John McCain’s Daughter Bashes Sarah Palin on ABC’s ‘The View’

Meghan McCain, the daughter of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain, appeared on ABC’s The View on Tuesday where she discussed a variety of topics including her opinion of the conservative Tea Party movement, former Representative Tom Tancredo and her father’s former running mate, Republican politician Sarah Palin. She is known for not necessarily following all of her father’s political views and she was quite outspoken about her criticisms of the Tea Party movement as a whole.

McCain specifically described the movement as innate racism despite the fact that those involved with the movement have rejected the claim that their comments have been racially motivated. She elaborated on her opinion by condemning Tancredo for the language that he used in his speech during last week’s convention and stating that revolutions are put into motion by young people rather than 65-year-olds attempting to generate support for their motives, according to FoxNews.com.

During her appearance on The View, Meghan McCain also discussed seemingly hypocritical actions that were taken by her father’s former running mate Sarah Palin. She specifically responded to Palin defending controversial talk show host Rush Limbaugh after he said the word ‘retarded’ yet calling for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to step down for using the same offensive word.

McCain said, “[That’s an example of] exactly what is wrong with politics today. We can't placate and say Democrats can say one thing and Republicans can say another thing.”