United States: in Arizona, the Republican camp divided on loyalty to Trump, Cindy McCain dismissed
Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake called for Joe Biden to be voted against Donald Trump in the US presidential election on November 3, 2020. AFP - SAUL LOEB
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After Donald Trump's presidential defeat on November 3, party leadership in the southwestern state decided to censor three of the most important and influential members of the Republicans in Arizona for their lack of loyalty to the former President.
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Thomas Harms
The party's governing body meeting in Arizona was held behind closed doors in Phoenix.
And unsurprisingly, the state governor, a former senator, and John McCain's widow have been censored.
This opposition measure is above all symbolic, but it illustrates the division within the party.
The reason ?
Their lack of loyalty to Donald Trump.
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Governor Doug Ducey had yet defended the former tenant of the White House to the end.
But he also supported the electoral process in Arizona against the advice of the former president.
Former Senator Jeff Flake called on him to vote for Joe Biden, as did Cindy McCain, who was even part of his transition team.
Happy to be in our nation's Capitol today with Arizona Republicans @cindymccain and @dougducey to witness our nation's most important ritual: the peaceful transfer of power pic.twitter.com/uwARym7BJD
- Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) January 20, 2021
At the announcement of her censorship, Cindy McCain had fun and assured herself to be in "
good company
" with her late husband.
John McCain, fierce opponent of Donald Trump, had himself been censored in 2015, he who had until then had a huge influence on the policies of this state.
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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.
- Cindy McCain (@cindymccain) January 24, 2021
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