John McCain’s son, Jimmy McCain, expressed his disapproval of Donald Trump’s attendance at a wreath-laying ceremony for fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. In an interview with CNN, Jimmy, the youngest son of the late senator and former presidential candidate, revealed that he switched his political affiliation from independent to Democrat.
He called Trump’s presence at the memorial “a violation.” Ironically, John McCain himself faced backlash for using footage of Arlington National Cemetery in a 1999 campaign ad while running for president.
At the time, the controversy was significant enough that McCain was forced to remove the footage from his ad. The LA Times reported in 1999 that “McCain to Remove Arlington Footage From Campaign Ad,” after the Army stated that the campaign had not requested permission to film there and that any such request would have been denied due to restrictions on partisan activity at military sites.
NEW: John McCain’s son, Jimmy, says he is so disgusted that Trump would turn Arlington into a “campaign backdrop” that he is voting for Kamala.
Ironically, in 1999, John McCain himself used Arlington National Cemetery as a “campaign backdrop.”
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— Collin Rugg