Cindy McCain apologizes after police refute trafficking claim

[DonViejo]

BY RACHEL FRAZIN - 02/07/19 10:10 AM EST 11

Cindy McCain apologized on Thursday after police disputed her claim that she stopped a child trafficking attempt.

McCain had come under criticism for the claim, which she said she made after reporting a woman who was with a toddler of a different ethnicity — remarks that many found offensive.

“At Phoenix Sky Harbor, I reported an incident that I thought was trafficking,” McCain, the widow of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and an anti-trafficking advocate, said on Twitter. “I commend the police officers for their diligence. I apologize if anything else I have said on this matter distracts from 'if you see something, say something.’”

McCain, in a radio interview about child trafficking on KTAR News 92.3 FM on Wednesday, said that she reported a woman who was with a toddler of a different ethnicity and that she ended up foiling a trafficking attempt.

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[underpants]

1. Okay but keep it in the headlines

This frightens the hell out of me.

[Hortensis]

2. What?! She'd have had to spend her entire life in

Crossroads, ND not to see "different ethnicities" whenever she went out. Even if she wondered enough to talk to security, to just assume "trafficking" on that basis is wrong in itself -- before she started in with the public lies. Unbelievable.

[ret5hd]

3. So no apology for her out-and-out lie that the police found it was in fact human trafficking?

[nini]

4. I wonder if she would have liked it if someone reported her and her black daughter?

She had the benefit of being well known so the odds are that wasn't going to happen. But she certainly should be thinking hard about assumptions. Yes, we have to be aware of trafficking and not look the other way - but claiming you stopped something that wasn't happening is ridiculous.

[Baltimike]

5. this I just asked for a link in another OP bc I know she has a black daughter

wt ever lovin' f?

[nini]

7. She's from Bangladesh..

I always heard her being referred to as black. I always felt she was uncomfortable with all the hoopla.. shy really.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2673964/John-McCains-adopted-daughter-from-Bangladesh-introduced.html

[Javaman]

6. a lie goes 'round the world before the truth ever gets out the door. nt