Two Republican congressmen have called on Trump to apologize, but the press secretary this morning refused to say sorry for the president’s words.
Two Republican congressmen have called on President Trump to apologize after he suggested that the husband of Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI)—the late former lawmaker John Dingell—was in hell after she voted in favor of impeaching him.
The White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham made a rare TV appearance away from Fox News on Thursday to defend her boss on Good Morning America, but she said she had not spoken to him about making an apology.
At Trump’s rally in Michigan on Wednesday night, the president claimed that he gave the “A-plus treatment” when John Dingell died this year. Trump recounted his side of events, telling the crowd in Rep. Dingell’s home state that she had called him to express her gratitude. “‘John would be so thrilled. He’s looking down, he’d be so thrilled,’” Trump claimed Debbie Dingell said, before adding: “Maybe he’s looking up, I don’t know.” Continue reading