Kelli Ward, who is running in the Republican primary this week to replace Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in Washington, implied Saturday that the late Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) decision on Friday to discontinue medical treatment for his severe brain cancer — or the media coverage thereof — was purposefully timed to create “a particular narrative that they hope is negative to me.”
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the Trump-aligned, alt-right-catering Arizona Senate candidate was referring to the McCain family or the media.
Hours after the comment, McCain died.
KPNX’s Brahm Resnik captured Ward’s comment, which came in response to a Ward staffer’s Facebook post, in a screenshot:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?@kelliwardaz staffer: I wonder if John McCain’s trying to steal attention from Ward’s bus tour by announcing his life is coming to an end.
Ward: Yup, it’s all about me. #AZSEN pic.twitter.com/AXKAOhKYkU— BrahmResnik (@brahmresnik) August 25, 2018
Ward subsequently asserted: “It’s not the McCains creating a narrative – it’s the media making something out of nothing.”
@kelliwardaz deleted that comment on the FB thread. She has now posted this comment, blaming the media. pic.twitter.com/EYozlaLRzT
— BrahmResnik (@brahmresnik) August 25, 2018
McCain’s “decades of service will not be forgotten by the men & women of Arizona,” Ward wrote on Twitter Saturday. “May God grant the McCain family comfort and peace during this difficult time.”
We are saddened to hear of the passing of @SenJohnMcCain. His decades of service will not be forgotten by the men & women of Arizona. May God grant the McCain family comfort and peace during this difficult time.
— Dr. Kelli Ward (@kelliwardaz) August 26, 2018
Odious is as odious does.
Dear Kelli Ward:
Thanks. As a result of your assholery, Kyrsten Sinema is going to beat your ass like a gong.
There are people who never quite grasp the idea that there’s a consciousness like their own riding around inside other people’s skulls. They’re aware of themselves, and that’s it. The rest of us are stage props and tools to use. We don’t have our own identities, as they see it. We’re objects. The fact that we’re not thinking about them when our lives are ending, but rather about ourselves, our loved ones, our memories, that’s all confounding to them and they don’t quite believe it.
People like this should not be elected to public office. Further restrictions may be called for but we’ll start with that one.
This gal is as silly as anyone can get! Hope she’s smashed in the upcoming primary races!
Venality and narcissism appear to be key identifying features of the Trumpist species as does stroking in the Trumpist follower subtype: Ward and her staff; QED