(CNN) For decades, the Arizona Republican Party was synonymous with the state's senior Sen. John McCain. Arizonans loved McCain's military heroism and noted willingness to buck party leaders, sending him to the House twice and to the Senate five times. All of which makes this tweet, on January 1, from the Arizona Republican Party's official Twitter account all the more shocking:"As the sun sets on 2020, remember that we're never going back to the party of Romney, Flake, and McCain. The Republican Party is now, and forever will be, one for the working man and woman! While the attempt to soil the reputation of a deceased senator (and decorated war hero) drew considerable national attention, the Arizona Republican Party has been using its Twitter feed to savage McCain and other non-Trump worshiping Republicans for a while now.

Source: The Nation January 06, 2021 00:45 UTC