WH staff comment on McCain overshadows Trump-Senate lunch
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time President Donald Trump headed to Capitol Hill for the weekly Senate Republican lunch he was feuding with the powerful chair of the foreign relations panel, including a tweeted suggestion that the man couldn't get elected dog catcher.
Now Trump is embroiled in a controversy over an aide's comment disparaging ailing GOP Sen. John McCain, and the Senate GOP leadership is telling Trump it's past time for an apology.
"The smart thing to do would have been five days ago to just nip it in the bud and come out and apologize for it," said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 3 Senate Republican.