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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 07:25 AM Jan 2021

Arizona state GOP moves to censure Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake

The Arizona GOP is expected to vote to censure Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain (R), and former Sen. Jeff Flake (R) after both supported President-elect Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

The party first disclosed its "Censure McCain" resolution last Sunday after it was mistakenly reported that the Maricopa County Republican Party voted to censure her. The county-level party only discussed censuring Cindy McCain but did vote to censure Flake.

The effort to censure the two big names in Arizona GOP politics is the latest in a long-standing rift between the grassroots wing of the Arizona GOP and other Republicans. Sen. McCain himself was censured by the state party in 2014 for what the state party saw as an insufficiently conservative voting record.

It comes as Arizona is becoming a more purple state. President-elect Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 election by a slim margin, becoming the first Democrat to win Arizona in a presidential election since 1996, when former President Clinton carried the state and businessman Ross Perot ran a strong third-party campaign.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/534095-arizona-state-gop-moves-to-censure-cindy-mccain-jeff-flake?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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Arizona state GOP moves to censure Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake (Original Post) JonLP24 Jan 2021 OP
You can censure a private citizen? Soxfan58 Jan 2021 #1
It's a group of private cisterns censuring private citizens Kaleva Jan 2021 #8
Garden clubs are cutthroat! Soxfan58 Jan 2021 #10
Some gardeners are pretty extreme! Kaleva Jan 2021 #12
And if censure doesn't work, they'll start calling her a mean ol' poopyhead. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2021 #2
LOL! moonscape Jan 2021 #7
I'm glad to see the AZ GOP standing up for whatever holyfrick they believe in struggle4progress Jan 2021 #3
They've lost their minds PJMcK Jan 2021 #4
What a fucked up bunch JI7 Jan 2021 #5
Cindy McCain needs the GOP likes she needs rats in her attic. nt oasis Jan 2021 #6
This!👆 SheltieLover Jan 2021 #9
There is your Big Tent party... dv421 Jan 2021 #11

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)
1. You can censure a private citizen?
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 07:38 AM
Jan 2021

They have gone fucking nuts. Censure a widow for endorsing her late husband's best friend.

Kaleva

(36,146 posts)
8. It's a group of private cisterns censuring private citizens
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:13 AM
Jan 2021

It has the same impact as that of a gardening club censuring a gardener who doesn't tow the gardening club's line.

Kaleva

(36,146 posts)
12. Some gardeners are pretty extreme!
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 01:59 PM
Jan 2021

I watch YouTube videos on gardening and some of the comments are angry about what was presented in the video.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,119 posts)
2. And if censure doesn't work, they'll start calling her a mean ol' poopyhead.
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 07:45 AM
Jan 2021

I really have no idea what this is supposed to accomplish.

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
4. They've lost their minds
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:55 AM
Jan 2021

The Arizona GOP is wasting their time with these censures?!

Are they aware of the problems facing their state? Like Covid? But they have time to waste on a meaningless gesture.

Idiots.

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