Meghan McCain on Tuesday rejected President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's claim that nobody has been "tougher on Russia" than he has, pointing to her father Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainBiden's six best bets in 2016 Trump states Replacing Justice Ginsburg could depend on Arizona's next senator The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE (R-Ariz.) as someone who has long taken a harder line toward Moscow.

The comments from Meghan McCain, a co-host of ABC's "The View," came hours after the president asserted during a meeting with Baltic state leaders that "no one has been tougher to Russia than Donald Trump."

"Except you know...my father," McCain tweeted in response.

Except you know...my father https://t.co/2JFhcrtKO0 — Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) April 3, 2018

Trump has long caught flak over his apparent reluctance to publicly criticize Russia even in the face of alleged aggressions by Moscow.

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The president has, at times, dismissed concerns about Russia's efforts to meddle in foreign elections, including the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

Trump joined more than two dozen other countries last week in expelling Russian diplomats as punishment for the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter on British soil. Western officials have blamed Moscow for that attack.

Still, Trump has not publicly condemned Moscow's role in that attack himself, instead leaving such criticism to his aides, who have blasted the attack as "abhorrent."

McCain, on the other hand, has been outspoken in his criticism of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.

The Arizona Republican blasted Trump last month after the president congratulated Putin on his recent victory in Russia's election, declaring that "an American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections."