Chuck Schumer has a rock-solid subtweet for Trump's John McCain hate
The week of John McCain continues, as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) subtly weighed into the kerfuffle over the late Republican senator's legacy on Wednesday.
Schumer was not a politcal ally of McCain. But the senator still tweeted that he is trying to make McCain's name a permanent fixture in Washington.
Schumer didn't mention President Trump in his tweet, but there's little doubt the bill doubles as both a way to honor McCain, who died last August, and as a dig at the president.
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Trump picked up his long-running feud with McCain over the weekend, when he tweeted that McCain's involvement in the spread of a compromising dossier that tied Trump and his campaign staff to Moscow, was a "dark stain" on McCain's legacy and chastised his decision to vote against repealing Obamacare. McCain's daughter Meghan followed that up by telling Trump that people will never "love him like they loved my father."
Then, while meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, Trump told a reporter that he was never a fan of McCain and never will be.
Schumer wasn't the only senator to comment on the matter on Wednesday. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) criticized Trump's insults and said he also plans to give a speech on the situation.
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