Meghan McCain scolds Sen. Amy Klobuchar for sharing anecdote about her father


The View co-host Meghan McCain took issue with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) discussing a moment she shared with her former colleague, McCain's late father Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
While in Iowa on Saturday, Klobuchar, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, said that during President Trump's inauguration, McCain recited the names of different dictators. He "knew more than any of us what we were facing as a nation, he understood it," Klobuchar added. "He knew because he knew this man more than any of us did."
On Monday, Meghan McCain tweeted: "On behalf of the entire McCain family — @amyklobuchar please be respectful to all of us and leave my father's legacy and memory out of presidential politics." McCain, who died last August from brain cancer, had a combative relationship with Trump, and was one of his most vocal critics.
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Twitter users blasted Meghan McCain for trying to police who can talk about John McCain, and asked why she didn't privately contact Klobuchar. Some brought up the fact that she regularly talks about her father on The View, and others reminded her he was a longtime public figure, and people are free to share stories about him. "I don't know why anyone is surprised that you'd say this, Meghan," one person tweeted. "Everyone should realize that you're the only one allowed to use your father's name for political points and a career."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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