{"id":2353488,"date":"2024-10-11T00:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-invokes-sen-john-mccain-as-she-courts-arizona-swing-voters-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T00:12:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:12:41","slug":"harris-invokes-sen-john-mccain-as-she-courts-arizona-swing-voters-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-invokes-sen-john-mccain-as-she-courts-arizona-swing-voters-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris invokes Sen. John McCain as she courts Arizona swing voters &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-invokes-sen-john-mccain-as-she-courts-arizona-swing-voters-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent rally in Chandler, Arizona, Vice President Kamala\u200b Harris invoked the\u2062 late\u200c Senator \u200dJohn McCain&#8217;s iconic thumbs-down gesture that defeated Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) \u2062in 2017. During her speech, Harris highlighted McCain\u2019s legacy as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-barr-destroys-his-name-for-all-eternity-his-actions-today-confirm-he-is-just-another-card-carrying-swamp-rat\/\" title=\"AG Barr Destroys His Name for All Eternity - His Actions Today Confirm He Is Just Another Card-Carrying Swamp Rat\">war hero<\/a> and a bipartisan figure, aiming to attract\u200c moderate \u2064Republican\u200c and Independent voters in a state where McCain remains highly regarded. <\/p>\n<p>She recounted \u2063the dramatic moment \u200din the Senate when\u200c McCain chose to oppose his\u200b party&#8217;s leadership, indicating that his vote was crucial\u200b in preserving the ACA. Harris received applause as she dramatized McCain&#8217;s decisive action. Her \u200dcampaign is actively\u2062 working \u2064to engage moderate Republicans who \u2062feel \u200balienated by \u2063the current GOP direction and has launched &#8220;Republicans for Harris&#8221; coalitions \u2064in several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">swing states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris also addressed Donald Trump\u2019s\u200c ongoing attempts to dismantle the ACA, criticizing him for lacking a concrete plan for its replacement, which resonated with the audience. Interestingly, \u200bshe did not discuss immigration or border issues during the rally, a topic of significant concern in Arizona. To be competitive\u2064 in the state, \u2064Harris needs to solidify support from Democrats while \u200dappealing to a \u200bbroader range of voters,\u2064 including Independents and \u2063moderate Republicans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris invokes late Sen. John McCain as she courts Arizona swing voters<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1813243\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHANDLER, Arizona &ndash; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vice President Kamala Harris\">Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> invoked late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-mccain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)\">Sen. John McCain&rsquo;s (R-AZ)<\/a> infamous thumbs-down moment that sunk Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in 2017 during her second visit to the state in two weeks as she seeks to court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GOP\">GOP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/independent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Independent voters\">Independent voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to voters packed inside an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/official-biden-admin-on-track-to-meet-its-goal-of-100-million-covid-19-vaccines-in-100-days\/\" title=\"Official: Biden Admin on Track to Meet Its Goal of 100 Million COVID-19 Vaccines in 100 Days\">event center<\/a> on the Gila River Indian Reservation, Harris recalled the night the Arizona Senator bucked his party&rsquo;s leadership and then-President Donald Trump by joining two moderate Republicans to scuttle the repeal of the ACA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It required one more vote to keep it intact and that vote was the late great John McCain,&rdquo; Harris said to applause and boisterous cheers. &ldquo;A great American, a war hero, John McCain.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was like out of a movie &ndash; the wooden doors broke open and John McCain came walking into the well of the U.S. Senate and said &lsquo;no ya don&rsquo;t&rsquo;,&rdquo; Harris said, reenacting McCain&rsquo;s thumbs down motion. &ldquo;No ya don&rsquo;t, No ya don&rsquo;t.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris and her campaign have actively been working to recruit moderate Republicans and Independents in the state where McCain is still beloved. Trump feuded for years with the Arizona Senator, calling him &ldquo;not a war hero&rdquo; nine years ago, and <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-sounds-off-civil-war-after-john-mccain\/story?id=106201606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"continues to attack him\">continues to attack him<\/a> six years after his death.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3141851\/john-mccains-son-endorses-harris-hits-trump-arlington-cemetery-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"received the endorsement\">received the endorsement<\/a> of McCain&rsquo;s son, Jim McCain, and he greeted running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport this week ahead of his swing through the state. <\/p>\n<p>The campaign has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114629\/republicans-harris-john-mccain-battleground-arizona\/\">launched<\/a> &ldquo;Republicans for Harris&rdquo; coalitions in several swing states, actively fighting to court more moderate Republicans who do not identify with the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<p>During her remarks, Harris brought up Trump&rsquo;s claim during the only debate between the pair in which he said he had &ldquo;concepts of a plan&rdquo; to replace the healthcare law and promised to do so at a lower cost.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INSIDE Harris&rsquo;s rally in Chandler, AZ. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/annVZeY4xF\">pic.twitter.com\/annVZeY4xF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJoRoth\/status\/1844537268427800987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump is trying to get rid of the Affordable Care Act still &mdash; and here&rsquo;s the thing, he has no plan to replace it. Oh, you watched the debate, so remember he&rsquo;s got quote &lsquo;concepts of a plan,&rsquo;&rdquo; she said as the crowd repeated the phrase back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris notably did not mention immigration or the border during her rally in the border state, an issue that voters have often ranked a top concern across the country and in Arizona. <\/p>\n<p>In order to win in the Grand Canyon State, Harris will need to hold onto her Democratic base and siphon votes from both Republicans and Independents.&nbsp; The <a href=\"https:\/\/azsos.gov\/elections\/election-information\/voter-registration-statistics\">July voter registration statistics<\/a> from the Arizona Secretary of State&rsquo;s Office show that independent voters &#8213; officially unaffiliated or &ldquo;other&rdquo; voters who do not align with a party &#8213; accounted for nearly 1.4 million or nearly 34% of the state&rsquo;s registered voters. Republicans make up 35% of Arizona voters, and Democrats account for 29% of the state&rsquo;s voters.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo; campaign crisscrossed the state this week, holding events and canvassing efforts timed around the start of early voting. In addition to visits from Harris and Walz, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and First Lady Jill Biden and surrogates are working to get out the vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, speaks to volunteers at a Republicans for Harris phone banking event on Oct. 8. (Samantha-Jo Roth \/ Washington Examiner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emhoff visited a private residence in Mesa on Tuesday, thanking several dozen Republicans for Harris volunteers who gathered to phone bank.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing more conservative than putting country over party,&rdquo; Emhoff said, invoking the phrase McCain often used himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The race between Harris and Trump in Arizona is still a dead heat,<a href=\"http:\/\/i\"> according to averages<\/a> of the most recent polls, with many indicating it&rsquo;s within the margin of error.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1813243\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1813243\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris references John McCain to attract Arizona swing voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2353489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Thumb-down-at-AZ-Rally-1024x576.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4472,4021,6661],"class_list":["post-2353488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona","tag-harris","tag-mccain"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Thumb-down-at-AZ-Rally-1024x576.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}