Cindy McCain Reveals 'The Final Straw' With Trump That Led To Biden Endorsement

Cindy McCain , the widow of 2008 Republican presidential candidate and longtime Arizona Sen. John McCain , said on Sunday that one specific incident was “the final straw” for her with President Donald Trump . 

McCain, who has since endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden , told “60 Minutes” it was Trump’s disrespect for those who had served in the military. 

“For me, the final straw was the, you know, ‘They’re losers and suckers,’” she said , referring to an Atlantic report  that Trump had used the epithets to describe fallen soldiers. The report was later confirmed by other news agencies.

McCain said: 

“You know, I’m the mother of two veterans and a wife of a veteran, and my father was a veteran. They were not losers and suckers by any chance. It angered me a great deal. It angered me. And so I thought, you know, I can either sit here and be angry or I can do something.”

McCain also spoke about her late husband’s friendship with Biden in a video shown during the Democratic National Convention  in August. She formally endorsed Biden about a month later.