Meghan McCain Swats Down Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Claims Trump Loves Troops
Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted on “The View” on Tuesday that President Donald Trump really loves the troops, but co-host Meghan McCain took a much different view.
The former White House press secretary appeared on the ABC talk show to promote her new book, “Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House.”
Although she got into heated conversations with Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar, her exchange with McCain took a quieter, but still heated, tone.
McCain started by mentioning The Atlantic’s explosive report last week that Trump has called members of the military, including fallen war heroes, “suckers” and “losers.”
McCain said she had a problem with the story’s use of unnamed sources and noted that Sanders has gone on record claiming the president has “the greatest amount of respect for the men and women of our armed forces.”
But the problem, McCain pointed out, is that while Sanders is proclaiming how much Trump loves the troops, the president is saying incendiary things about members of the military — including McCain’s father, former Utah Sen. John McCain.
“The problem with the story is it seems like something he would do,” McCain said.
McCain said she didn’t doubt that Sanders has seen Trump do something nice, but said that hasn’t been the experience for other people.
“For me and my brothers who serve, we don’t feel respected,” she said. “We’re a military family that doesn’t feel respected by this president. Part of the problem is it’s great unless you’re a person who disagrees with the president and then your service becomes people who weren’t captured.
“I understand you have to do a job because you’re his supporter. At least concede that it has to be very uncomfortable to have this conversation with me right now.”
Sanders admitted that Trump was no fan of McCain, but that it was vice versa.
“There’s no denying the fact that not only did...