Barack Obama contrasts John McCain with Trump at Arizona rally
TUCSON, Ariz. — Former President Barack Obama on Friday contrasted former President Donald Trump’s character to that of the late Sen.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Former President Barack Obama on Friday contrasted former President Donald Trump’s character to that of the late Sen. John McCain during a packed rally at the University of Arizona.
Obama, who faced off against McCain in his successful bid for the White House in 2008, offered only kind words for his onetime political foe during his Friday remarks on behalf of the Harris-Walz campaign.
“Being here in Tucson, I’m thinking about my friend, John McCain,” said Obama, speaking to several thousand Arizonans.
“I don’t want to over-romanticize our relationship,” Obama continued, earning laughter from the crowd. “But you know what? He understood that some values transcend party. He believed in honest argument and hearing the views of other people. He didn’t demonize his political opponents.”
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and John McCain, R-Ariz., greet each other at the end of their third and final presidential debate at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 15, 2008.Emmanuel Dunand / AFP via Getty Images fileObama also praised McCain for defending him during the 2008 election when a woman told McCain during a town hall in Lakeville, Minnesota, that she didn’t trust Obama and called him an “Arab.”
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