McSally dismisses calls to apologize to CNN’s Raju for ‘liberal hack’ comment: ‘Called it like it is’
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) dismissed a call by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer to apologize to network congressional correspondent Manu Raju for calling him a “liberal hack” on Thursday, telling Fox News host Laura Ingraham she “called it like it is.”
The back-and-forth comes after McSally, when asked earlier in the day by Raju about new claims that President Trump was involved in a Ukraine pressure campaign, referred to the reporter as a “liberal hack.” The retort came as Raju asked her the question while she was walking through a hallway in Congress.
“Senator, do you regret what you said?” asked Ingraham.
“No Laura, I do not,” McSally replied. “And I said it again actually as I went, I said, ‘You’re a liberal hack, buddy.’”
After playing video of the exchange, Blitzer asked Raju, “I take it she or her staff, no one has reached out to apologize to you, have they?”
“I have not heard from them at all,” Raju replied.
“If they did the right thing, she would personally call you,” Blitzer said.
McSally, who faces a tough reelection this year, later promoted the exchange in a fundraising email.
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