John McCain’s widow was censured by Arizona state Republicans for not supporting President Trump, and she took it easy.
“It’s a great honor to be included in a group of Arizona people who have served our state and our nation so well … and who, like my late husband John, have been censored by AZGOP. I’ll put this as the badge of honor, ”Cindy McCain said tweeted Saturday night.
At midnight, the comment got 125,000 likes on Twitter, where “Mrs. McCain” was trending.
Trump had infamously despised McCain’s Vietnam War hero and the U.S. senator’s husband, who was captured when his plane was shot down by North Vietnamese soldiers during the war, leading to years of torture.
Trump once stated that John McCain only considered himself a hero because he had been captured and added, “I like people who weren’t captured.”
Arizona State Republicans formally censured Cindy McCain Saturday because she had crossed party lines to approve Joe Biden as president, “has supported globalist policies and candidates,” and “has condemned President Trump for his actions.” her criticisms of her husband and has erroneously put behaviors on actual presidential results. ” AZCentral.com has been reported.
When she passed Biden in September, Cindy McCain noted that she was the only career candidate to stand up for our values as a nation. “
The party also censured Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey for restricting “personal liberties” with emergency rules during the pandemic, and former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake’s alleged crimes included having “Condemned the Republican Party, rejected populism, and rejected the interests of the American people over globalist interests.”
In response, Flake has tweeted two photos of himself at the opening of Biden alongside Cindy McCain and Ducey, titled “Good Company.”
“If support for President Trump’s behavior is required to stay in good thanks to the AZGOP, I’m fine with leaving,” Flake he also wrote.
Arizona demonstrated a crucial state that Biden won.