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White House Official Who Reportedly Mocked 'Dying' John McCain Is Out Of A Job

Last month reports leaked that communications aide Kelly Sadler had disparaged John McCain for urging senators to vote against Gina Haspel's nomination as CIA director, saying "he's dying anyway."

White House aide Kelly Sadler is out of a job almost a month after she reportedly mocked a "dying" Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who has brain cancer.

"Kelly Sadler is no longer employed within the Executive Office of the President,"

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