Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

McCain: 'Circus' around immigration debate hurting GOP
The Hill ^ | 07/10/2015 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 07/12/2015 5:48:08 AM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took a veiled shot at Donald Trump on Friday, saying that the "circus" surrounding Republican infighting on illegal immigration is hurting the party.

“The circus currently surrounding the debate over illegal immigration sows division within our country and damages the Republican Party," McCain, the party's presidential nominee in 2008, said in a statement.

He added that "if the Republican nominee for president does not support comprehensive immigration reform and border security policy, we have no chance of defeating Hillary Clinton and winning the White House in 2016."

Top Republicans — including Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus — have rushed to do damage control, with Preibus reportedly asking Trump in a phone call to tone down his talk.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arizona; california; donaldtrump; election2016; embarcadero; franciscosanchez; johnmccain; kathrynsteinle; mccain; mexico; newyork; sanfrancisco; senatorjohnmccain; senatormccain; texas; trump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 next last
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
The only ones being hurt by Trump's honesty about this out of control immigration are the RINO’s (GOPe) who are being exposed for who they really are!

Liars, fraudsters, and liberal socialist enablers!

Keep on trucking Trump! Tell it like it is!

21 posted on 07/12/2015 6:00:28 AM PDT by paratrooper82 ( 82nd ABN DIV. 1/508th BN "Fury from the Sky" Civil war is coming)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Paladin2

“Trump took a large verbal shot at Juan during yesterday’s speech.”

Saw that. Well deserved. McClain is insufferable.


22 posted on 07/12/2015 6:03:05 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: nevergore

I agree with you there. I think Trump will eventually self destruct if the media has their way with anyone who speaks out. Still, Trump has hit a nerve that is felt throughout the electorate. There’s lots of people on both sides frustrated by open borders policy of the un-American regime that controls our beautiful country. A lot more than the media/ govt complex wants to verify publically.


23 posted on 07/12/2015 6:03:11 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: lowbridge

I am so sick of the so-called “leaders” of the GOP advocating for the same America destroying policies as the Totalitariancrats. Trump is agreeing with us and UNAFRAID to tell the Nation that these morons are chicken merd.


24 posted on 07/12/2015 6:03:19 AM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Hey, Juan, you and your fellow amnesty pushers have been sowing division and damaging the Republican party since at least 2006.


25 posted on 07/12/2015 6:03:42 AM PDT by Will88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took a veiled shot at Donald Trump on Friday, saying that the "circus" surrounding Republican infighting on illegal immigration is hurting the party.

Even if true, so what. Not dealing with the issue is hurting the country. What's more important Johnboy, the republican party or the nation? Hope you rot in hell someday, McCain.

26 posted on 07/12/2015 6:03:49 AM PDT by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: paratrooper82

mclame is the jimmah carter of the repubs...he just won’t shut up and go away. He was obviously tortured too much by the NVs.


27 posted on 07/12/2015 6:04:12 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: nevergore

This time next year when McCain is fighting for his political life, ( A fight I sincerely hope and pray he loses.) he will be all over TV in Arizona touting his tough immigration stance. I can see it now. John, in camo carrying an AR15 patrolling the border along with either the border patrol or one of his stooge Sheriffs here. I can think of at least three.
That is exactly what he did in 2010 and it worked. Well no camo or AR then, but it is going to be a little harder this time.


28 posted on 07/12/2015 6:04:15 AM PDT by Tupelo (I feel more like Phillip Nolan every day.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Mr. “build the damn fence” really needs to be in a retirement home in Mexico.


29 posted on 07/12/2015 6:05:00 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nevergore

Be quiet John and take you meds...


30 posted on 07/12/2015 6:05:25 AM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Yeah...uh huh. Hitting hot button, topical, harmful to America topics is really bad for debate. Opening the eyes of Americans that don’t know jack sh## about history, economics or heritage is harmful huh!? Jackass


31 posted on 07/12/2015 6:07:48 AM PDT by albie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: VanDeKoik

He doesn’t need to go to Mexico, he’s bringing it here. McCain is in the pocket of AZ agri. The combinations of cheap labor to tend their fields and fill servant positions, more food stamp spending to drive the price of their products up and government policies to drive the small producers out and snap up their land is McCain’s agenda. It is no mystery that the people of Arizona, legal and illegal, refuse to see this. They think this criminal empire somehow makes their lives better.


32 posted on 07/12/2015 6:13:40 AM PDT by trubolotta
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Yea, Mr. McCain, your me-too-Dems stance really helped YOU win the presidency!


33 posted on 07/12/2015 6:13:57 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

No conservatives are allowed on my lawn!!

34 posted on 07/12/2015 6:15:22 AM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Spoken like a true democrat.


35 posted on 07/12/2015 6:18:25 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nevergore

Its hurting McStain’s chances for re-election is what its hurting. I am loving it.


36 posted on 07/12/2015 6:19:16 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

The Republican PARTY is the problem, and it needs to be hurt... and if it doesn’t learn (which it hasn’t in the last 9 years), it needs to be dismantled. Idiots like McCain who choose Party over Country needs to be removed ASAP.


37 posted on 07/12/2015 6:19:40 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

38 posted on 07/12/2015 6:20:32 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

McCain’s 2008 campaign was truly a circus, with McCain fumbling and acting senile, and at one point stopping campaigning. It made one wonder if he was actually throwing the election - not that I ever believed he had a chance.


39 posted on 07/12/2015 6:21:25 AM PDT by Dante3
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

If the GOP would actually DO something about illegal immigration, there would be no “circus”.

Near as I can tell, the GOP (with few exceptions) wants the flood to continue.

Mr. McCain, you have my permission to STFU.


40 posted on 07/12/2015 6:22:43 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson