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Three years after Sen.John McCain’s death in August 2018from an aggressive form of brain cancer, Cindy McCain says her late husband would be “very disappointed” in the current state of the Republican Party.
During an interview withStephen Colberton Monday night, Cindy said the GOP “seems to be rewarding bad behavior and then trashing those who tell the truth.”
Cindy, 66, was speaking specifically to the news that the GOP hadvoted outWyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her position in Republican leadership after her continued criticisms ofDonald Trump’s election lies.
“I think she’s handled herself beautifully, I really do,” Cindy said, when asked if she had any advice for Cheney.
While she said she had “great faith” in the Republican party finding its way back, Cindy admitted “it’s going to take a while.”
Acknowledging that it was going to be “a long road” to get back to the party that her late husband served, Cindy said the GOP has “been compromised in so many different ways, and we’re no longer practicing what we used to be, and that was the party of inclusion, the party of decency and debate that was not personal. And we’re so far astray right now, it’s awful.”
Speaking to Colbert, Cindy said that one of the reasons she cast her vote for DemocratJoe Bidenin the 2020 presidential election was the “lack of character, lack of decency, and lack of empathy” that she saw from former President Trump.
Cindyofficially endorsed Bidenin September 2020, writing in a tweet that she felt the Democrat would “lead us with dignity.”
“We’re probably the only husband-and-wife team to have been completely thrown out of our party. I wear it as a badge of honor, believe me,” she laughed.
In the wake of her endorsement of Biden, some have wondered whether Cindy might get more involved in the new administration, with reports suggestingshe is being eyedas a U.N. aid ambassador.
Speaking to PEOPLE ahead of the release of her new memoir,Stronger, Cindy demurred when asked to comment on those reports, saying “I’m deeply grateful to be considered for anything,” and “I haven’t given up on the [Republican] party.”
“When I agreed to support Joe Biden and to endorse him, I meant that with every fiber of my being in whatever way I can help. And if he should so choose to place me someplace and to give me the opportunity, I would be deeply honored,” she said. “When a president asks you to do something, you can’t really turn him down.”
source: people.com
