Once our long, long wait for a president-elect was over, our new POTUS-to-be sent out a tweet:
"I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not."
So will this bipartisan olive branch be accepted? Well, if the congratulatory tweets from the
surviving family members of Biden's one-time political opponent are any predictor, then yes,
our painfully divided nation actually does stand some chance of coming together once again.
Within an hour of Biden's acceptance tweet,
his surprising champion Cindy McCain shared her joy at the election's outcome. McCain,
a still-staunch Republican who nevertheless spoke on Biden's behalf at the DNC, tweeted:
"Congratulations to my dear friend and President-elect @JoeBiden
Vice-President-elect @KamalaHarris. It's time to move beyond politics
and toward building a stronger america. I know Joe will unify the country toward a better future."
As Cindy McCain tweeted back in September, she was putting the good of the nation
ahead of party loyalty when it came to choosing a candidate in the 2020 election:
"My husband John lived by a code: country first.
We are Republicans, yes, but Americans foremost. There's only one candidate in
this race who stands up for our values as a nation, and that is @JoeBiden."
Cindy McCain also went on the Today Show to further explain her endorsement, saying:
"Joe Biden represents to me the kinds of values and integrity and courage that we
want in a president and someone who, I think, would have my back as a citizen."
“I want to feel like my president cares about me and cares about this country and Joe Biden does."
Donald Trump had shown nothing but disdain for John McCain,
a Republican politician still well-liked in his home state of Arizona. Politico
notes several of Trump's more egregious McCain disses, including the ever famous:
"He's a war hero because he was captured.
I like people who weren't captured, okay, I hate to tell you."
...as well as his refusal to have flags lowered at the news of McCain's 2018 death.
Upon hearing of McCain's widow's decision to endorse Biden, a man who spoke at McCain's
funeral of his love and respect for a man he considered almost a brother,
Trump was apparently displeased and immediately took to his favorite platform to complain.
Via Twitter, Trump dismissed Cindy McCain, saying:
"I hardly know Cindy McCain other than having put her on a Committee at her husband's request."
He then went on to attack the candidate, calling Biden, quote, "John McCain's lapdog," and claimed:
"So many BAD decisions on Endless Wars & the V.A., which I brought
from a horror show to HIGH APPROVAL. Never a fan of John. Cindy can have Sleepy Joe!"
Well, not only Cindy McCain, but the majority of the Arizona electorate,
evidently decided to go with Biden, so it seems like hating on McCain and attacking his widow
wasn't really the best plan for winning over that state.
"Winning is easy. Losing is never easy. Not for me, it's not."
Cindy wasn't the only member of the McCain family to give a shout-out to
the man whose running mate beat out John McCain in the 2008 election.
Meghan, a rather untraditional Republican herself, tweeted:
"Congratulations Mr. President! @JoeBiden — one of the truly decent and moral men I've ever had the
privilege of knowing. Please lead our nation bravely towards healing and bipartisanship."
She went on to add:
"Only a very personal note — I am relieved and look forward to having
a president who respects POW's who have been captured ... (*I had to say it)."
One man Meghan McCain has no sympathy for, however, is the current man in office, tweeting:
"President Trump put so many Americans through completely unnecessary and sadistic emotional
pain — time and time again for no other reason than he is a sick person. Now he wants to have
a pity party because America is done with it? There's no crying in baseball, snowflakes!"
"There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball!"
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