John McCain’s widow, Cindy McCain spoke with CNN contributor David Axelrod about the state of affairs in the White House and the Republican party:

“I think John would be terribly upset by this whole thing, he was upset before he died. I wish he were here, like all of us… we need him more than ever.”

On #AxeFiles on @CNN now, @CindyMcCain said “Oh, gosh. I — I think he’d be disgusted with some of the stuff that’s going on. I really do. I think he’d be — what he’d be saying was that he’d be railing against what’s going on,” emboldening other Rs to speak out. pic.twitter.com/BLQM7VwnD1

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 10, 2019

But at the same time, she said, “I’m not leaving the Republican party. I love the Republican party… but I hope that the younger people who are more moderate than the party represents will have a place at the same Republican table that I was afforded.”

On the #AxeFiles to be aired Sat at 7 p.m. on @CNN, I asked Cindy McCain why she didn’t invite @realDonaldTrump to her husband’s funeral, at which two ex-presidents, Bush and Obama, delivered ringing eulogies. Here is what she told me:
“Words matter. Especially to a dying man.” pic.twitter.com/Umk5WJP4A4

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 8, 2019

McCain also pointed out that there’s a “real possibility” that Arizona will go Democrat next year, “Younger people are more moderate and so I think you may possibly see a blue state coming up.”