Posted on 09/04/2017 6:03:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
Arizona state Rep. Bob Thorpe called out Sen. John McCain Saturday for failing to show his constituents respect.
Thorpe said McCain’s criticism of President Trump’s pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was unwarranted, given that his predecessor pardoned a record 1,927. Moreover, he argued, Arpaio was convicted of following state and federal laws regarding immigration enforcement—Obama’s pardons on the on the hand included people who revealed national secrets and broke financial fraud laws as well as narcotics laws.
The Arizona Republican said he can forgive McCain for “slandering Arpaio by pushing the false narrative that he was found guilty of profiling latinos” but not for “his failure to protect Americans from those who have not shown respect for the rule of U.S. laws.” Thorpe was referring to the Americans murdered at the hands of illegal immigrants such as Kate Steinle and Jamal Shaw.
McCain, Thorpe said, had clearly forgotten his 2016 campaign promise to “build the danged fence.”
He also called the Republican senator out for another broken campaign promise: repealing Obamacare.
“In a melodramatic reversal of his earlier votes, McCain in July condemned the American people to [continue] suffering under unaffordable health insurance premiums and unattainable deductibles,” he wrote. “Just like his promise to build the “danged fence,” his promise to repeal and replace the failing Obamacare appears to have only been hyperbolic campaign rhetoric.”
These kinds of broken promises by Republicans are causing his constituents to lose faith in the GOP, Thorpe argued.
“Congressmen who constantly grab headlines by attacking our Republican president and conservatives, and who are oblivious to the many campaign promises that got them elected, are destroying my constituents' confidence in our Republican Party,” said Thorpe.
“Radical, violent mobs seeking to destroy our history have been taking their toll on our republic. But so are the elected officials who encourage them, as well as those in our Republican Congress who don’t want to do the job we elected them to do, who instead spend their time defying the president and his agenda.”
McCain called out Republican voters as “hobbits” and “cuckoobirds”.
He can go screw himself at a Democrat sponsored orgy. He is disreputable.
funny how nobody talks about his brain tumor.
Well said.
That wound above his eyebrow doesn’t appear to be healing
Sen. McCain needs to leave the Senate and the sooner the better.
Arizona state Rep. Bob Thorpe called out Sen. John McCain, showing him for what he is, a fake!
Where’s the rest of the GOP?
And might have always been one...
The Forrester comes to mind....
His first wife comes to mind....
His POW behavior comes to mind....
His Keating Five involvement comes to mind...
His recent behavior comes to mind.....
He and many others...are just POSTER BOY'S for TERM LIMITS...
It's beyond time....we TERM LIMIT the POTUS right NOW...
We need to TERM LIMIT both Houses of Congress.
Has anyone seen McCain speaking publically or on television since his chemo started?
Dunno who exactly McCain works for, but it sure isn’t the Americans.
Thank you Rep. Bob Thorpe.
Thank you for being one of the very few Republicans to stand up for our President - on any issue.
Thank you for standing up for Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Thank you for calling out traitor John McCain & hot taking any of his sh!t.
He betrayed his fellow POWs and he’s betrayed the citizens of AZ. True to form and consistent.
I recall that McCain was a ring leader in the Tailhook festivities in his day. Were he indeed a conservative, instead of whatever he is, this would have been a huge issue with the mainstream media. Since he is a liberal or wackobird, he has gotten a pass on this issue.
How DID WE nominate him in 08’? Hatch may have been ok in the beginning. Next question: How DID WE nominate Romney in 12’? W was ok only because we were looking for a winner in 2000. The alternative that year? Learn to laugh my friends and pray Trump doesn’t go down that road after reelection. If he wants to be great he won’t change. Reagan didn’t.
He needs to succumb to his illness already.
I think Palin had a lot to do with it.
McCain is the MSM’s “moderate conservative” poster boy.
He’s a good boy.
State Rep. Bob Thorpe. We should remember his name. Hopefully he will be one of our future.
McStain is what happens when the baby and the after birth get mixed up in the maternity ward.
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