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| Meghan McCain: aide who dismissed my father as 'dying anyway' should lose job | Meghan McCain: aide who dismissed my father as 'dying anyway' should lose job |
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| John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, has hit back at the White House official who is said to have dismissed her father’s views by saying “he’s dying anyway”. | John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, has hit back at the White House official who is said to have dismissed her father’s views by saying “he’s dying anyway”. |
| Appearing on ABC’s The View, McCain said she did not understand why the official, Kelly Sadler, still had a job. | Appearing on ABC’s The View, McCain said she did not understand why the official, Kelly Sadler, still had a job. |
| “We’re all dying,” she said, on the show she co-hosts. “… It is not how you die. It is how you live.” | “We’re all dying,” she said, on the show she co-hosts. “… It is not how you die. It is how you live.” |
| She added: “I don’t understand what kind of environment you’re working in when that would be acceptable and then you could come to work the next day and still have a job.” | She added: “I don’t understand what kind of environment you’re working in when that would be acceptable and then you could come to work the next day and still have a job.” |
| It was reported that Sadler made the remarks about the 81-year-old Arizona senator, who has brain cancer, in a staff discussion of his opposition to Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel. A person in the room spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting. | It was reported that Sadler made the remarks about the 81-year-old Arizona senator, who has brain cancer, in a staff discussion of his opposition to Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel. A person in the room spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting. |
| The White House did not dispute the remark but said in a statement: “We respect Senator McCain’s service to our nation and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time.” | The White House did not dispute the remark but said in a statement: “We respect Senator McCain’s service to our nation and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time.” |
| The Hill newspaper first reported the comment. | The Hill newspaper first reported the comment. |
| McCain’s wife came to his defense on Twitter, responding with a tweet tagged to Sadler: “May I remind you my husband has a family, 7 children and 5 grandchildren.” | McCain’s wife came to his defense on Twitter, responding with a tweet tagged to Sadler: “May I remind you my husband has a family, 7 children and 5 grandchildren.” |
| Sadler is a special assistant to the president. She did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday evening. | Sadler is a special assistant to the president. She did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday evening. |
| On Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders refused to comment, saying she was “not going to comment on an internal staff meeting” and framing her refusal to do so as a refusal “to validate a leak”. | On Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders refused to comment, saying she was “not going to comment on an internal staff meeting” and framing her refusal to do so as a refusal “to validate a leak”. |
| Asked about how the White House felt about McCain, she said: “We have a respect for all Americans and that is what we try to put forward in everything we do both in word and in action.” | Asked about how the White House felt about McCain, she said: “We have a respect for all Americans and that is what we try to put forward in everything we do both in word and in action.” |
| Sanders did make clear Sadler was still employed at the White House. | Sanders did make clear Sadler was still employed at the White House. |
| McCain was diagnosed last July with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. He left Washington in December and had surgery last month for an infection. | |
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