Article snippet: Republican senators didn't raise controversial comments a White House staffer made about GOP Sen. MORE on Tuesday. Several GOP senators, including Majority Leader MORE (Ky.), said the issue did not come up during their hourlong meeting with Trump. Trump's powwow with Senate Republicans comes amid a days-long firestorm over comments first reported by The Hill from White House special assistant Kelly Sadler, who dismissed McCain's opposition to Gina Haspel's CIA director nomination by saying McCain is "dying anyway." McConnell, who praised McCain from the Senate floor on Monday evening, said on Tuesday that Sadler should publicly apologize. "The person who said that should apologize and should apologize publicly," he told reporters. The White House, however, has indicated that will not happen. Deputy press secretary Raj Shah confirmed that Sadler called McCain's daughter, Meghan, to apologize for her remarks but said the matter was being "dealt with internally." And Trump on Twitter blasted not the insult but "the so-called leaks" coming out of the White House. McConnell is the latest GOP senator to call for Sadler to apologize. Sen. MORE (Tenn.) — a previous target of Trump's — told reporters after the lunch when asked if they brought up McCain. Instead, they described the private lunch meeting with Trump as a chance to take a victory lap on issues including North Korea, the economy and the Senate's record-breaking case on confirming the president's judicial nomi... Link to the full article to read more