But what might be a surprise to Arizona’s Republican Party, which appears not to know its history, is that party members are poised to censure a woman whose beliefs line up with the late Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater — Arizona’s “Mr. Goldwater — my beloved grandfather, whom we kids always called “Paka” — was the most conservative national figure in our lifetimes. He admired Americans such as Sen. John McCain who had served their country in uniform. My grandfather and President Biden served together in the Senate for more than a decade. And as someone devoted to individual liberty, he would recoil at the idea that Cindy McCain would face censure for supporting LGBT rights.

Source: Washington Post January 23, 2021 11:04 UTC