Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 20, 2017. (Alex Brandon/AP)Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has apologized to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for saying it was “ridiculous” for McCain to request that President Trump not attend his funeral, a remark that drew a swift rebuke from McCain’s daughter Meghan McCain. “I agree with the daughter,” a remorseful Hatch told The Washington Post on Tuesday. As a candidate, Trump had said that McCain, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese. Hatch told reporters Monday that McCain’s funeral plan was “ridiculous,” according to multiple reports.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2018 17:37 UTC