{"id":19952,"date":"2016-06-09T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=19952"},"modified":"2016-06-09T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T18:30:41","slug":"report-mcmahons-hosting-big-political-fundraiser-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/09\/report-mcmahons-hosting-big-political-fundraiser-june\/","title":{"rendered":"McMahons&#8217;s political fundraiser postponed Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3394331778\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>The fundraiser for U.S. Senator John McCain hosted by the McMahons has been postponed.<\/p>\n<p>Linda McMahon announced\u00a0that Thursday night&#8217;s fundraiser hosted by herself and Vince McMahon was postponed due to &#8220;Senator McCain unavoidably detained in D.C. on legislative business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The McMahons were scheduled to host the event at their home in Greenwich, Conn. along with other politically-involved people.\u00a0McCain is running for re-election in his home state of Arizona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder: Tonight\u2019s reception in Greenwich in support of Sen. McCain\u2019s re-election to the US Senate has been postponed!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Linda McMahon (@Linda_McMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Linda_McMahon\/status\/740970353120403456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IMPORTANT NOTICE \u2022 Fundraiser postponed \u2022 Senator McCain unavoidably detained in D.C. On legislative business. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5HQkyezgUz\">pic.twitter.com\/5HQkyezgUz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Linda McMahon (@Linda_McMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Linda_McMahon\/status\/740655505840996352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 19 Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vince and Linda McMahon are digging deeper into the political world during the 2016 campaign season.<\/p>\n<p>The McMahons are hosting a fundraiser for Arizona senator John McCain at their Greenwich, Conn. estate in early June, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/politics\/capitol-watch\/hc-linda-mcmahon-hosting-fundraiser-for-john-mccain-20160519-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">reports the Hartford Courant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The McMahons are linking arms with other\u00a0Republican Party power-brokers looking to help former Presidential candidate McCain with his 2016 re-election campaign in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The Courant noted that McCain campaigned for Linda McMahon in 2012 when Linda unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in Connecticut.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-906898381\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/artman2\/publish\/TV_Reports_9\/article_25356.shtml#.Vz4b1ZMrInc\">McCain also appeared on WWE TV in April 2008<\/a> when he was ran for president\u00a0against current U.S. president Barack Obama and returning candidate Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Flash-forward eight years to Clinton likely running opposite WWE celebrity Hall of Famer Donald Trump. 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