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Trump launches fresh attack on McCain after widow endorses Biden
WASHINGTON, Sept 23, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – US President Donald Trump on
Wednesday launched a fresh mocking attack on John McCain, the Republican
senator who died in 2018, after McCain’s widow threw her support behind Joe
Biden in the election.
In a particularly aggressive tweet the Republican leader once again
criticized John McCain who was one of the few in the Republican party to
openly castigate him.
“I hardly know Cindy McCain other than having put her on a Committee at her
husband’s request,” he tweeted.
“Joe Biden was John McCain’s lapdog,” he said of the Democratic challenger
he will face as he seeks a second four-year term on November 3.
Denouncing “bad decisions on endless wars,” Trump stated that he was “Never
a fan of John.”
“Cindy can have Sleepy Joe!” concluded the president.
Cindy McCain’s support for Biden, announced Tuesday, is a setback for
Trump, who faces an uphill challenge in the election and boasts of having the
entire Republican party behind him.
The widow of the former senator tweeted “we are Republicans, yes, but
Americans foremost. There’s only one candidate in this race who stands up for
our values as a nation, and that is @JoeBiden.”
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