Republican Senator John McCain’s widow spoke at the Democratic National Convention on behalf of presidential candidate Joe Biden, a reminder of her late husband’s bitter relationship with Donald Trump. And Trump’s ongoing feud with McCain has continued even after the Arizona Republican’s death. Trump trotted out an interview with failed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin with Tucker Carlson to bash McCain.
Palin was talking about Republican strategist Steve Schmidt who has been a fierce Trump critic. Schmidt worked on McCain’s campaign, and Palin feels there was some sort of sabotage at play; however, she did not say that the late Republican Senator was a “lousy candidate” as Trump claimed in his fake news tweet.
Sarah is correct. McCain was a lousy candidate with lots of bad policy, but the “deadheads” sabotaged his campaign from the inside, and never gave him a chance to win. Hope they were happy with OBiden, who gave you me! https://t.co/rynLuGRKHA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2020
Twitter users weren’t having it.
This is what makes McCain an American hero. pic.twitter.com/05CjPtTWMW
— Chid (@thegoodchidi) August 20, 2020
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Donald Trump has spent the morning tweeting about Sarah Palin, Tucker Carlson, John McCain, Kamala Harris and complaining about Twitter’s Trending module. Meanwhile…. pic.twitter.com/ieIBDuGxHm
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) August 20, 2020
For Christ’s sake, has trump been up all night tweeting? It is 7:57 AM in Washington D.C. , and trump is tweeting about McCain.. Does he know what year it is?
It looks like he’s tweeting every two minutes. Someone is having a major meltdown..
#TrumpMeltdown pic.twitter.com/bYGcGc4Fai— Catie 🌱🇺🇸 (@CateM5551) August 20, 2020
Funerals.
Obama delivered eulogy to iconic Democrat John Lewis, Iconic Republican John McCain.
Trump was asked NOT TO ATTEND funeral of John Lewis, John McCain#TrumpMeltdown pic.twitter.com/M3G6v9QS3V
— Tomi T Ahonen (@tomiahonen) August 20, 2020
There is no bottom. Unlike you, McCain was an American hero. You’re a 5x drafts dodging, Putin puppet. pic.twitter.com/n1gjf4RgVr
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) August 20, 2020
Attacking a dead war hero again. You’re a despicable coward… #McCain #Trump
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) August 20, 2020
What a ghoulish and petty president. It’s almost as if Trump is proving Obama’s point at the DNC as he outlined why the former reality show star is not fit for the job.
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