Meghan McCain: I Contributed to the Country’s Polarization by Saying I ‘Hate’ Hillary Clinton
The View, on Thursday, discussed the continued deterioration of political discourse. And co-host Meghan McCain acknowledged that she has played a role with some of her heated commentary in the past.
As the nation deals with the fallout from this week’s multiple bomb scares, McCain told her colleagues that she’s done a lot of soul searching recently about the rhetoric she puts forward on TV. She specifically cited a moment earlier this year when she embraced President Donald Trump‘s “Crooked Hillary” moniker for Hillary Clinton.
“I said I hate Hillary Clinton and I called her Crooked Hillary and it’s one of the things I regret doing because I contributed on television. Now this is not saying that I agree with her. I have many vast differences of opinion on philosophy and ideology and I didn’t think she was a great candidate, but hate is not a word that should be coming out of my mouth on television about someone of a different political persuasion.”
McCain called on media figures to hold themselves accountable to “the same standard that I would like to hold the president.”
“I implore everyone else in media because I think we should cop to our mistakes, and I’m damn sure going to continue doing what my father did,” McCain said. “I thought, ‘What have I done to contribute to the polarization in this country?’ and that is one thing that I can own that I did, and I regret.”
Watch above, via ABC.
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