Meghan McCain said on Friday that she is “never going to forgive” President Trump for his attacks on her father, Senator John McCain.
“The View” co-host made the comments during an interview in Austin, Texas at the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential library. She was there to accept the LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award on behalf of Sen. McCain, according to The Hill.
“[Trump’s] comments are never going to be OK with me, especially at this moment in my life. I’m never going to forgive it. I’m never going to move on from it,” said McCain. “But [at work] I’m a political commentator, and I’m trying to call balls and strikes as I see them.” (RELATED: McCain Funeral Plans Reportedly Include Vice President Pence, But Not President Trump)
The Arizona senator’s daughter also told media that she no longer takes “private phone calls from the Trump administration.”
“If anyone [at the White House] wants to say anything to me in any way, they have to do it publicly. I don’t take private phone calls from the Trump administration anymore,” she said.
Starting with Trump’s early election jab at the Arizona senator for not being a “war hero” and former White House staffer Kelly Sadler’s joke about his ailing health, tensions have been high between McCain, who has taken his fair share of shots at the president and his agenda, and Trump. (RELATED: Here’s What McCain Told Trump Before Killing Obamacare Repeal)
“When I had a conversation with Kelly, I asked her to publicly apologize and she said she would,” said McCain last month. “I have not spoken to her since and I assume that it will never come. I don’t understand what kind of environment you’re working in when that would be acceptable and then you could come to work the next day and still have a job. And that’s all I have to say about it.”