Sen. John McCain’s son Jimmy McCain told CNN Donald Trump’s visit to Arlington Cemetery blew him away.
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Jimmy McCain—son of the late former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. criticized Donald Trump’s controversial appearance at Arlington National Cemetery and said he plans to support Kamala Harris for president in November, CNN reported Tuesday.Key Facts
Jimmy McCain told CNN he recently changed his voter registration from independent to Democratic and is planning to vote for Harris in November, and chose to speak out about his politics now because of Trump’s recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
McCain blasted Trump’s visit to the cemetery—which made headlines after one of his staffers reportedly pushed a cemetery worker—saying: “These men and women that are laying in the ground there have no choice” whether they’re a backdrop for a political campaign, CNN reported in a preview of the interview that will air Tuesday.
McCain is the first member of his high-profile, conservative family to publicly leave the Republican Party (his mother Cindy McCain endorsed President Joe Biden over Trump in 2020 but remained a Republican).
