Cindy McCain says GOP no longer the 'party that my husband and I belonged to'

[Zorro]

Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain, said on a podcast released Wednesday that the Republican Party is "excluding people for the wrong reasons" and is no longer "the party that my husband and I belonged to."

When McCain was asked if Democrats have a chance to win Arizona in 2020, she said she "really can" see the southwestern state going blue.

"We have, on my side of the aisle, on the Republican side, we see a local party in Arizona that's not functioning well. And it's excluding people. And it's excluding people for the wrong reasons," McCain said in an interview for Politico's "Women Rule" podcast.

"If you're not walking the line, then you're out. That's just not right. That's not the party that my husband and I belonged to."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/25/politics/cindy-mccain-republican-party-john-mccain/index.html

Well Cindy, today's GOP is the same party that your husband and you belonged to. It's just more in-your-face about it now.

[dewsgirl]

1. Perhaps she should clue daughter into her insight.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Actually, it is. The GOP has been a whorehouse for hucksters, charlatans, and racists since

the has-been actor took over in 80'.

[cyndensco]

12. I agree.

Reagan in the 80's - Sarah Palin in 2008 thanks to her husband...

[Mike 03]

3. Your daughter still belongs to it.

[blueinredohio]

4. Maybe she should talk to her daughter.

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Come to the Dems, Cindy. We welcome you.

[Vogon_Glory]

6. Ah, you noticed.

Now you know why the Republican moderates and moderate-conservatives of thirty years ago packed up and left.

[beachbumbob]

7. Mean more if she says she supports Biden for president.

[Tech]

8. It is the party you created.

[ffr]

9. Ammunition for the GOP defectors to latch onto.

Trump/Pence are going down.

[PSPS]

10. LOL. Sure. Tell it to John's well-worn rubber stamp.

[DanTex]

11. Maybe shouldn't have picked Sarah Palin...

[Opel_Justwax]

13. In a few years the GOP will be a minor party. Their voters aren't getting younger

[TidalWave46]

14. I truly admire McCain for many actions he took throughout his life.

That includes his service to country after leaving the military.

I'm still not blind to the fact that todays GOP is every bit of who McCain was. A supporter of trickle down economics that helped expand systemic governmental oppression of minorities, an impediment to providing healthcare to everyone, and a hawk.

[Mosby]

15. Too little, too late.