Meghan McCain says siege on Capitol 'would have killed' her father
On Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Monday night, Meghan McCain spoke about how she thinks her father, the late Senator John McCain, would have handled the insurrection at the Capitol last Wednesday when hundreds of President Trump’s supporters stormed the building in an attempt to stop the certification of the election.
“If he were alive, this would have killed him,” McCain said. “I think he would have—I think it actually would have killed him.”
McCain went on to tell Cohen what it was like watching as events unfolded at the Capitol.
“I was so emotional watching. I was absolutely apoplectic. I was hysterically crying for almost a full 24 hours. I was crying before I went on The View to talk about it,” McCain said. “I can't even express—
I'm still sort of processing feelings as I think all Americans are. What has been done, I don't think can be undone for generations.”
While many Republicans have denounced the move by Democrats to impeach Trump for an unprecedented second time for inciting insurrection, McCain, a conservative, said she is in favor of it.
Video Transcript
ANDY COHEN: I wonder what your dad would be saying were he alive right now, Meghan.
MEGHAN MCCAIN: If he were alive, this would have killed him. I think he would have-- I think it actually would have killed him.
KYLIE MAR: Meghan McCain joined to "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" Monday night, where she spoke about how her father, the late Senator John McCain, might have handled the siege on the Capitol, when hundreds of President Trump supporters stormed the building in an attempt to overturn the election. The next morning on "The View," McCain made clear how she felt about the rioters. And on Monday, she told Cohen what it was like watching as events unfolded.
MEGHAN MCCAIN: I was so emotional watching it. I was absolutely apoplectic. I was hysterically crying for almost a full 24 hours. I can't even express. I'm still sort of processing feelings that I think all Americans are.
ANDY COHEN: Yeah.
MEGHAN MCCAIN: What has been done I don't think can be undone for generations.
KYLIE MAR: House Democrats have moved to impeach Trump for an unprecedented second time for inciting insurrection, a move many Republicans have denounced, but McCain and her fellow conservative SE Cupp are all for it.
ANDY COHEN: Do you both think that the president should be impeached?
MEGHAN MCCAIN: Yes.
ANDY COHEN: SE?
SE CUPP: Yep.
ANDY COHEN: You do?
SE CUPP: Yep, like, yesterday.
