Klobuchar Should Respect The McCain Family's Wishes; Don't Use Him As a Prop

Meghan McCain took Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar to task for telling a story the late John McCain told her about Donald Trump's admiration for dictators during Trump's inauguration ceremony in 2017.


McCain tweeted,"On behalf of the entire McCain family - @amyklobuchar please be respectful to all of us and leave my fathers legacy and memory out of presidential politics."


A spokesperson for Klobuchar claims she has "deep respect" for McCain. However, there was no commitment on Klobuchar's part to refrain from sharing other anecdotes from McCain regarding President Trump.


If Klobuchar has any respect for McCain she will abide by the McCain family's wishes and go quiet.


To start with, we don't know if McCain actually said any of this to Klobuchar because he is not here to verify her claim.


But let us assume for argument's sake that McCain conveyed this view of Trump to Klobuchar during the inauguration. I think this view was not intended for public consumption. If it was then I think McCain would have shared this view in public. It is well worth noting that Klobuchar never shared this story publicly while McCain was alive.


Frequent Trump critic George Conway has defended Klobuchar for relaying the story characterizing it as "respectful". Respectfully, this is a matter for McCain's family and only McCain's family to determine.


Let me put it this way. What if McCain had criticized President Obama instead of Donald Trump in Klobuchar's presence and she had decided to share that story. Would Conway or anyone else have criticized Meghan McCain had she objected?


I think we all know the answer to that question.