Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) was asked about some of the more obvious hypocrisies taking place at the DNC when he defaulted to bashing the former president and talking about his “hero” the late Sen. John McCain.
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CNN anchor John Berman specifically asked Kelly for his take on the awkward moment where an anti-billionaire speech from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was immediately followed up by a speech from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who bragged about his $3.5 billion net worth.
“One of the things that has been commented on was sort of the ironic moments in the convention. You had Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist from Vermont, an independent senator, speaking, followed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, who noted on stage that he is a billionaire. So is that irony? Are those different messages, Senator, or is there one Democratic message?” Berman asked.
“Well, I think it shows that we’re a big tent. Last night also, Mayor John Giles, Republican mayor from Mesa, Arizona, was on that stage talking about why Republicans do not have to be beholden to the Republican Party of today,” Kelly responded.
“In Arizona, the Republican Party was John McCain’s Republican Party until around 2020, until Donald Trump, over a four-year period in the White House, basically destroyed the Republican Party in the state of Arizona, and which is really a sad thing,” he continued, not wasting any opportunity to bash the GOP or Trump.
“I mean, John McCain was a hero of mine. I’m in John McCain’s Senate seat. It’s important for our country, for our democracy, to have two stable, normal parties,” the senator added. “And that’s not true for the Republicans anymore. And that’s why we see people like Mayor Giles there and other Republicans. I think we’re going to see more as the week progresses.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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