Subject: FOR COMMS APPROVAL: McCain hit
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Manriquez, Pablo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 07:05:11 -0700

SL: Senator McCain: "Oh I don't know" if Trump should retract comments calling Mexicans "rapists."

Body:

"Oh, I don't know." That was Senator John McCain's response on State of the Union this morning when asked if he thought that Trump should take back his comments calling Mexicans 'rapists.' Seriously.

See the exchange below:

(Screenshot: https://youtu.be/j4tv27J5gy8)

"First, Senator McCain says that he will vote for Trump, despite the fact that Trump has offended him and all other POWs. And now, to make matters even worse, Senator McCain 'doesn't know' whether Trump should take back his comments calling Mexicans 'rapists.' That's not leadership at all, and it begs the following question: How can Senator McCain seriously expect to get re-elected in Arizona?" -- DNC Spokesperson