that."
She added, "This is not an administration that's capable of apologizing," and said that Trump's calls for an apology from Disney CEO Bob Iger is just him playing politics.
"Been in politics a long time, and it's a way to gaslight the American public to not focus on the real issues that we should be focusing on," she said. "We should all try to be the example they are not giving us, and don't get gaslit into taking your eyes off what's really important."
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