Cindy McCain joins board of Biden's presidential transition team
Source: The Hill
Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), has joined the advisory board of Democratic nominee Joe Biden's presidential transition team, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday
The news came a week after McCain endorsed Biden, calling the former vice president a "good and honest man."
Other members of the unpaid advisory board include New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), former Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D). McCain is the second Republican to join the advisory board, after Bob McDonald, who served as secretary of Veterans Affairs during the Obama Administration.
Presidential transition teams have historically emphasized filling national security roles, as the transition period is considered uniquely vulnerable to terrorist attacks. However, with the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, the Biden transition team is focusing on equipping a potential Biden administration to address public health and economic policy first and foremost.
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George II
(67,782 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Let the handwringing, 2nd-guessing, whining, and gnashing of teeth begin. (If it's not the Lincoln Project that has them all up in arms, it's Cindy McCain.)
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Reaching across the aisle and empowering members of the GOP to influence a democratic administration. We never learn.
lanlady
(7,134 posts)Dems playing nice. I'm so over that. Such gestures are never reciprocated by Republicans. We don't owe the McCains or their ilk anything.
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)(This is not about your post, if you know what I mean).
CaptainTruth
(6,588 posts)I think he's smarter than that.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Multiple times. And Joe holds out his relationships with the GOP as a positive.
JI7
(89,247 posts)Hotler
(11,416 posts)We have plenty of smart talented democrats to choose from.
JI7
(89,247 posts)Voltaire2
(13,009 posts)ugh
Yavin4
(35,437 posts)I highly doubt that this administration keeps detailed records of what's been happening for the past 4 years.
nattyice
(331 posts)Poor trumpies
JI7
(89,247 posts)She endorsed Biden but had no comment on McSally
jorgevlorgan
(8,289 posts)Hopefully that'll shut those people up for a second.
ancianita
(36,023 posts)Harker
(14,012 posts)are all twisted, smoldering wrecks.
ancianita
(36,023 posts)Advisory Board positions don't get into the operational weeds that the Senior Staff level works at.