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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday nights Democratic National Convention programming focused on Bidens close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Shes just the latest Republican to join in the convention, after a number of notable GOP former elected officials including former Ohio Gov. John Kasich endorsed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Monday night. It's a continuation of a major theme that Democrats have pushed through the first night of the convention an effort to broaden the party's appeal to occasional Republicans and disaffected Trump voters.
In an advance clip from the video shared with The Associated Press, Cindy McCain talks about how Biden, then a Delaware senator, met her husband when John McCain was assigned to be a military aide for him on a trip overseas. The two became friends, and the families would gather for picnics in the Bidens backyard.
They would just sit and joke. It was like a comedy show, sometimes, to watch the two of them, she says in the clip.
Cindy McCain is not expected to offer an explicit endorsement, but her involvement in the video is her biggest public show of support yet for Bidens candidacy. McCain was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee against Democrat Barack Obama, who won the election with Biden as his vice presidential running mate.
https://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-cindy-mccain-video-213132967.html
kimbutgar
(21,164 posts)Indykatie
(3,697 posts)Siwsan
(26,272 posts)I stopped watching 'The View' because I had to spend too much energy hitting the mute button when Meghan started screeching, so I don't know if she's mentioned this, or not.
kimbutgar
(21,164 posts)He even called for shooting BLM protesters.
But Meghan is wish washy and changes one day to the next. The last time I saw her on the view she wouldnt endorse Biden when asked directly. She afraid she cant be a star in right wing media world.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Meghan has spoken warmly of him on the View. But I'll bet her MAGA husband won't like it.