From Breitbart News:
Pro-family
conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly endorsed Dr. Kelli Ward in her campaign to
replace incumbent John McCain in the U.S. Senate.
“I wholeheartedly endorse Dr. Kelli Ward for
U.S. Senator from Arizona,” said Schlafly in a recorded statement released late
Wednesday.
Constitutional
attorney Schlafly has been championing conservative causes since 1972 as
founder and CEO of the Eagle Forum. Ward’s campaign highlighted Schlafly’s
historic influence in the conservative movement including, “the successful
insertion of the pro-life plank into the Republican platform at the 1976
Republican National Convention.”
Ward said of
Schlafly’s endorsement:
I am profoundly
honored to have Phyllis Schlafly’s support. She is truly the matriarch of the
Conservative movement. She and Conservatives all across America are excited
about the surging strength of this campaign. They know from my background as a
mother, military wife, and family doctor that I will be a 100% pro-life
conservative champion for Arizona. As Ronald Reagan said, Conservatives win
with ‘bright, bold colors,’ not ‘pale pastels.’ I will finally fix the VA
and mix the mortar to fix the border.
Schlafly
has called immigration a defining battle for our country. McCain has
been heavily criticized by Arizonans for an unfulfilled campaign promise from 2010
to complete “the danged fence.” He was also one of eight senators
behind the Gang of 8 bill that would have given de-facto amnesty to foreign
nationals illegally present in the United States.
In January 2014
McCain was strongly censured by a vote among members of his own party
for “a long and terrible record of drafting, co- sponsoring and voting for
legislation best associated with liberal Democrats, such as Amnesty, funding
for ObamaCare, the debt ceiling, assaults on the Constitution and 2nd
amendment, and has continued to support liberal nominees.”
In a Public Policy
Polling survey released a week ago Ward and McCain were tied 41-41 in
a head to head matchup. Arizonans dissatisfied with McCain could be let down
with three minor polling Republican Senate candidates dividing the no-to-McCain
crowd. At between 2 and 4 percent polling Alex Meluskey, Scott McBean, and
Clair Van Steenwyk could be McCain’s salvation, providing the cushion he needs
to squeeze through to November according to the PPP poll. If those three were
to step out of the race Ward stands a better chance to succeed in the August 30
Republican primary election.
Ward has gained
considerably on McCain from a PPP poll one year ago in which the then
far lesser known Ward lost to McCain 44-31 compared to the head-to-head tie
between the two in the recent poll.
The Schlafly
endorsement lends a greatly influential endorsement to Ward in her pursuit to
retire the five-term senator McCain, known better to Democratic Party
presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton as her favorite republican.
Schlafly recently
endorsed presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. McCain bashed some
Arizona Trump supporters as “crazies” after a Phoenix campaign
rally saying, “This performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very
hurtful to me.”
Conservatives across
America should support Kelli Ward for U.S. Senate! Unlike John McCain, Kelli
Ward is a true conservative who is dedicated to securing the borders, stopping
amnesty, and balancing the budget. In the Senate, Kelli Ward will work to
downsize government, repeal ObamaCare, and defend the Constitution.
