5/11/2018

DEMS/JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Democratic senator called on President Donald Trump Friday [5-11-18] to repudiate a White House aide’s comment about ‘dying’ Republican Sen. John McCain, who has brain cancer…White House aide Kelly Sadler had responded to McCain’s opposition to Gina Haspel’s nomination for CIA director by attempting to joke Thursday [5-10-18] morning that ‘he’s dying anyway,’ a White House official told CNN. Asked about Sadler’s comment, a White House official said, ‘We respect Senator McCain’s service to our nation, and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time.’ When asked if top Senate Republicans should speak out against the comments, Cardin said all leaders should…While he didn’t say Sadler should lose her job, Cardin called her comment ‘outrageous’ and ‘something that needs to have some disciplinary results.'”

-Veronica Stracqualursi, “Cardin calls on Trump to repudiate aide’s joke on ‘dying’ McCain,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 11, 2018 9:24 am