--- title: Meghan McCain 'Never Going to Forgive' Trump Attacks on Dad description: John McCain's daughter Meghan McCain said the way President Donald Trump talks about him will never be OK with her. canonical: https://time.com/5327550/meghan-mccain-donald-trump-attacks-john-mccain/ author: Alix Langone article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-01T15:14:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:44:25.634Z article:section: Politics og:title: Meghan McCain Is 'Never Going to Forgive' Trump's Attacks on Her Father og:description: "I don’t take private phone calls from the Trump Administration anymore" og:url: https://time.com/5327550/meghan-mccain-donald-trump-attacks-john-mccain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf355a0499e581d37/6988f66afb4eac1b048951b3/john-mccain-familyb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: McCain Campaigns In New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan McCain Is 'Never Going to Forgive' Trump's Attacks on Her Father twitter:description: "I don’t take private phone calls from the Trump Administration anymore" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf355a0499e581d37/6988f66afb4eac1b048951b3/john-mccain-familyb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I’m Never Going to Forgive It.' 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In his suite at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Republican Presidential contender Senator John McCain hugs his daughter Meghan McCain, with his wife Cindy McCain behind them, on Jan. 8, 2008 in Nashua, N.H. David Hume Kennerly—Getty Images by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Jul 1, 2018 3:14 PM UTC Megan McCain made her feelings clear about the way [President Donald Trump repeatedly attacks her father](http://time.com/5179689/meghan-mccain-cindy-john-the-view/), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), over the weekend. On Friday, McCain [accepted the Lyndon B. Johnson Liberty and Justice for All award](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZn2wRUzlwc) in Texas on behalf of her father, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in July 2017\. She said she remains angry about the way Trump talks about her father. “\[Trump’s\] comments are never going to be OK with me, especially at this moment in my life. I’m never going to forgive it,” the co-host of ABC’s _The View_ said on stage. “I’m never going to move on from it.” Trump [has a history of mocking Sen. McCain](http://time.com/5173162/donald-trump-cpac-john-mccain-obamacare-repeal/), especially for his “no” vote on whether Congress should repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a key tenent of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. He brought up McCain’s refusal to vote for his health care bill at a campaign rally for Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada last weekend, but avoided mentioning McCain by name. “Nobody talked to him. Nobody needed to, and then he walked in, thumbs-down. It’s all right, because we’ve essentially gutted it anyway,” said Trump. Meghan McCain said she is tired of the behavior coming from the White House when it comes to her father. “If anyone wants to say anything to me in any way, they have to do it publicly,” she said. “I don’t take private phone calls from the Trump Administration anymore.” McCain has a long history of criticizing Trump and the White House for attacking her father. After White House aide Kelly Sadler reportedly joked in May that the Senator’s opinion on confirming Gina Haspel, Trump’s nominee for CIA Director, didn’t matter because [“he’s dying anyway,”](http://time.com/5274138/john-mccain-kelly-sadler-meghan/) McCain responded on _The View_, saying, “Kelly…it is not how you die. It is how you live.” This weekend, McCain said that Sadler previously told her over the phone that she would issue a public apology, but she has yet to do so. 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