When asked about former President Donald Trump's announcement calling the former "View" co-host a "bully" and a "lowlife," McCain stated, "My first reaction is thanks for the publicity."
She went on, "He really has a way of helping people get publicity for their books. I also think this is part of what my memoir is about. It's about being a bad Republican at 'The View,' when just being a Republican in general means you're the villain at 'The View,' and then it means me being a bad Republican in the Republican Party right now because I'm not a Trump supporter. My family and him have a blood feud at this point. It's about what conservatism looks like post-Trump, which I think is something Republicans are really going to have to take a hard look at one way or another, even if he ends up running in 2024."
Host Howard Kurtz asked, "Does it sting at all? I mean, it's a former president, or have you become accustomed to it?"
She went on, "I'm used to it. It used to hurt when it was against my dad. I don't like when it's against Colin Powell, people that I respect. For me, no."
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Trump, in a statement issued on Friday, mocked McCain for saying she left ABC's daytime talk program.
"The View" due to a culture of bullying and toxicity.
"Isn't it funny that Meghan McCain, who has always been a bully and basically a lowlife, is now complaining that it was she who was bullied by the Slobs and Radical Left maniacs of 'The View,'" Trump announced.
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McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), was the lone conservative throughout her time on the show and frequently sparred with her co-hosts during spats that at times turned personal. She was frequently critical of Trump, who mocked her father throughout the final years of his life.
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In his statement on Friday, Trump further attacked the late senator, who voted against the GOP attempt to repeal ObamaCare.
"At the request of many of her representatives, I made it possible for her father to have the world take a look at the funeral, designed and orchestrated by him, even though I was never, to put it mildly, a fan. In his own special way, he was a RINO's RINO," Trump said.
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