Cindy McCain hit back at conservative blogger and commentator Michelle Malkin on Twitter after Malkin attacked her late husband, Sen. John McCain, Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
“You never knew @SenJohnMcCain . You should be so lucky,” the late senator’s widow tweeted.
@michellemalkin You never knew @SenJohnMcCain . You should be so lucky.
— Cindy McCain (@cindymccain) March 2, 2019
McCain, an Arizona Republican, supported increased border security but also advocated for compromise. He died in August, and attendees from both sides of the political spectrum gathered to pay their respects as he laid in state in both the Arizona Capitol and the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and for his funeral. The former prisoner of war and political maverick was widely regarded as a statesman.
During an anti-immigration speech at CPAC Friday, Malkin called out McCain while describing how she thought Republicans’ leadership was not doing a sufficient job dealing with immigration.
“And yes, I’m looking at you, the ghost of John McCain,” Malkin said, receiving a standing ovation from the crowd. “It’s the GOP sellouts, not just the radical open-borders Left that is in bed with immigration saboteurs,” she added. “Those are the real grifters.”
In response to Cindy McCain’s tweet, Malkin tweeted back a link to a blog post from her website from 2008, the year McCain ran as the Republican candidate for president, discussing McCain’s views on immigration.
CPAC is a three-day event that began on Thursday. President Trump is expected to address the audience Saturday.
