Meghan McCain Deletes then Re-Posts Praise of Tulsi Gabbard Debate Performance

Colby HallJun 27th, 2019, 7:04 am
 

Meghan McCain seemed to have had second thoughts about praising of presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard’s performance during Wednesday night’s Democratic Primary Debate hosted by MSNBC.

After tweeting praise of the Hawaiin Congressional representative, The View host (and sole conservative contributor) deleted said tweet. Fortunately for Gabbard, someone captured an image of it, which she was all too happy to share with her following.

Gabbard called out the short-lived praise, comparing McCain’s “moment of courage” to her own “lifetime of courage.” Tweeting something surprising is similar to serving in the Iraq War? Huh. Gabbard tweeted:

Gabbard is something of an iconoclast of the Democratic hopefuls, drawing significant praise from conservative pundits and some on Fox News. Her performance during Wednesday night’s debate may have impressed McCain, but not many other experts called her out as a “winner” in their analysis She did avoid any obvious gaffes and can take solace that she was also not called out as a “loser,” however.

Some ten minutes after Gabbard called out McCain, the View host reposted her tweet in support of the Hawaii congresswoman. McCain then responded to Gabbard’s tweet claiming she stood by the sentiment.

After Mediaite wrote this story with the headline “Meghan McCain Deletes Tweet Praising Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Most Composed and Authentic,'” McCain called us out.

We updated our story. As it turns out, however, the original reporting of this story was correct. According to the time stamps, she DID delete the first tweet, then re-posted it nearly two hours later, after Gabbard called her out. To wit:

When reached for comment, McCain told Mediaite, “The implication of the headline is I didn’t stand by what I said.” We asked her why she deleted the Gabbard tweet and didn’t repost it until nearly two hours later after the congresswoman called her out. We will update if we receive a response.

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