Arizona tests Trump: McCain's revenge and the independent surge
Arizona just handed the country a live-fire test of the MAGA machine — and the independents are the ones holding the trigger. Andy Biggs won his primary still refusing to say who won the 2020 election, Cindy McCain is quietly fundraising for the Democrat, and Republicans are sitting on half a billion more in cash than Democrats heading into the general. Meanwhile Pete Hegseth walked into the Capitol asking for $37 billion as three American troops came home in flag-draped transfer cases. Paul Rieckhoff cuts through all of it from CNN's headquarters at Hudson Yards.
Arizona is where the MAGA machine keeps breaking its teeth, and this episode explains why. Paul Rieckhoff files a rapid recap from inside…
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→ Four things from today’s episodeWhy Arizona keeps humiliating the MAGA machine. and what McCain-country Republicans actually want
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