John McCainās son is one of multiple high-profile conservatives to wake up and smell the petrified Cheeto dust, following news that the late senatorās youngest child won’t vote for Donald Trump in the November election.Ā
Jimmy McCain, who just weeks ago changed his voter registration to Democrat, made the revelation in an interview with CNN, during which he described Trumpās recent campaign visit to Arlington National Cemetery a āviolation.ā
The heavily scrutinized visit (which felt more like a photo-op), saw Trump flash a thumbs up while posing near the graves of fallen soldiers, prompting swift backlash from military families, veterans, and the Kamala Harris campaign. āIt just blows me away,ā McCain, who comes from a family of famous conservatives, told CNN.Ā
He went on to say that the buried soldiers had āno choiceā of whether to be a tool for the Trump campaign, adding that āanyone whoās done a lot of time in their uniformā understands āitās not about you there, itās about these people who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the name of their country.ā
McCain, who himself served in the military for 17 years, described Trumpās cemetery visit as a āviolation,ā since it would be a āpainful experienceā for the families of soldiers to see the former presidentās behavior. Going even further with his criticisms, McCain said he plans to vote for Harris later this year, and plans to āget involved in any way I couldā to support her campaign.
Jimmy McCain isnāt the only person with Republican affiliations to speak out against Trump, and nor is he the only member of his family to do so. Last month, McCainās sister and former The View co-host Meghan McCain sung praises for the Democratic National Convention, despite describing herself as ālifelong conservativeā, and earlier this year, Stephanie Grisham, Joe Walsh, and John Giles were among a slew of high-profile Republicans to endorse Harris for president.Ā
Between his tone-deaf Arlington cemetery visit, his flippant minimizing of the Medal of Honor, and his resurfaced comments about veterans, Jimmy McCain has had enough. ā[Those soldiers] woke up one morning, they signed on the dotted line, they put their right hand up, and they chose to serve their country,ā McCain said,Ā āand thatās an experience that Donald Trump has not had.āĀ
For her part, Harris also criticized Trumpās cemetery appearance, saying the former president ādisrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stuntā. Naturally, Trump himself has described the negative reaction to his graveyard grin as a āmade-up storyā, a slight variation of his favorite āFake Newsā clapback.
Published: Sep 4, 2024 03:50 am