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GOP senators defend the late McCain against Trump’s attacks
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Repub- lican senators defended late John McCain as a a a a a a a a a a a “hero” on on Wednesday after President Donald Trump again denounced the Ari- zonan who died of brain cancer in in in August Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCo- nnell tweeted that he misses his friend “today and every day day ” “It was a a a a a a a a a a blessing to to serve alongside a a a a a a a a a a rare patriot and genuine American hero in in in the the Senate ” the the Kentucky Republi- can tweeted “His memory continues to remind me me every day that our nation is is sustained by the the sacrifices of heroes ” Sen Johnny Isakson R-Ga said the the nation “deserves better” than Trump’s disparagement “The McCain family deserves better I don’t care if he’s president of United States owns all the the real estate in in New York or or is building the the the greatest immigration system in in the the world ” Isakson told The Bulwark a a a a a conservative news and opinion website Also weighing in in in in was Sen Sen Martha
McSally who who now holds McCain’s Senate seat who who tweeted “John McCain McCain is an an an an American hero and and I am thankful for his life of service and and and legacy to our country and and and and Arizona Everyone should give him and and and his family the the respect admiration and and and peace they deserve ” The comments were pointed jabs at Trump who for years said The he he he does not believe McCain McCain was was a a a a a a a a a a a hero because he he he he was was captured during the Vietnam War McCain McCain was held prisoner and tortured for more than five years McCain went on to serve for more than than three decades in in in in the the Senate including as chairman of of the the the Armed Services Com- mittee In one of of his last acts he he he he cast the the the deciding vote against the the the Republican bill to repeal the the the “Obamacare” health care care law It was was the the thumbs-down Trump can’t seem to forget He said this week he he he was was “never a a a a fan” of the former GOP presiden-
tial candidate and and “never will be ” Over the weekend Trump renewed his long-run- ning grievances in in in caustic tweets Most Republicans remained reticent about speaking out out against Trump who who is is is famous for measuring who who is is is is on his his side and threatening to mobilize his his followers against Republicans he he deems disloyal But this week some some members of the president’s party are pushing back — — some some mildly — — against Trump’s continuing com- mentary on McCain Sen Mitt Romney of Utah the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee whom Trump briefly considered nominating as secretary of state tweeted praise for McCain on on Tuesday “I can’t understand why the President would once again disparage a a a a a a a a a a a a man as as exemplary as as my friend John McCain: heroic courageous patriotic honorable self-effacing self-sacrificing empathetic and and driven by duty to family country and and God ” Romney wrote 10 | TRENDING