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MAGA Attacks John McCain's Son After Arlington Video Resurfaces

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    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -59% Negative

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39% : Trump, meanwhile, has doubled down, insisting in a Tuesday Truth Social post that "there was no conflict" at the cemetery and that "it was a made-up story by Comrade Kamala and her misinformation squad," despite his own campaign spokespeople discussing the situation with Newsweek last week.
33% : The campaign released a TikTok video using the footage, and Trump was photographed giving a thumbs up at a grave site.
27% : Jimmy McCain, the youngest son of the late Senator John McCain and an army intelligence officer in the 158 Infantry Regiment, recently endorsed Kamala Harris for president on Wednesday, accusing Trump of using the graves in Arlington, Virginia, as a "backdrop for a political campaign.
20% : He has also rebuked the criticism that he should not have taken photographs, saying that he did so because the families asked him to.Trump publicly insulted McCain, a two-time presidential candidate and six-term Republican Senator, repeatedly during his 2016 campaign and his presidency including saying in 2015 McCain was "not a war hero", and in 2019 saying "I never liked him much and I probably never will."
16% : Also, who cares who John McCain's son is going to vote for?"The controversy comes after Trump attended a memorial service at the Arlington National Cemetery last week.

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