Meghan McCain reacts to Trump’s comments about the late long-serving John Dingell at a campaign rally

Meghan McCain commended Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, on Thursday as the congresswoman faced criticism over her decision to vote "present" on impeaching President Trump.

"I was watching the impeachment process when I got home last night and I too would not have voted for it," McCain said. "And I actually think Tulsi Gabbard has absolute balls of steel to vote present because that's what I would have done if I were her as well."

Gabbard skipped the procedural votes in the morning and just as the first vote on impeachment for abuse of power was winding down, Gabbard stunned with her lone “present” vote. She followed with a second “present” vote on obstruction of Congress.

Remembering Dingell as "an absolute lion on Capitol Hill," McCain slammed Trump's ridicule of the late congressman as "cruel," saying he made the "pain of a family's Christmas time grief exponentially worse."

McCain also called on Melania and Ivanka Trump to "get [Trump] in line when it comes to disparaging people."

"When you're disparaging widows and people who have served the country, war heroes who have passed – again, I know something about it -- until you get him in line, you are complicit in this as well," McCain said.