President Trump arrived home at the White House late Wednesday after a rally in Ohio where he once again criticized John McCain - prompting a number of Republicans to express their admiration for the late senator. The president wore a downcast expression on his face as he stepped off Marine One moments after the helicopter landed on the South Lawn of the White House late Wednesday. 'Leaving the GREAT STATE of OHIO for the White House,' Trump tweeted just before taking off for Washington, D.C. 'A really great day!' President Trump arrived home at the White House late Wednesday after a rally in Ohio The president wore a downcast expression on his face as he stepped off Marine One moments after the helicopter landed on the South Lawn of the White House late Wednesday Trump is seen above disembarking from Marine One after it landed on the South Lawn Trump also tweeted quotes from Fox News denouncing the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The Mueller probe is looking into allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 election to help Trump - a charge that both the president, his supporters, and the Russian government deny. In another tweet, Trump referred to James Comey, the former director of the FBI, as a 'dirty cop' for 'leaking his memos to a friend...who leaked them to the press on purpose.' Trump has come under fire from Democrats and even some Republicans who took issue with the president's repeated barbs against McCain, the senator from Arizona who died of brain cancer this past summer. House Rep. Peter King, the Republican congressman from Long Island, called out Trump by name on Wednesday. 'Leaving the GREAT STATE of OHIO for the White House,' Trump tweeted just before taking off for Washington, D.C. 'A really great day!' Trump also tweeted quotes from Fox News denouncing the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller In another tweet, Trump referred to James Comey, the former director of the FBI, as a 'dirty cop' for 'leaking his memos to a friend...who leaked them to the press on purpose' King tweeted: 'Time for @POTUS Trump to end the shots at John McCain a true patriot, good man and true friend.' Other Republicans came to McCain's defense, but they did not mention the president. 'John McCain was a true American hero and a good friend,' said Dan Sullivan, the U.S. senator from Alaska. 'He wasn’t perfect; nobody is. 'But his decades of service and sacrifice to America were distinguished, unwavering and exemplary. 'Let’s let him Rest In Peace.' Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia said not only the McCain family but the nation 'deserves better' than Trump’s disparagement. 'I don’t care if he’s president of the United States, owns all the real estate in New York, or is building the greatest immigration system in the world,' Isakson told The Bulwark, a conservative news and opinion website. Trump has come under fire from Democrats and even some Republicans, like House Rep. Peter King of New York, who took issue with the president's repeated barbs against McCain, the senator from Arizona who died of brain cancer this past summer 'John McCain was a true American hero and a good friend,' said Dan Sullivan, the U.S. senator from Alaska. 'He wasn’t perfect; nobody is. But his decades of service and sacrifice to America were distinguished, unwavering and exemplary. Let’s let him Rest In Peace' Pushback also came from Sen. Martha McSally, a Republican Air Force veteran appointed to McCain’s seat from Arizona. 'John McCain is an American hero and I am thankful for his life of service and legacy to our country and Arizona,' she tweeted Wednesday Later, Isakson called Trump’s remarks 'deplorable.' 'It will (be) deplorable seven months from now if he says it again,' Isakson continued in remarks on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Political Rewind radio show, 'and I will continue to speak out.' Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee whom Trump briefly considered nominating as secretary of state, tweeted praise for McCain on Tuesday — and criticism of Trump. 'I can’t understand why the President would, once again, disparage a man as exemplary as my friend John McCain: heroic, courageous, patriotic, honorable, self-effacing, self-sacrificing, empathetic, and driven by duty to family, country, and God,' Romney wrote. Pushback also came from Sen. Martha McSally, a Republican Air Force veteran appointed to McCain’s seat from Arizona. 'John McCain is an American hero and I am thankful for his life of service and legacy to our country and Arizona,' she tweeted Wednesday. 'Everyone should give him and his family the respect, admiration, and peace they deserve.' That McSally declined to criticize Trump directly reflected the broader wariness among Republicans to cross a president famous for mobilizing his followers against GOP lawmakers he deems disloyal. But this week, Trump seemed to inspire a new determination among some to draw a line, however delicately. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who wept openly on the Senate floor after McCain died but has allied himself strongly with Trump, said, 'I think the president’s comments about Sen. McCain hurt him more than they hurt the legacy of Sen. McCain.' Graham hit out at Democrats and others who long criticized McCain, saying that they are now using him as a tool to attack Trump. The president hit out at John McCain on Wednesday for handing over a copy of the Steele Dossier to the FBI. Trump is seen above on Wednesday in Lima, Ohio 'A lot of people [who] are coming to John's defense now [are the same people] that called him crazy and a warmonger, so it's kind of interesting to see the politics of how this dispute's being used to bash Trump by people who were against both Trump and McCain,' said Graham. Democratic leaders, meanwhile, were eager to jump into the uproar. 'I look forward to soon re-introducing my legislation re-naming the Senate Russell Building after American hero, Senator John McCain,' tweeted Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer of New York. Trump once again attacked McCain on Wednesday, this time suggesting the Vietnam war hero should have come to him after he was first handed a copy of the Golden Showers dossier. The president also said that the McCain family wasn't grateful enough to him for approving state funeral arrangements for the late senator. 'I endorsed him at his request and I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve,' Trump said. 'I don't care about this, I didn't get a thank you. That's okay. We sent him on the way. But I wasn't a fan of John McCain.' McCain's funeral was held in the National Cathedral and included ceremonial honors, though Trump didn't attend at McCain's request. He also took shots at McCain's support for U.S. military intervention abroad. The president returned to the topic of the dossier – which contained salacious and unverified claims about Trump's comments in a Moscow hotel room as well as claims of Russian influence over Trump's circle. 'John McCain received the fake and phony dossier. Did you hear about the dossier? It was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton, right?' Trump said at the rally in Lima, Ohio, drawing boos at the mention of his Democratic rival, who had a law firm fund opposition research after a conservative group first funded the research that became the dossier. 'And John McCain got it. He got it. And what did he do? He didn't call me. He turned it over to the FBI hoping to put me in jeopardy. And that's not the nicest thing to do,' Trump said. Fox News reported based on filings that a McCain associate turned over the dossier to the FBI, along with media outlets, after the campaign. Trump brought up the infamous Steele dossier, which stated Russian agents had gained material sufficient to 'blackmail' him, and said the regime had been cultivating Trump for years Referencing the Iraq War, Trump said: 'We're in a war in the Middle East that McCain pushed so hard. He was calling Bush, President Bush, all the time: "Get into the Middle East! Get into the Middle East!" 'So now we're into that war for $7 trillion,' Trump said. 'Thousands and thousands of our people have been killed. Millions of people overall. ... So John McCain loved it.' Then Trump concluded, at an event meant to highlight job gains in Ohio and throughout the nation: ''We're all set. I don't think I have to answer that question, but the press keeps — "What do you think of McCain? What do you think?" Not my kind of guy. But some people like him and I think that's great.' McCain associate and former State Department official David Kramer testified in a court case that McCain gave the first pages of the dossier to former FBI Director James Comey on December 9, 2018. The president's latest comments came as the McCain controversy boiled over after Trump's weekend attacks on the longtime senator who was held captive for 5 1/2 years in a Hanoi POW camp during the war. In recent days the controversy has brought in McCain family members, the Senate leaders from both parties, and other lawmakers who knew McCain. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said he will reintroduce legislation to name a Senate office building after McCain – following Trump's comments that he is 'not a fan' of the Vietnam war hero. Lt. Commander John S. McCain III, a POW for over five years, waves to well wishers March 18, 1973 after arriving at Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida. John McCain is administered to in a Hanoi, Vietnam hospital as a prisoner of war in the fall of 1967. McCain spent 20 years in the Navy, a quarter of it in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain's jet was shot down over Hanoi during a bombing mission John McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon in Washington during the spring of 1973 after spending more than five years in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. Solitary confinement was McCain's fiercest enemy during his more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, an experience he says taught him confidence, humility and the ambition to pursue larger dreams after he was released Schumer first raised the issue after McCain's death in August. He brought it up again after Trump blasted McCain on Twitter over the weekend, then doubled down when asked about McCain in the Oval Office Tuesday. Schumer's prior resolution was cosponsored by former Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, a Republican who was a regular Trump target. The building's naming after Sen. Richard Russell has become controversial due to the Georgia Democrat's support for segregation and opposition to civil rights legislation. 'I was never a fan of John McCain, and I never will be,' Trump told reporters Tuesday. Daughter Meghan McCain hit back at Trump Wednesday, saying her father 'would think it was so hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death' McCain died of brain cancer in August. He voted down an Obamacare repeal and had a role in the transmission of the Steele dossier Sen. Charles Schumer wants to name a Senate office building after McCain Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called McCain his 'good friend' and former colleague a hero on Twitter – but did not directly call out Trump for his comments 'Today and every day I miss my good friend John McCain. It was a blessing to serve alongside a rare patriot and genuine American hero in the Senate. His memory continues to remind me every day that our nation is sustained by the sacrifices of heroes,' said McConnell. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who was McCain's best friend in the Senate and something of a protege, has been put on the spot by the situation. Meghan McCain hit out at Trump for his latest criticism of her father on 'The View' on Wednesday. 'If I had told my dad, "Seven months after you're dead, you're going to be dominating the news and all over Twitter," he would think it was so hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death,' Meghan said about her father, the late Senator John McCain. Then she tried to turn the tables by bringing up cyber bullying – a top issue of First Lady Melania Trump. 'Do not feel bad for me and my family,' she said. 'We are blessed. We are a family of privilege. Feel bad for people out there who are being bullied that don't have support.' She continued: 'There are kids committing suicide because of cyber bullying online. There are people going through rough times. 'We have 20 veterans a day committing suicide. Focus on these issues,' she said. Meghan concluded: 'I’m just surprised because I do think this is a new bizarre low. 'I will say attacking someone who isn’t here is a bizarre low, but my dad’s not here but I’m sure as hell here.' Trump attacked the late senator twice this weekend on Twitter, focusing on McCain's ties to the infamous Steele dossier that contains the unverified allegations the Russians have blackmail material on the president. 'So it was indeed (just proven in court papers) 'last in his class' (Annapolis) John McCain that sent the Fake Dossier to the FBI and Media hoping to have it printed BEFORE the Election. He & the Dems, working together, failed (as usual). Even the Fake News refused this garbage!, the president wrote on Sunday. McCain was actually fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy, and regularly joked about his own academic performance.All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility