Defending Donald Trump or deflecting his statements, some top G.O.P. officials reflected the trajectory of a party that the former president has largely bent to his will.
I recently reminded a veteran both of what McCain went through, and how unacceptable the “soldiers who didn’t get caught” BS was. And how insane it was to me, as it is now, that more Republicans didn’t turn on him in that very instant.
I’m not a Republican. I wouldn’t have voted for McCain. But he was a hero for what he did and the absolute lack of respect, the gleeful mockery, still boils my blood.
I recently reminded a veteran both of what McCain went through, and how unacceptable the “soldiers who didn’t get caught” BS was. And how insane it was to me, as it is now, that more Republicans didn’t turn on him in that very instant.
I’m not a Republican. I wouldn’t have voted for McCain. But he was a hero for what he did and the absolute lack of respect, the gleeful mockery, still boils my blood.
What’d he say?