President Donald Trump has long despised the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ). During the 2016 campaign, Trump questioned the hero status McCain had been awarded for his years as a prisoner of war, with Trump saying he preferred people who didn't get captured.
Trump seethed against McCain when the late Senator was the deciding vote to preserve Obamacare, the magnum opus of the man who defeated him for the Presidency in 2008.
When McCain died in 2018, the President waited until national outcry before lowering the White House flags to half staff, and later implied that McCain was in hell.
So it's likely no surprise that some members of McCain's family have endorsed or implied endorsement of Trump's 2020 rival, Democratic nominee Joe Biden. McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, even provided some narration at the Democratic National Convention.
Meanwhile, Meghan McCain is calling out Trump's daughter and advisor, Ivanka Trump, for her dismissal of Trump's rhetoric as his "communication style" in the final night of the Republican National Convention.
Watch the moment below.
'I know that his tweets can feel a bit unfiltered but the results, the results speak for themselves': Ivanka Trump on her father's 'communication style.' More #RNC2020 coverage: https://t.co/917aPV10T9 pic.twitter.com/nKWfzSXlBY
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2020
Ivanka Trump said:
"I recognize that my dad's communication style is not to everyone's taste. I know that his tweets can feel a bit unfiltered. But the results—The results speak for themselves."
McCain was having none of it, and called out the use of the term "communication style."
It's not a “communication style", its cruelty and indecency.
Trump said he didn't like POW's who were captured, implied my father was burning in hell after he died and constantly trashed him while he was fighting brain cancer. This is how they have lost all decent people.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) August 28, 2020
McCain's analysis is rooted in fact, even beyond what Trump said about her father.
Trump's frequent rants against his perceived enemies inspired one of his supporters, Cesar Sayoc, to mail pipe bombs to numerous people and entities the President decried on Twitter. The El Paso shooter, who targeted Hispanics in Texas, largely echoed anti-immigrant rhetoric from Trump.
Most recently, Trump supporter Kyle Rittenhouse killed two protesters and injured a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin after months of Trump decrying protests against police brutality.
People largely agreed with McCain's take.
Truth- the republican party has lost all decent people https://t.co/zwmd2sG3zQ
— Cassandra Noel ☾ (@CNDCapeCod) August 28, 2020
It's the day I knew I had to leave the GOP.
— Teri Peters (@hipEchik) August 28, 2020
I don't know who needs to hear this, but racism is not a "tone", a "lack of polish", or a "communication style".
— Matt Murchison 💛🐝 (@MattMurchison) August 28, 2020
“My father's communication style is a bit unconventional— a bit unfiltered. He's unapologetic about his beliefs. But, the results speak for themselves."
Ivanka Trump, explaining why her father is the most regressed, incompetent, & dangerous man in American history. pic.twitter.com/BspRysTklI
— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) August 28, 2020
Every time someone at the #RNC2020 makes a knowing, winking reference to @realDonaldTrump's tweets and communication style, please remember people are literally dying because of his incompetence. He's not Dennis the Menace. This isn't cute. #TrumpChaos
— Maya Rupert (@MayaRupert) August 28, 2020
But people did concede one point to Ivanka Trump: that the results of the President's first term, indeed, speak for themselves.
Ivanka: “The results speak for themselves."
180,000 dead
11% unemployment
Economy in recession
Russian bounties on our troops
White Supremacist murderers in our streets
Yes, yes they do.
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) August 28, 2020
Ivanka Trump: The results speak for themselves.
She is absolutely correct about this. 180,000 people are dead. pic.twitter.com/Inm5zpk3mn
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 28, 2020
The results do speak for themselves. America is #1 in the world for Covid-19 cases & deaths. Worst unemployment since the Great Depression. https://t.co/HdjLE9iii0
— Shanlon Wu (@shanlonwu) August 28, 2020
The results do speak for themselves, and they tell us that Trump is an enemy of the working class. https://t.co/lsd8pSRFq2
— DSA 🌹 (@DemSocialists) August 28, 2020
Ivanka Trump said of her father, “the results speak for themselves." They do: 180,000 #coronavirus deaths, 40 million jobs lost, environmental protections rolled back, the social safety net shredded, a nation divided more than ever before. Enough! #BidenHarris2020ToSaveAmerica
— Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) August 28, 2020
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