IN A MINUTE, HIM ACTUALLY
CALLING JOHN McCAIN A LOSER.
HE’S DENIED SOMETHING HE SAID
PUBLICLY AND TWEETED HIMSELF.
GENERAL McCAFFREY, YOUR REACTION
AFTER READING THE PIECE?
>> I FIND IT ENTIRELY
PLAUSZABLE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN A
DISASTER IN NATIONAL SECURITY.
THIS THING IS SO WIDELY
REPORTED, I FIND IT -- A MARINE
OFFICER KILLED IN ACTION IN
AFGHANISTAN AND ESSENTIALLY
ASKING WHAT’S IN IT FOR THEM, OR
DISPARAGING THE MARINES KILLED
IN BELLA WOOD IN WORLD WAR I.
118,000 OF OUR SOLDIERS WENT
OVER AND FOUGHT TO SAVE
DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE AND THE UK.
JUST SIMPLY ASTONISHING.
HE IS A MAN OF MANY FEARS, I
THINK.
FEAR OF SERVICE, FEAR OF
DISFIGUREMENT
DISFIGUREMENT, FEAR OF DEATH.
HE CAN’T UNDERSTAND THE MILLIONS
OF VETERANS WHO HAVE STEPPED
FORWARD TO TO FIGHT AND DEFEND
THIS COUNTRY, WITHOUT MONETARY
REWARD OR MEDALS, BUT SIMPLY TO
PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION AND WAY
OF LIFE.
MR. TRUMP IS A DISASTER.
>> BILL COHEN, YOU SERVED AS
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ALSO A
SENATE COLLEAGUE OF JOHN
McCAIN’S.
I WANT TO READ WHAT JEFF
GOLDBERG WROTE AS IT RELATES TO
JOHN McCAIN, THAT TRUMP REMAINED
FIXATED ON McCAIN, ONE OF THE
FEW PROMINENT REPUBLICANS TO
CONTINUE CRITICIZING HIM AFTER
HE WON THE NOMINATION.
WHEN McCAIN DIED IN AUGUST 2018
TRUMP TOLD HIS SENIOR STAFF
ACCORDING TO THREE SOURCES WITH
DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, WE’RE
NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT
LOSER’S FUNERAL AND HE BECAME
FURIOUS, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES
WHEN HE SAW FLAGS LOWERED TO
HALF STAFF.
WHAT THE BLANK ARE WE DOING THAT
FOR?
THE GUY WAS A BLANKING LOSER,
THE PRESIDENT TOLD AIDES.
BILL, I WANT TO REMIND VIEWERS
WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID ABOUT
JOHN McCAIN SAID BACK IN 2015
WHEN HE WAS ALREADY A CANDIDATE.
LET’S WATCH THIS.
>> I SUPPORTED HIM FOR
PRESIDENT.
I RAISED A MILLION DOLLARS FOR
HIM.
HE LOST.
HE LET US DOWN.
HE LOST.
SO I NEVER LIKED HIM AS MUCH
AFTER THAT BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE
LOSERS.
BUT --
>> HE’S A WAR HERO.
>> HE’S NOT A WAR HERO.
>> HE’S A WAR HERO.
>> HE’S A WAR HERO BECAUSE HE
WAS CAPTURED.
I LIKE PEOPLE THAT WEREN’T
CAPTURED.
I HATE TO TELL YOU.
>> BILL COHEN, YOUR REACTION TO
ALL OF THIS.
>> ANDREA, IT’S BEEN SAID THAT
SILENCE IS THE MOST PERFECT
EXPRESSION OF SCORN.
I’M TEMPTED TO REMAIN SILENT ON
THIS, JUST TO EXPRESS MY
CONTEMPT FOR WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
I’M NOT GOING TO BASE IT ON WHAT
APPEARED IN "THE ATLANTIC"
MAGAZINE.
I STATED ON YOUR PROGRAM AND
OTHERS BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED
THAT I FELT HE WAS UNFIT TO BE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THIS
COUNTRY, UNFIT BECAUSE OF HIS
CHARACTER AND BECAUSE OF HIS
BACKGROUND.
EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE, ALMOST
EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE HAS
PROVEN THAT HE IS UNFIT TO
SERVE.
THE COMMENTS THAT HE MADE ABOUT
JOHN McCAIN ARE REALLY
INTERESTING BECAUSE I KNEW JOHN
WELL.
I TRAVELED THE WORLD WITH JOHN.
I WAS BEST MAN AT HIS WEDDING.
JOHN WAS A HERO, NOT BECAUSE HE
WAS SHOT DOWN, BUT BECAUSE HE
ENDURED 5 1/2 YEARS OF TORTURE.
AND WHEN THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
SAID WE’LL LET YOU OUT EARLY,
LET’S MAKE A DEAL, JOHN McCAIN
SAID NO DEAL.
I DON’T GO OUT UNTIL EVERYBODY
GOES OUT.
THAT’S WHAT MAKES HIM A HERO TO
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, NOT ONLY IN
THIS COUNTRY, BUT AROUND THE
WORLD WHERE HE IS REVERED.
THE NOTION HE WOULD STILL
MAINTAIN HE’S NOT A HERO, HE’S A
LOSER, IT REALLY TROUBLED ME A
GREAT DEAL.
NOW, THE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT THOSE
WHO ARE HANDICAPPED, TAMMY
DUCKWORTH.
SHE LOST SOMETHING, SHE LOST
HALF HER BODY.
MAX CLEELAND LOST HALF HIS BODY.
BOB DOLE LOST HALF HIS BODY.
DAN INOUYE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO
SACRIFICE THEIR BLOOD AND BODIES
IN ORDER TO DEFEND THE FLAG AND
WHAT IT REPRESENTS.
