Ward staffer Jonathan Williams posted that he wondered whether McCain's statement was released "to take media attention off" Ward's campaign, which was beginning a statewide bus tour. Ward's campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the Facebook post. On Monday, less than two days after McCain died of brain cancer, Ward tweeted, "Political correctness is like a cancer!" After McCain's death, Ward tweeted: "We are saddened to hear of the passing of @SenJohnMcCain. "I tweeted out my thoughts & prayers for" McCain, his campaign account tweeted, and Cindy "BLOCKS me on twitter?"

Source: CNN August 27, 2018 17:26 UTC