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How President Trump's attacks on late Sen. John McCain could impact his chances in Arizona
From CNN's Josiah Ryan
President Trump's sustained
personal attacks on the late Republican Sen. John McCain, even after he died in 2018, may now be hurting his chances in Arizona, a state he may need to keep the White House, said CNN's Jake Tapper this evening.
Trump's "advisers have been begging him for years, 'just stop attacking and insulting one of Arizona's favorite sons, Sen. John McCain,'" said Tapper. "...Yet he was incredibly ungracious and then he continued to attack him when he died."
Tapper pointed out that the late senator's widow, Cindy McCain, a Republican,
endorsed Biden in September, saying Trump had displayed "a lack of character, integrity, a lack of values."
"There must be so many people in the White House right now who are just tearing their hair out watching these Arizona returns, thinking 'I told you not to do that,'" added Tapper.
CNN's Dana Bash added that McCain may be getting a "last laugh" on Trump if in fact Arizona votes for Joe Biden.
"Can you imagine the poetry of that if it happens?" she asked.