President Joe Biden is set to deliver a speech Thursday in Phoenix, Arizona, on the state of democracy and to honor his late friend, Republican Sen. John McCain.
It is the fourth such speech on democracy Biden has made during his presidency, the first of which was delivered on the first anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Biden is set to say that McCain was representative of the old guard of Republicans and was willing to put his country over his party.
The friendship continued after McCain lost the 2008 presidential contest to Barack Obama, whose vice president was Biden.
"Not every Republican — not even the majority of Republicans — adhere to the extremist MAGA ideology," Biden plans to say.
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