Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, called out Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday after the Democratic presidential candidate shared an anecdote about an interaction she allegedly had with the six-term senator.
Harris was perplexed at a Republicans for Harris event in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Friday afternoon when she claimed that John McCain, who represented the Grand Canyon state in the U.S. Senate until his death in 2018, once praised her.
Harris said the exchange happened after she and McCain were “chasing each other” at a committee hearing. The Republican approached her later that day, she said.
“I stepped onto the Senate floor later that day – we had votes – and I walked past John McCain, and he looked at me and said, 'Boy, come here. You’re going to make a great senator,’” Harris recalled. “True story. True story.”
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Meghan McCain criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over an anecdote she shared at a campaign rally. (Getty Images)
While speaking to the crowd, Harris praised the late Arizona senator and called him an “incredible American hero.” But Meghan McCain found the story dubious and addressed it publicly on Friday night.
“Now, I know the Democrats want to reinvent history and turn my father into whatever illusion you need him to be in, depending on what political moment you need to bastardize his memory for… But please don't get me started on share what I really remember about him. saying about Kamala Harris,” wrote McCain.
“And consider this my final warning, I’m going to start spilling tea.”
On Saturday, McCain called his critics “lunatics” in response to the backlash.
“Many really excited Democrats on my timeline claim they know more about my father than well…his daughter,” she wrote. “Control reality, you lunatics.”
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Meghan McCain and Cindy McCain attend the 2023 Time100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Time)
Democrats have been actively targeting moderate Republicans in Arizona this campaign season, and the swing state is predicted to have a significant impact on the November presidential election.
Some Republican Party officials in the state brought up McCain's name to signal their support for Harris because John McCain had a frosty relationship with former President Trump.
Speaking at a Harris rally in August, Rep. Gregory Stanton, D-Ariz.called on “John McCain Republicans” to support the Harris-Walz ticket. Mesa's Republican mayor echoed that sentiment.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a Republicans for Harris event in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Friday. (Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images)
“In the spirit of the great Senator John McCain, join me in putting country above party and stopping Donald Trump and protecting the rule of law, protecting our Constitution and protecting the democracy of our great country,” said Mayor of Table, John Giles.
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Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
