Cindy McCain Rebukes Fellow Republican Trump To Back Biden
Trump has had a fraught relationship with
“He supports the troops and knows what it means for someone who has served,” McCain told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday. “Not only to love someone who has served, but understands what it means to send a child into combat. We’ve been great friends for many years, but we have a common thread in that we are
Trump reacted harshly to the endorsement, disparaging both Biden and
“I hardly know
McCain's backing could help Biden appeal to
“I decided to take a stand, and hopefully other people will see the same thing. Other women particularly," she said. “You may have to step out of your comfort zone a little bit, but Biden is by far the best candidate in the race."
McCain said she hasn't voted for a Democrat since she was 18. She remains a registered Republican and has no plans to change, she said.
Biden told donors on Tuesday evening that McCain’s endorsement was coming “because of what (Trump) talks about how my son and John and others who are heroes, who served their country. You know, he said they’re ‘losers, suckers.’”
Biden was referring to comments Trump reportedly made mocking the American war dead. Trump has denied making the remarks, first reported through anonymous sources by The
They later shared a grim bond over glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer that killed Biden's son Beau three years before McCain succumbed to the same disease.
“It’s not pleasant for me to renounce the nominee of my party,” McCain said during a debate as he sought his sixth term in the
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During the 2016 campaign, Trump said of McCain, “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” McCain later angered Trump with a dramatic thumbs-down vote against repealing Obama’s health care law.
The McCains’ daughter
Trump wasn’t invited to John McCain’s funeral.
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