To deal with immigration. But first the senior senator from arizona has endured insult after insult this week. At one point labelled songbird john, a reference to his time as a p. O. W. And while discussing votes for cia director gina haspel who mccain opposes, white house special assistant kelly sadler said, quote, it doesnt matter, hes dying anyway. Heres the white houses apology for those comments. Does the white house not think you need to condemn these remarks or comments again, im not going to validate a leak one way or the other out of an internal staff meeting. Are you saying she didnt say this . Again, im not going to validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting one way or the other. No, no, sorry, heres the white house apology. I think the remarks are awful, but lets look at this in context. That was said in a private meeting inside the white house. Thats not like you might Say Something really nasty about me off the air, it doesnt have
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man was not a pure true conservative republican and a west virginian. did you think the ads that he ran at the end of the campaign were more racist? i don t know you know, i would not i like to think it wasn t. the terms he used how he used them, i would never take that course. and if don felt that that was not he was explaining it from his, his upbringing or basically the culture where he comes from, that s not how we talk where i come from in west virginia. and don is on that kentucky/west virginia border. i can t say. i have not heard that before in those italian americans, chinese americans, japanese americans, you know, we re all ethnic of some derivative. but the way it was said, it was taken in the connotation it might not have been flattering to a person who is a proud american no matter what their descent may be. is there any circumstance you would take a position in the trump cabinet instead of seeing
and here s let me say this, too, about don blankenship. and i have said this. there is only we only have one person on the republican side that was running that was a true conservative west virginia republican. i ve known don blankenship for a long time. we ve had our problems and our challenges with each other. i acknowledge that. but as far you cannot deny the man was not a pure true conservative republican and a west virginian. did you think the ads that he ran at the end of the campaign were more racist? i don t know you know, i would not i like to think it wasn t. the terms he used how he used them, i would never take that course. and if don felt that that was not he was explaining it from his, his upbringing or basically the culture where he comes from, that s not how we talk where i come from in west virginia. and don is on that kentucky/west virginia border. i can t say. i have not heard that before in