{"id":2354032,"date":"2024-10-12T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-says-dems-want-to-reinvent-history-about-her-father-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T16:36:23","slug":"meghan-mccain-says-dems-want-to-reinvent-history-about-her-father-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-says-dems-want-to-reinvent-history-about-her-father-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan McCain says Dems &#8216;want to reinvent history&#8217; about her father &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmeghan-mccain-says-dems-want-to-reinvent-history-about-her-father-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=2354032&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>Meghan\u200b McCain, daughter of the late\u200c Senator John McCain, criticized Vice President Kamala Harris\u200b for invoking her\u2064 father&#8217;s name at a rally in Arizona to attract moderate and right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fighting-back-republican-creates-response-to-stacey-abrams-voter-organization-in-georgia-adds-focus-on-election-integrity\/\" title=\"Fighting Back: Republican Creates Response To Stacey Abrams\u2019 Voter Organization In Georgia, Adds Focus On \u2018Election Integrity\u2019\">-leaning voters<\/a>. In \u2064her remarks, Meghan asserted that \u200dDemocrats are attempting to reinterpret her \u2063father&#8217;s legacy for their political advantage. She mentioned, \u201c&#8230;democrats \u2062want to reinvent\u200d history and turn my Dad into any illusion\u200b you guys need him \u2064to be,\u201d and expressed her willingness to share \u200bher memories of what her father truly thought about Harris. \u2063During the\u200d rally, Harris praised John McCain for his\u200b pivotal vote in preserving the\u200c Affordable Care Act,\u2064 calling him a &#8220;great American&#8221;\u2062 and a &#8220;war hero.&#8221;  <\/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\">Meghan McCain says Democrats &lsquo;want to reinvent history&rsquo; about her father<\/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_1504837\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/meghan-mccain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Meghan McCain<\/a>, the daughter of the late Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-mccain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John McCain<\/a>, called out Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> for using her father&rsquo;s name in an effort to appeal to more moderate and right-leaning voters at a rally in Arizona.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Now, I know democrats want to reinvent history and turn my Dad into any illusion you guys need him to be depending on the political moment you need to bastardize his memory for&hellip;,&rdquo; the younger McCain <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1844861079500755410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> on X. &ldquo;But please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t make me <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-forced-to-resign-over-n-word-controversy-tells-his-side-of-the-story\/\" title=\"New York Times Reporter Forced To Resign Over N-Word Controversy Tells His Side Of The Story\">start sharing<\/a> what I remember him ACTUALLY saying about Kamala Harris&hellip;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meghan McCain, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris, right. (Photos by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP, and AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3185522\/harris-john-mccain-arizona-swing-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rally <\/a>in Arizona on Thursday, the vice president talked about how John McCain, beloved by many in the Grand Canyon State, played a key role in preserving the Affordable Care Act, which Trump was keen to axe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It required one more vote to keep it intact, and that vote was the late great John McCain,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;A great American, a war hero, John McCain.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was like out of a movie &mdash; the wooden doors broke open, and John McCain came walking into the well of the U.S. Senate and said, &lsquo;No, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-invokes-sen-john-mccain-as-she-courts-arizona-swing-voters-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris invokes Sen. John McCain as she courts Arizona swing voters - Washington Examiner\">ya don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;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 then went on to argue former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> plans to continue his efforts of repealing the Affordable Care Act if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">elected president<\/a> again. The rally was not the first time that Democrats have brought up John McCain on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and McCain famously feuded with each other before and during Trump&rsquo;s presidential term. The former president made the controversial claim that McCain, a former Navy pilot in Vietnam, was not actually a war hero since he was captured.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has garnered the endorsement of McCain&rsquo;s son, Jim McCain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Meghan said she wouldn&rsquo;t be supporting either candidate, adding in another post on X that she would share what her father really thought of Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And consider this my final warning shot, I will start spilling tea,&rdquo; McCain <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1844861638534410654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1504837\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1504837\"}});<\/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>Meghan McCain accuses Democrats of distorting her father&#8217;s legacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2354033,"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\/08\/Meghan-McCainKamala-Harris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,4919,39592],"class_list":["post-2354032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-history","tag-meghan-mccain"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Meghan-McCainKamala-Harris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354032","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}