Meghan McCain, the daughter of late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, referred to as out Vice President Kamala Harris Friday after the Democratic presidential nominee shared an anecdote about an interplay she reportedly had with the six-term senator.
Harris was stumping at a Republicans for Harris occasion in Scottsdale, Arizona, Friday afternoon when she claimed John McCain, who represented the Grand Canyon State within the U.S. Senate till his demise in 2018, as soon as praised her.
Harris mentioned the alternate occurred after she and McCain had been “going after each other” at a committee listening to. The Republican approached her later that day, she mentioned.
“I step onto the floor of the well of the Senate later that day — we had votes — and I passed by John McCain, and he looks at me, and he says, ‘Kid, come over here. You’re going to make a great senator,’” Harris recalled. “True story. True story.”
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Meghan McCain referred to as out Vice President Kamala Harris over an anecdote she shared at a marketing campaign rally. (Getty Photos)
Whereas chatting with the group, Harris then counseled the late Arizona senator and referred to as him an “incredible American hero.” However Meghan McCain discovered the story doubtful and publicly addressed it on X Friday evening.
“Now, I know democrats want to reinvent history and turn my Dad into any illusion you guys need him to be depending on the political moment you need to bastardize his memory for… But please don’t make me start sharing what I remember him ACTUALLY saying about Kamala Harris,” McCain wrote.
“And consider this my final warning shot, I will start spilling tea.”
On Saturday, McCain referred to as her critics “lunatics” in response to the backlash.
“A lot of really triggered democrats in my timeline who claim they know more about my dad than well…. his daughter,” she wrote. “Get a grip on reality, you lunatics.”
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Meghan McCain and Cindy McCain attend the 2023 Time100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Middle in New York Metropolis. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos for Time)
Democrats have been actively concentrating on average Republicans in Arizona this marketing campaign season, and the swing state is predicted to have a major affect on the presidential election in November.
Some GOP officers within the state have evoked McCain’s title to sign their assist for Harris as a result of John McCain had an icy relationship with former President Trump.
Talking at a Harris rally in August, Rep. Gregory Stanton, D-Ariz., referred to as on “John McCain Republicans” to assist the Harris-Walz ticket. Mesa’s Republican mayor echoed that sentiment.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, speaks at a Republicans for Harris occasion in Scottsdale, Ariz., Friday. (Rebecca Noble/AFP through Getty Photos)
“In the spirit of the great Sen. John McCain, please join me in putting country over party and stopping Donald Trump and protecting the rule of law, protecting our Constitution and protecting the democracy of our great country,” Mesa Mayor John Giles mentioned.
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Fox Information Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
