obsticle optics. they got all they needed. they should either start an impeachment inquiry or leave it for good. if they don t given all we heard yesterday, then nothing justifies an impeachment inquiry and prove trump right that he can do the equivalent of shooting someone on fifth avenue and they can do nothing about. it the republicans had all of that confirmed. they spent all day screaming at a guy who is a vietnam war hero, a marine in the ranger hall of fame because of the risks he took to save the lives of his band of brothers. a guy who got shot in vietnam. his knees were so bad he couldn t go to vietnam but he trained hard to do everything he
they can, but the question of could the president be educating the public more? that s something that they all wish he would do. as an educator in chief? the reason it s a bully pulpit is because when he says anything people listen, and he could use the time to be educating people about ptsd for veterans, or he could be using the time to talk about cyber security and election interference, what the public needs to know, or he could be using the time attacking a senator who has been dead for a year and besmirching a vietnam war hero like robert mueller. he chooses to use his time hand his bully pulpit the way he does. jake tapper, thank you so much, and we ll see you, of course, at 4:00 p.m. on the lead. thanks for joining us. because the president s statements were extraordinary this morning, we re going to play each lie and claim and we re going fact check. it also, who from the white house worked with the navy to hide the uss mccain warship, the name on the warship from the
it is the hedge, right? trump took a strategy of taking down a vietnam war hero, robert mueller, mitch mcconnell saying in case it is not so bad for trump, let s take a peek at it that s where the republican party is today. joiyce vance is also here wih us. you know at least a little something about how these processes work. what help the viewers at least with the anticipation or frustration. re all john snow tonight, we know nothing at this point, it will stay away for a little while. something that is important is that he commits early on to transparency. that is good, and he leads off in the first paragraph by
again. he is continuing to blast the late senator and war hero john mccain. the president listed several reasons why he doesn t like john mccain as a speech in ohio that was supposed to be about the economy. he even went as far as to slam the former prisoner of war, vietnam war hero and veteran for his record when it comes to helping veterans. mccain didn t get the job done for our great vets and the v.a. and they knew it. that s why when i had my dispute with him, i had such incredible support from the vets and from the military. the founder of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america is with us. he served in iraq in 2003 and 2004. thank you for being here. thank you for your service to this country. is the president right that john mccain didn t help veterans? no. it is absolutely absurd. this entire dust up is
special counsel robert mueller who was a marine captain in vietnam and won a bronze star there. the president has set this up as donald trump against two men who distinguish them sexes decades ago as defenders of the united states. it s not clear what he s getting from this and his allies are even asking him to stop. [ chanting usa ]. well, you better love me, i kept this place open. reporter: standing before workers alt a military tank factory, president trump launching into a tirade about senator john mccain, a vietnam war hero who died of brain cancer nearly seven months ago. i have to be honest, i ve never liked him much. reporter: the president taking credit for mccain s funeral and complaining that he was never thanked. i gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted. i didn t get thank you, that s okay. we sent him on the way. reporter: the president was not invited to the senator s funeral and megan mccain has