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During a rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump's comments about the late golf legend Arnold Palmer have drawn attention and criticism. Peg Palmer Wears, one of Palmer's daughters, described Trump's remarks as "a poor choice of approaches" to honoring her father's memory, but she added that she was not particularly upset by them.

"There’s nothing much to say. I’m not really upset," Wears, 68, told The Associated Press. "I think it was a poor choice of approaches to remembering my father, but what are you going to do?"

Trump's rally kicked off with a detailed, 12-minute story about Palmer, including an anecdote about what Palmer looked like in the showers. "When he took the showers with other pros, they came out of there. They said, 'Oh my God. That's unbelievable,'" Trump said, laughing. "I had to say. We have women that are highly sophisticated here, but they used to look at Arnold as a man."

Wears, who will vote in North Carolina, believes in the privacy of the ballot box and noted her father's connection with Trump. "They primarily shared a kinship over an interest in golf and a love of golf," she shared. Emotional as she remembered conversations with her late father, Wears mentioned that Arnold Palmer, who died in 2016 at 87, "believed in the Republican Party."

"A day doesn't go by that I don’t think about what my father would say about something or what’s happening," she reflected. "We didn’t always agree on things, but he was a quintessential American who believed fervently in this country, even when he questioned its direction."

Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire expressed his disapproval of Trump's remarks, including a profanity aimed at Vice President Kamala Harris. "I mean, it's just par for the course. He speaks in hyperbole. He gets his crowds riled up," Sununu stated.

In contrast, Senator Bernie Sanders argued that Trump's comments highlighted a lack of focus on important issues. "Whether you are conservative, progressive, or moderate, you have to ask, 'Really?' We have major issues facing this country. Is this the kind of human being that we want as president of the United States?" Sanders remarked.

Wears, who describes herself as an "unaffiliated" voter, refrained from revealing her choice for the upcoming election on November 5. However, she emphasized the intelligence and hardworking nature of the people of western Pennsylvania, expressing confidence that they would make informed decisions. "The people of western Pennsylvania are very smart people, and they're very hard working, and they'll make their own decisions, as I will make my own decision, using all the history and awareness I have," she said. "And that's what I hope people go vote with."