Conservative co-host of “The View,” and daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Meghan McCain, snapped back at comedian Kumail Nanjiani after the “Silicon Valley” star accused her father of racism.
Nanjiani thought he was being incredibly clever, suggesting that a leaked White House “joke” that circulated over the weekend about McCain’s late-stage brain cancer was “vile” but ultimately justified because the joke was nowhere near as vile as what McCain has been privy to, said, and defended.
What was said about McCain was vile, but I wish the McCain’s had been as offended and vocal when vile stuff was said about other people/races/nationalities. Perhaps we wouldn’t be in this moment right now.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 12, 2018
That’s a pretty ridiculous thing for Najiani to say, and we’re almost embarrassed for him. Sen. John McCain has been a lot of things over the years, but he’s always been a vocal critic of speech that denigrates other people. And McCain’s daughter Meghan let Nanjiani know, firing back with clips of her father defending even his 2008 opponent, Barack Obama from racist rhetoric.
You mean like he did here? I could give you literally thousands of examples of my father speaking up against bigotry of all kinds but this video sums it up pretty concisely. You know nothing about my family or my father Kumail, nothing. https://t.co/wxDngff7U9 https://t.co/2fgI2yWdRx
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) May 14, 2018
Nanjiani tried to defend himself, claiming Meghan’s video depicted only a single event, but he was quickly peppered with other examples of McCain’s honorable behavior — and not just by Republicans. Commentator Ana Navarro, who is ostensibly a Republican but is, of late, a sharp critic of the entire party, came to McCain’s defense.
@SenJohnMcCain’s youngest daughter, adopted by him & Cindy, is from Bangladesh. His daughter-in-law is African-American. 1 of his best friends, Ever Alvarez, 1 of longest held POW’s, was Mexican-American. He doesn’t judge ppl by skin color & has vocally confronted racial bigotry. https://t.co/i7XREct89q
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) May 14, 2018
That ur unaware, doesn’t mean McCain hasn’t been vocal. He issued scathing statements against pardon of Arpaio, re Charlottesville + many, many others confronting Trump. There’s this thing called “Google” where u can look it up. Here, I’ll get u started: https://t.co/Dm2LrAHx4Y https://t.co/Ev2mmHRR50
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) May 14, 2018
Ultimately, Nanjiani was forced to crawl back to Meghan McCain, begging her forgiveness.
Meghan, I did not mean to offend you. I could explain my point further but instead I will just say something I truly believe: if we had more politicians like your father, the world would be a better place.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 14, 2018
It’s not clear what he did mean, and Nanjiani did not go on to elaborate on his “point” any further.