Simcox kicks off Senate
campaign; blames McCain for border violence
By Daniel Scarpinato
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.22.2009
PHOENIX — Minuteman founder Chris Simcox announced his bid for U.S. Senate against
John McCain Wednesday, blaming the senator for deaths caused from violence on the Mexican border and promising a national
campaign to unseat the four-term incumbent.
“We have the ability to run a national campaign as well as a state
campaign,” Simcox said outside the Arizona state Capitol. “There are millions of supporters around the country
who have been waiting for some leadership in Washington to take on this border security issue.”
Simcox —
who as president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has toured the country — blamed McCain Wednesday for being soft
on immigration.
