"Senator Klobuchar had a long time friendship with Senator McCain, she has defended him against President Trump's attacks in the past, and she has deep respect for his family," Klobuchar's communications director, Tim Hogan, said in a statement Monday night. "While she was simply sharing a memory, she continues to believe that the best stories about Senator McCain are not about the views he had about President Trump: they're about McCain's own valor and heroism."
The back-and-forth over McCain began Saturday, when, during a campaign event, Klobuchar recalled the Arizona Republican said the names of dictators to her during President Donald Trump's inauguration speech in January 2017.
"John McCain kept reciting to me names of dictators during that speech, because he knew more than any of us what we were facing as a nation," Klobuchar told voters in Iowa. "He understood it. He knew because he knew this man more than any of us did."
Meghan McCain rebuked Klobuchar on Monday for invoking her father's memory to criticize Trump.
"On behalf of the entire McCain family - @amyklobuchar please be respectful to all of us and leave my fathers legacy and memory out of presidential politics," "The View" co-host tweeted.
Klobuchar's campaign said the Minnesota senator was "simply sharing a memory" about McCain, who she was friends with before his death in August 2018.
Since McCain's death, politicians have continued to invoke the late senator's memory and legacy. He's a frequent target of President Donald Trump, who feuded with the senator for years and continues to take shots at McCain for his vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act.
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