Trump won’t call McCain a ‘hero’

The Daily 202's Big Idea

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🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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President Trump has repeatedly declined to say anything nice about McCain, even while he was dying.

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0:15.0	Good morning.
0:19.0	I'm James Helmin from the Washington Post
0:21.0	and this is the Daily 202 for Monday August 27th.
0:26.8	In today's news, a gunman kills two at a gaming tournament in Jacksonville.
0:31.5	A former Vatican ambassador says Pope Francis knew of sexual misconduct allegations
0:35.8	against a former DC Archbishop for years.
0:39.4	And Michael Cohen's lawyer backtracks after claiming his client can prove Trump had advanced knowledge of Russian interference in 2016.
0:47.0	But first, the big idea.
0:54.0	President Trump nixed issuing a statement that praised the heroism and life of John McCain,
1:00.0	after the Eressona Senator died of brain cancer on Saturday night.
1:04.3	Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Chief of Staff John Kelly, and other White House
1:08.4	aides advocated for an official statement that gave the Vietnam POW Plaudits for his military and Senate service and
1:14.6	called him a hero. But Trump told AIDS he wanted to post a brief tweet instead
1:19.3	and the statement praising McCain was never released. White House aides instead
1:23.8	posted statements from officials other than the president praising the late
1:27.7	senator. By Sunday afternoon, the vice president, Secretary of State,
1:32.1	Homeland Security Secretary, Defense Secretary,
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