McConnell Calls For White House Aide To Publicly Apologize For McCain Joke

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When asked if White House aide Kelly Sadler should apologize for her off-color joke about Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Tuesday that she should “apologize and apologize publicly.”

Sadler said last week in a leaked comment that McCain’s opposition to CIA director nominee Gina Haspel didn’t matter since he was “dying anyway.” Neither she nor the White House has issued a public apology.

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  1. McConnell Calls For White House Aide To Publicly Apologize For McCain Joke
    Right after you apologize to the American people for what you have done to them .
    Far more damage than an out of place comment

  2. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Well, you’re just right on top of things, aren’t you, Turtle?

    What, you waited for the polling to come in to tell you which way your “moral compass” should point?

  3. To quote Louis XVI, at the height of the French Revolution, “La merde a frappé le ventilateur!”
    (Hey, look it up on Google Translate. I had to.)

  4. And how about all the assholes, like Mercedes Schlapp and Sarah Sanders and all the rest, who defended her? are they going to apologize, too, Senator Tortuga?

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