Cindy McCain, John McCain's widow, says it's a 'badge of honor' to be censured by the Arizona GOP for not backing Trump
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Tom Porter
Jan 24, 2021, 21:52 IST
Cindy McCain.FilmMagic/FilmMagic for U.S. VETS
Cindy McCain, wife of the late Sen. John McCain, was censured by the Arizona GOP Saturday.
The party censured her for "globalist" beliefs and speaking out against President Trump's attacks on her late husband.
Splits between Trump loyalists and Republican critics threaten the party.
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Cindy McCain, the widow of Arizona Sen. John McCain, said that it was a "high honor" to be censured by the Arizona Republican Party for refusing to support President Donald Trump during the election.
The state's branch of the GOP announced on Saturday that it was censuring three high profile Arizona Republicans: McCain, former Sen. Jeff Flake, and Gov. Doug Ducey.
The party, reported Azcentral, claimed McCain has "has supported globalist policies and candidates" and had "condemned President Trump for his criticism of her husband and erroneously placed behaviors over actual presidential results."
McCain took the censure of the state GOP in her stride Saturday, tweeting: "It is a high honor to be included in a group of Arizonans who have served our state and our nation so well...and who, like my late husband John, have been censured by the AZGOP. I'll wear this as a badge of honor."
Kelli Ward, who aided Trump's bid to overturn the election result in Arizona, won reelection as the state Republican party chairwoman on Saturday.
Gov. Ducey had refused to back Trump's bid to subvert the election, famously ignoring a call from the president while he was certifying Biden's win in November.
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