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   Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Cindy   
   McCain, the wife of late Republican Sen. John McCain, is endorsing his   
   presidential bid following President Trump’s alleged remarks about U.S.   
   services members as reported by The Atlantic.   
      
   “Maybe I shouldn’t say it but I'm about to go on one of these Zooms with   
   John McCain's wife, who is -- first time ever -- is endorsing me because   
   of what he talks about with my son and John’s who are heroes, who served   
   their country, you know he said they’re losers, they’re suckers,” Biden   
   said during a fundraiser Tuesday.   
      
   Trump criticized U.S. service members on numerous occasions, referred to   
   American war dead as “losers” and asked that disabled veterans be excluded   
   from military parades, according to the magazine. Trump has denied ever   
   making the comments.   
      
   CINDY MCCAIN PRAISES BIDEN IN DNC VIDEO   
      
   “The Atlantic Magazine is dying, like most magazines, so they make up a   
   fake story in order to gain some relevance. Story already refuted, but   
   this is what we are up against. Just like the Fake Dossier,” he said on   
   Twitter.   
      
   McCain's wife had already praised Biden in a video at the Democratic   
   National Convention, but did not formally endorse him then.   
      
   "It was a friendship that shouldn't have worked," she says in the video,   
   describing the relationship of her late husband, an Arizona Republican,   
   and Biden, a Delaware Democrat.   
      
   She explains that her husband and Biden got to know each other in the   
   1970s, when McCain -- newly home from service in the Navy -- was assigned   
   to be a military aide for Biden and they logged thousands of miles   
   together on overseas trips.   
      
   John McCain is heard in the video claiming his job was to carry Biden's   
   bags.   
      
   "The son-of-a-gun never carried my bags," Biden answers back. "He was   
   supposed to carry my bags, damn it, but he never carried my bags."   
      
   Cindy McCain's participation in the video was among a number of attempts   
   by Democrats to show that Biden has attracted the support from some   
   longtime Republicans as he looks to deny Trump a second term this   
   November.   
      
   John McCain was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee against Barack   
   Obama, who won the election with Biden as his running mate.   
      
   Both Cindy McCain and her daughter Meghan have been outspoken critics of   
   President Trump, and the family is longtime friends with the Bidens.   
      
   Trump first targeted John McCain personally in 2015, saying the former   
   prisoner of war wasn't a hero "because he was captured. I like people who   
   weren't captured."   
      
   McCain later angered Trump with his dramatic thumbs-down vote against   
   repealing President Obama's health care law. Before McCain died of cancer   
   in August 2018, reports suggested he made an explicit request that Trump   
   not be invited to his funeral.   
      
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   Biden consoled Meghan McCain during an appearance on "The View" after her   
   father was diagnosed with the cancer that eventually took his life. She   
   has said Biden often reaches out to her to offer support, after losing his   
   own son Beau to the same cancer in 2015.   
      
   Fox News' Bradford Betz and David Aaro contributed to this report.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cindy-mccain-to-endorse-joe-biden   
      
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