‘If She Were a Man!’ Meghan McCain Furious GOP Might ‘Screw’ Tulsi Gabbard, Says She’d Be Better Off With ‘Sexual Assault Allegation’
Conservative commentator Meghan McCain expressed her fury over the possibility of Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard being rejected by the Senate during an appearance on 2WAY’s The Morning Meeting on Friday, arguing that Gabbard would be better off if she was a man with a sexual assault allegation.
Gabbard’s performance during her confirmation hearing on Thursday was met with mixed reviews, as many critics expressed alarm over her refusal to identify Edward Snowden as a traitor.
During her discussion with Mark Halperin, Sean Spicer, and Dan Turrentine, McCain observed that “there are a lot of women in my life” who “were not Republicans five years ago” that ultimately voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election “because of Tulsi and RFK.”
“If they screw these two people and they don’t get confirmed, it is a flesh wound for the Trump administration,” she said. “If MAHA [Make America Healthy Again] and Tulsi goes down, there will be consequences.”
At another point, McCain suggested that the resistance to Gabbard’s nomination was reflective of the higher standards women are held to.
After Spicer suggested that Gabbard “shook a lot of people” by fumbling the questions about Snowden, McCain went off.
“It’s just weird for me — and I think it’s weird for a lot of people, particularly women — that like it would be better for her to have like an accused sexual assault allegation where she paid someone off,” she argued. “Like that would be better for her to be confirmed –”
“But I think the difference, Meghan, is that this is her wheelhouse, right?” interjected Spicer.
“No, It’s not! It’s so hypocritical and respectfully, it’s like, for women, like I can’t even tell you,” shot back McCain. “If she were a man with this kind of background — in Congress, combat veteran, the whole thing — I’m telling you these weren’t gonna be these kinds of questions.”
“The way she was treated, I agree with you on. Yes, it was disrespectful — 100%,” replied Spicer, who continued to submit that the lines of questioning about Snowden were “very relevant.”
Notably, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was confirmed to his post despite allegations of sexual assault and the revelation that he had agreed to a settlement with his accuser.
