Barry Goldwater ‘would be appalled’ by Trump raising money in his home, his widow says

Susan Goldwater (L), the widow of former US Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), leaves the church with Robert Goldwater (R), the brother of the Senator following an all-day public viewing of the casket 02 June, 1998 in Tempe, AZ.
Susan Goldwater (L), the widow of former US Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), leaves the church with Robert Goldwater (R), the brother of the Senator following an all-day public viewing of the casket 02 June, 1998 in Tempe, AZ.

By Philip Rucker | The Washington Post

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign often draws comparisons to the 1964 White House bid of Barry Goldwater — a conservative icon who clashed with the Republican establishment but galvanized grassroots activists to secure the party’s nomination, only to suffer a landslide loss in the general election.

Trump hopes to bask in the glow of the Goldwater legacy when he holds a fundraiser Saturday at the late Arizona senator’s landmark estate in Paradise Valley — the same home, in a wealthy enclave of Phoenix, from which Goldwater launched his presidential campaign a half-century ago.

But one important person is queasy about Trump’s plans to campaign there: Goldwater’s widow.

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