Kelly Sadler: Aide who mocked McCain exits White House

A White House communications aide who was criticised for reportedly joking about Senator John McCain’s cancer has left her role, an official says.

It was reported last month that Kelly Sadler had said the Arizona Republican’s vote did not matter because he was “dying anyway”.

The remark came during a meeting about CIA Director Gina Haspel, whose nomination Mr McCain had opposed.

Mr McCain, 81, has been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer.

“Kelly Sadler is no longer employed within the Executive Office of the President,” White House spokesman Raj Shah told the BBC in a statement on Tuesday.

After last month’s reports over the comment, Ms Sadler called the senator’s daughter, Meghan McCain, to apologise, according to the Hill newspaper.

BBC