John McCain doesn't know what to make of Trump's Russia hacking response

CBS News ^ | December 11, 2016, 1:22 PM | By Emily Schultheis

[Mariner]

Responding to intelligence officials’ report that Russia tried to influence the U.S. presidential election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) on Sunday said he doesn’t know what to make of Mr. Trump’s dismissal of the issue.

“I don’t know what to make of it because it’s clear the Russians interfered,” he told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “Whether they intended to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a certain candidate, I think that’s a subject of investigation. But facts are stubborn things. They did hack into this campaign.”

In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Mr. Trump said Sunday that new revelations about Russia’s influence on his behalf are “ridiculous.”

“It’s just another excuse. I don’t believe it,” Trump said. “… Every week it’s another excuse. We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College.”

McCain called for a select committee to further investigate the extent of Russia’s influence and intentions.

“I would like in an ideal world to have a select committee,” he said, adding that he would hope such a committee would be made up of leaders on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Foreign Relations Committee and Armed Services Committee.

[Mariner]

Let's pretend Russia did hack the DNC and a few other private accounts and released it all to Wiki.

If they had instead hacked an industry consortium that was somehow fouling the environment of the snail darter, the Democrats would hail them as heroes.

As both are private organizations with political motives, there is precisely no difference.

The only people making something of this are Democrats, the Media and the Neoconservatives.

[HarleyLady27]

http://www.therussophile.org/john-mccain-desperately-wants-to-help-his-isis-friends-calls-on-u-s-to-attack-syria-and-go-to-war-with-russia.html/

Really Juan???

[Lurkinanloomin]

I think it’s clear that John McCain was brain-washed in Viet Nam to sabotage the United States for the rest of his life.

[BenLurkin]

Every week it’s another excuse.

[webheart]

“The Maverick”, doing what he does best, which is to be the featured guest. Hey that rhymes.

[ColdOne]

it’s clear the Russians interfered.................John, proof please. Oh wait there is none.

[Doogle]

...but he understands Hilda’s plutonium deal with Russia while SoS...right Jaun?

[fhayek]

Maybe the Republicans had better cyber security. (God knows, Hillary was a cyber basket case). Maybe the Republicans didn’t have any ‘juicy’ gossip. Maybe we should be more concerned about what the leaks said and not what they didn’t say.

[Black Agnes]

Yup.

[txnativegop]

such poignant poetry, webheart and oh so true.

[jospehm20]

I think McCain has been senile for at least the last 10 years or so.

[mountainlion]

Mc Liam is jealous that he could not stop Trump early on.

[rlmorel]

How on earth is it “clear” the Russians interfered?

[FlingWingFlyer]

McCain does know what to make of having to put his socks on in the morning.

[COBOL2Java]

John McCain doesn't know what to make of Trump's Russia hacking response

Well, I don't know what to make of McCain's perpetual re-elections to the Senate by the state of Arizona, so I guess we're even.

[RC one]

You’re setting the stage for a coup McCain, what do you expect him to say?

[Jack Hammer]

John McCain doesn’t know what to make of anything.

How does this clueless pol keep getting re-elected?

[AndyJackson]

Every voter in the U.S. knew before voting of the claim that the Russians were trying to manipulate the campaign. It was a key point made by Hillary, in fact.

So, the voters knew. The problem is to show that somehow the Russians had actual influence on the outcome as a consequence.

[Mr Apple]

John McCain doesn’t know this a## from a hole in the ground. He should have been left in Viet Nam.

[dp0622]

Put him in a home. Enough already.