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Cole Wist, former House Assistant Minority Leader, leaves GOP
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Former state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial, who spent two years as assistant House Minority Leader in the 2017-18 sessions, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he’s leaving the GOP and becoming an unaffiliated voter. Wist has not been shy about expressing his frustration with the Republican Party, which he accused of abandoning its conservative principles…
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McSally lost Arizona Senate race but will fill McCain’s seat
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PHOENIX – Arizona’s governor on Tuesday appointed U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to replace Sen. Jon Kyl in the seat that belonged to the late John McCain, sending the GOP congresswoman back to Washington just a month after she lost a tight race for the state’s other spot in the Senate. McSally, a former air force…
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McCain’s family upset he’s being ‘weaponized’ in GOP political ads
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By Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner The family of the late U.S. Sen. John McCain is disappointed in a new GOP political ad, according to a report. “The McCain family believes it is unfortunate that the senator’s image is being weaponized this election season,” Julie Tarallo, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Republican’s family, told CNN Wednesday.…
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McCain salute: One of nation’s ‘bravest souls’ in war, peace
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WASHINGTON – Congressional leaders saluted John McCain Friday as a model of service in war and peace and “one of the bravest souls our nation has ever produced,” in a memorial ceremony at the heart of the political battlefield where he fought for more than three decades. Then thousands of fellow Americans, who had lined…
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WATCH: Live coverage of the nation’s tribute to John McCain from Washington
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The nation’s leaders are paying tribute to U.S. Sen. John McCain Friday and Saturday in the nation’s capital. Bookmark this page to stream live coverage via 9News.com. Here’s the schedule: Friday – McCain to lie in state at the United States Capitol building 8:50 a.m. – NBC Special Report of the national ceremony in the…
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WATCH: John McCain remembered as hero, fighter and wiseacre at Phoenix service
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By Melissa Daniels and Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press PHOENIX – U.S. Sen. John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a “true American hero” – and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good battle – at a crowded church service for the maverick politician that ended with the playing of…
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Gary Hart remembers John McCain as a colleague and friend
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By Rachel Leuthauser, 9News “It was inspiring to meet someone with that amount of courage,” says Gary Hart. An admiration became a friendship between Hart, a former U.S. senator from Colorado, and U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who died Saturday. Despite being on different sides of the aisle, the pair built a friendship that…
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Colorado to fly U.S. flag at half-staff in honor of Sen. John McCain
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Updated: Just after 2 p.m. Colorado time Monday, and after more than 24 hours of criticism,” President Trump issued a statement honoring Sen. John McCain’s service and ordered all U.S. flags flown at half-staff until after McCain is buried on Sunday. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has joined a growing list of governors who have ordered…
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‘I was tied up at the time’: The wit and wisdom of John McCain (VIDEO)
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John McCain, with his irascible grin and fighter-pilot moxie, made a name for himself as an outspoken politician. He was at times bitingly funny, ruthlessly self-deprecating, and eloquently patriotic. > RELATED: Warrior, maverick, hero: John McCain dies Here are some quotes from the former senator and U.S. presidential candidate: WAR IS WRETCHED “War is wretched…
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Warrior, maverick, hero: John McCain dies
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was…
