WASHINGTON ― White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders couldn’t say Thursday if President Donald Trump regrets belittling the military record of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) because he was captured during the Vietnam War.
Sanders’ comments came less than 24 hours after McCain announced he has brain cancer.
.@kwelkernbc asks Sarah Sanders if POTUS regrets denying McCain is a war hero. Reply: "I'm not sure about that," adds POTUS has well wishes.
Trump angered many when, in July 2015, he criticized McCain’s military record during an appearance at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa.
“He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured?” Trump said at the time. “I like people who weren’t captured.”
He added, “Perhaps he’s a war hero, but right now he’s said some very bad things about a lot of people.”
McCain spent 5½ years in a North Vietnam prison, where he was tortured, after his Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down in 1967. President Barack Obama, who defeated McCain in the 2008 presidential election, has praised the Arizona senator as a “genuine war hero.”
A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) salutes his fellow Soldiers while jumping out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft over a drop zone in Germany, Feb. 24, 2015.
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to take-off aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego Feb. 24, 2015. The training prepares pilots and flight crew members for similar operations they may encounter while deployed this spring.
Lloyd Ford, a Marine veteran of World War II, observes a wreath laying ceremony at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington. The Ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the battle for Iwo Jima. "When we first landed, we got bombarded. This one guy was praying because he had been a lady's man. You start praying at a time like that."
Members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band interact with the crowd during the Fasching parade Feb. 17, 2015, in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. The USAFE Band and about 1,400 other participants marched in the parade for more than two hours entertaining the crowd.
Thunderbirds pilots approach the University of Phoenix Stadium to perform a flyover during the Super Bowl XLIX game, Phoenix, Feb. 1, 2015.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Collins, Thunderbird 2 dedicated crew chief, cleans the parking spot marker for his aircraft, following the Delta formation departure for the Super Bowl XLIX flyover, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 1, 2015.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay witnesses the morning sunrise while sitting in a frozen section of Lake Huron, Feb. 10, 2015.
A Marine with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, directs Marines on a maneuver path during a vertical assault raid exercise at Udairi Range in Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2015.
Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, scrub the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Feb. 8, 2015.
Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class John Acheson signals an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Desert Hawks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 to land during flight operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57).
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) break down a rapid ground refueling during the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) near 29 Palms, California, March 27, 2015.
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, dives underwater to perform a self-rescue drill during a swim qualification course at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 18, 2015.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), right, comes alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) for a replenishment-at-sea during Multi-Sail 2015 in waters near Guam.
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay take a dip in Lake Erie at sunset with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon and the motor vessel Algoma Hansa in the background, March 8, 2015.
Tech. Sgt. Timothy Cotterall is decontaminated following attempts to identify multiple biological contaminants in a simulated lab March 18, 2015, during a Global Dragon training event at Guardian Centers of Georgia.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform their demonstration March 2, 2015, in preparation for the commander of Air Combat Command at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force depart the USS Essex (LHD 2) on a combat rubber raiding craft during Amphibious Squadron Three/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego March 4, 2015.
Pararescue jumpers and combat rescue officers conduct a search and rescue response exercise during a Katrina-like flood March 8, 2015, in Perry, Georgia.
Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, practice a forced-entry parachute assault on Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 18, 2015, as part of a larger tactical field exercise. The Soldiers are part of the Army’s only Pacific airborne brigade with the ability to rapidly deploy worldwide, and are trained to conduct military operations in austere conditions.
Lance Cpl. Griffin Forrester stands his post in his fighting hole during a beach raid aboard Camp Pendleton, California, March 6, 2015.
Melissa Gonzales, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete, shares a moment with her service dog, Bindi, after swimming laps during the fourth day of an introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on April 16, 2015.
Combat controllers from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron fast-rope from a CV-22 Osprey during Emerald Warrior near Hurlburt Field, Florida, April 21, 2015.
C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, help U.S. Army and British paratroopers perform a static line jump at Holland Drop Zone in preparation for Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise 15-01 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on April 11, 2015. This is the largest exercise of its kind held at Fort Bragg in nearly 20 years and demonstrates interoperability between U.S. Army and British army soldiers, U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and Royal Air Force airmen and U.S. Marines.
Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima participate in a swim call in the Gulf of Aden, April 18, 2015.
The Thunderbirds Thunder Diamond formation performs the Diamond Bottom Up Pass maneuver during a practice show at Lakeland, Florida, April 24, 2015.
U.S. Army Green Berets from the 7th Special Forces Group jump out of a C-130H3 Hercules for Emerald Warrior at Hurlburt Field, Florida, April 22, 2015.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) before a replenishment-at-sea on April 15, 2015.
Lt Cmdr. Melissa Buryl, from Canton, Ohio, a pediatrician stationed at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, checks a child's vital signs at the Hattieville Government School in Hattieville, Belize on April 17, 2015.
U.S. Marine Corps officers assigned to Company A, The Basic School (TBS), listen in on a confirmation brief for "The War" field training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 16, 2015.
Lance Cpl. Curtis E. Sledge, a machine gunner assigned to Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, relaxes on a rock wall prior to participating in a night raid aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, April 17, 2015.
A U.S. Army 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Soldier places American flags at headstones in Section 64 of Arlington National Cemetery during Flags In, May 21, 2015, in Arlington, Virginia. The Old Guard has held this honor and privilege of conducting Flags In since 1948.
Staff Sgt. Arin Vickers, assigned to the 435 Supply Chain Operations Squadron, is greeted by her dog when she arrives at the St. Louis Airport USO, in St. Louis, May 6, 2015. Vickers was gone for six months, and her friends and family were there to greet her and surprise her by bringing along Baxter.
Airmen from the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing run the final stretch of a 4-mile ruck march during Spartan Warrior May 12, 2015, at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida. Spartan Warrior is an annual wing combat readiness inspection and competition held by the 93rd AGOW.
A U.S. Marine attached to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment - "The Lava Dogs" fires a Javelin at a simulated enemy tank during Lava Viper aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, May 29, 2015.
The Thunderbirds Delta formation flies by One World Trade Center during a photo chase mission in New York City May 22, 2015.
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