Senator McCain Says Trump Owes an Apology

“This is a line he’s crossed, and this is the beginning of the end of Donald Trump …”

The longtime Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, who himself has been called fiery and combative, added: “The great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heroes”.

The controversy has overshadowed other presidential campaigns, including the announcement expected on Tuesday from Ohio Gov. John Kasich that he will officially be a candidate for president.

Luntz: “Five and half years in a Vietnamese prison camp …”

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said McCain had handled the matter just right.

“I’ll admit, it’s not hard to become a prisoner of war, especially with the amount of planes being shot down… in that heavily defended airspace above Hanoi“, he said, “but what is hard is what comes after you [become] a prisoner”. “McCain really says he’s done a lot for the VA and he hasn’t”, he said.

On Monday, McCain told MSNBC that Trump doesn’t need to apologize to him, but he should apologize to veterans and their families. “So what I said is John McCain, I disagree with him that these people aren’t mad”. Trump stated, “I have respect for Senator McCain”. Marco Rubio called Trump’s comment “divisive” and “offensive”.

Most of the new Washington Post/ABC News poll was taken before Trump’s controversial remarks on John McCain’s military service, so any impact those may have on the race aren’t yet clear.

He went on to name former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Texas Sen. The Republican National Committee also issued a statement saying “there is no place in our party or our country for comments that disparage those who have served honourably”.

But veterans were far from unanimous, expressing surprisingly mixed reactions to Trump’s comments.

At the same time, the Des Moines Register published an editorial Monday night calling for Trump to drop out of the race. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama. He’s the head of the group that runs – somebody is doing a bad job.

McCain was responding for the first time since the notoriously outspoken Trump’s astonishing attack.

“He’s a jackass”, says South Carolina Sen.

To him, Trump’s sentiment is more than just questioning McCain’s heroism, but a “dumb” remark that shows his own lack of military experience or understanding.