Meghan and cindy mccain hit back at trump's latest attack on john mccain

Meghan McCain and Cindy McCain, the daughter and wife of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, spoke out against President Donald Trump’s latest dig at McCain,

calling Trump’s comments “hurtful.” Meghan McCain and Cindy McCAin appeared together Wednesday on _The View_, where Meghan McCain is a host, to discuss Trump’s attack on John McCain during

the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, last week. During his CPAC speech, Trump, without mentioning McCain by name, referred to the longtime senator’s dramatic thumbs-down

vote that ended the prospects for Republicans to repeal Obamacare last year. “Boy, oh, boy,” Trump said in his speech. “Who was that? I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t want

to be controversial, so I won’t use his name. Okay? What a mess.” Trump has a history of attacking the elder McCain dating back to the 2016 election. Following a report in Axios that Trump

was mocking McCain behind closed doors, Meghan McCain tweeted her frustration. Trump then called Meghan McCain and the two had a “very nice” conversation, she said. “I don’t believe he would

go there again,” Meghan McCain told _Politico _earlier this month, referring to Trump attacking her father. “I don’t think at this point in his administration it would be beneficial to him

in any way.” But after Trump’s CPAC dig, Meghan McCain said on _The View_ that she felt “naive” to have believed Trump. “I had a really nice conversation with him and Melania [Trump] and I

really was under the impression that this sort of fight between our families, and between him and my father especially, at this particular moment would end,” she said. “I understand the

argument,” Meghan McCain continued. “He’s talking about policy and that’s the attack but its still incredibly hurtful especially after I’ve had this conversation with him on the phone to

have this moment of booing at CPAC, which is supposed to be the mothership of conservatism and the Republican Party, and to sort of see booing at this specific moment in time is incredibly

hurtful.” Cindy McCain also provided an update on her husband’s help, amid chemotherapy and radiation treatment he is undergoing to fight glioblastoma. She also called for more

“togetherness.” “More importantly, for my own feeling, we need more compassion,” Cindy McCain said. “We need more empathy. We need more togetherness… we don’t need more bullying and I’m

tired of it.” Prior to their comments on _The View_, Meghan McCain appeared on _Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen_, where she said she was “disappointed” in Trump for attacking her

father.