US EditionMeghan McCain Slams Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's Daughter Over Speech
Meghan McCain labeled Violet Affleck a 'nepo baby' after her UN speech on long Covid and clean air, prompting debate about celebrity influence on social issues.
- On September 25, 2025, Meghan McCain doubled down on her criticism of Violet Affleck after briefly deleting then reposting a similar message on X.
- On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Violet Affleck, 19, Yale freshman, spoke at a United Nations event urging mask mandates and clean air, warning `our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes`.
- On social media, Meghan McCain said `Finally- anyone advocating that I mask my kids all day in 2025 I think is insane, and that is my right` while criticizing Violet Affleck.
- Critics quickly accused McCain of hypocrisy, noting she often reminded audiences she was Senator John McCain's daughter while branding Violet Affleck a nepo baby.
- Public-Health reporting shows long COVID may affect 6,000,000 U.S. children, with 10% to 20% impacted; Violet Affleck, Yale Global Health Review contributor and someone who reported a 2019 post-viral condition, grounds her advocacy in this reality.
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‘Nepo Baby President’ Meghan McCain throws hissy fit over Ben Affleck’s daughter breaking her made-up rules
Meghan McCain has made a career out of being the daughter of the late Senator John McCain — and she’d be the first person to tell you that. However, recently she took her proud badge as far as it could go when she said her parents would have never let her address the UN to give her opinion on health issues like Ben Affleck’s 19-year-old daughter. The UN has a volunteer youth program that, according to the UN itself, partly exists to “harness the…
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner's Daughter Gives UN Speech
The 19-year-old Yale University student addressed the Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action event on Sept. 23, urging governments to recognize the risks of airborne transmission and the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Meghan McCain Slams Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's Daughter Over Speech
Meghan McCain condemned Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner‘s daughter Violet Affleck for delivering a speech on long COVID at the United Nations. Violet, 19, urged the public to support mask mandates and clean air initiatives as a way to combat the virus during her speech on Tuesday, September 23, in New York City. “Every single thing about all of this is why people hate nepo babies so much,” McCain, 40, replied in a now-deleted X post on Wednesday…
Meghan McCain Doubles Down on Criticism of 'Nepo Baby' Violet Affleck After UN Speech: 'Patently Absurd'
Meghan McCain is criticizing Violet Affleck, the daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, after she gave a speech at the UN about COVID, slamming her as the reason why people "hate nepo babies so much" -- despite being a nepo baby herself.
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