At an event in Arizona, Kamala Harris drifted into a truly bizarre interaction she had with former Sen. John McCain.

She claimed the late Republican senator, who had represented Arizona until he passed away in 2018, had once praised her.

Given McCain’s track record, his praise is not something to brag about.

“He’s going after me, and I’m going back after him. I’m going back after him. And that was it. This is what the public saw,” Harris explained.

Harris then shared an interaction she had with McCain later that day.

“And I passed by John McCain. And he looks at me and he says, ‘Kid, come over here. You’re going to make a great senator.’ True story. True story. True story,” Harris said.

WATCH:

Holy sh-t! She’s imploding! pic.twitter.com/kClYUgx2eA

— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) October 11, 2024

From the New York Post:

Harris went on, “That was John McCain. That was John McCain. I was talking about him last night at a rally, right? John McCain, who – you know, we didn’t agree on everything, but, man, I mean, what about an incredible American hero? Again, strength – strength – right? We know what the former president said about John McCain – I’m not going to repeat it here – but strength.”

Harris was referring to when then-presidential candidate Donald Trump said in 2015 that John McCain was “only a war hero because he got captured, I like people that weren’t captured.”

The controversial statement – a paraphrase of a Chris Rock joke from his 2008 special “Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger” – drew ire from both sides of the political aisle and solidified the legendary senator and Trump as political enemies.

John McCain would famously cast the deciding “no” vote on President Trump’s attempted Obamacare repeal.

“Now, I know democrats want to reinvent history and turn my Dad into any illusion you guys need him to be depending on the political moment you need to b********* his memory for,” Meghan McCain said.

“But please don’t make me start sharing what I remember him ACTUALLY saying about Kamala Harris,” she added.

Now, I know democrats want to reinvent history and turn my Dad into any illusion you guys need him to be depending on the political moment you need to bastardize his memory for…

But please don’t make me start sharing what I remember him ACTUALLY saying about Kamala Harris….

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) October 11, 2024

“And consider this my final warning shot, I will start spilling tea,” McCain said in another post.

And consider this my final warning shot, I will start spilling tea.

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) October 11, 2024

Per Fox News:

On Saturday, McCain called her critics “lunatics” in response to the backlash.

“A lot of really triggered democrats in my timeline who claim they know more about my dad than well…. his daughter,” she wrote. “Get a grip on reality, you lunatics.”

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 presidential election in November.

Some GOP officials in the state have evoked McCain’s name to signal their support for Harris because John McCain had an icy 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.

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