Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) passed away in August last year after a battle with brain cancer. Throughout his life, McCain fought in Vietnam for the U.S. military, suffered as a prisoner of war, and became a successful and beloved politician who fought for veteran's rights. Despite being a Republican, he worked well with former President Barack Obama. Not so much with GOP President Donald Trump.
The incumbent president took somewhat of a dislike to McCain, so much so that the senator requested Trump not be invited to his funeral. Now, months after McCain was laid to rest, Trump is still complaining about McCain. After firing off a number of tweets about McCain over the weekend, and then further taking credit for the late senator's work on Wednesday, people have started firing back at the president.
One of those people is actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. According to The Atlantic, Schwarzenegger, who became good friends with McCain during his years in politics, has had enough of Trump's unnecessary tirade against a dead man.
"He was just an unbelievable person," Schwarzenegger said.
"So an attack on him is absolutely unacceptable if he's alive or dead—but even twice as unacceptable since he passed away a few months ago. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever to do that. I just think it's a shame that the president lets himself down to that kind of level. We will be lucky if everyone in Washington followed McCain's example, because he represented courage."
