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'We are not his subordinates': John McCain's rallying cry to the GOP resistance
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | September 1, 2017 | Amber Phillips, The Washington Post

Posted on 09/01/2017 9:22:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

"We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don't answer to him. We answer to the American people."

And with that, mark Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., down as the second Republican senator to call on his colleagues to be a bulwark against President Donald Trump.

On Friday, McCain published an op-ed in The Washington Post contrasting Trump's tepid response to white supremacists in Charlottesville with his own ("There is nothing in their hate-driven racism that can match the strength of a nation conceived in liberty"), justifying his surprise "no" vote on Republicans' attempt to repeal Obamacare, calling on congressional leaders to compromise with Democrats and vice-versa, and basically advising all of Congress to prioritize its own relationships over its standing with Trump:

"[W]e have to respect each other or at least respect the fact that we need each other. That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct."

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 115th; election2016; gop; gope; mccain; mccaintrump; swampmonsters
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Fool. An aged fool.
1 posted on 09/01/2017 9:22:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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Wow, I hate this guy. Slimy bastard. No, he doesn’t answer to Americans. He answers to the Swamp.


2 posted on 09/01/2017 9:24:44 AM PDT by grimalkin (ItÂ’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. - T. Sowell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

John McCain, please crawl back to your cave and die quickly.


3 posted on 09/01/2017 9:24:55 AM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A fool with nothing to lose- he can rally resistance, oppose Trump, accuse the Deplorables of being nazis, all without consequence or repercussion.


4 posted on 09/01/2017 9:25:06 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I have a bottle of Elijah Craig waiting to be opened the day this bastard dies.


5 posted on 09/01/2017 9:25:37 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What did McCain say when he was campaigning for Senate? He has no respect for his voters.


6 posted on 09/01/2017 9:26:02 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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MsBrain is mentally impaired real bad. We elected the greatest American in history. President Donal John Trump!!


7 posted on 09/01/2017 9:26:48 AM PDT by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Johnny McSwamp, the village idiot.


8 posted on 09/01/2017 9:26:56 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people.”

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No, you don’t. You answer to the Cheap Labor Express.

The American people want the laws enforced and the borders secured and you have been doing everything you can to prevent that.


9 posted on 09/01/2017 9:27:30 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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McStain on the nation...


10 posted on 09/01/2017 9:27:39 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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America voted for Trump for President, John. They did not vote for you. FOAD, John McCain.


11 posted on 09/01/2017 9:28:08 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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"We answer to the American people."

Start answering Dipstick.

12 posted on 09/01/2017 9:29:22 AM PDT by cabojoe
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John, Nobody likes you:

HOW LOW CAN IT GO? Congress job approval at 8%!

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/poll-trump-popular-ryan-mcconnell-pelosi-schumer/


13 posted on 09/01/2017 9:30:33 AM PDT by gubamyster
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He was obviously subverted by the North Vietnamese in the Hanoi Hilton..................

Since they are our friends now, maybe they could give us the code words to deprogram him...............


14 posted on 09/01/2017 9:30:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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The people of Arizona are too distracted by shiny objects to reign in the fool they keep voting for.


15 posted on 09/01/2017 9:31:08 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Did't Bother You To Be Subordinate To 0Bozo!

You Worthless Ba$tard!

16 posted on 09/01/2017 9:31:20 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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We don't answer to him. We answer to the American people.

The American people made Trump president and voted for his agenda, so McCain you old fool, you and your fellow obstructionists in the senate and in congress will be held accountable for refusing to support the agenda we voted for.

17 posted on 09/01/2017 9:31:37 AM PDT by Starboard
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The Attention Whore from Arizona trying to up his game even more.


18 posted on 09/01/2017 9:31:45 AM PDT by Will88
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Yet, he was entirely fine with subordinating himself to Obama for eight years...!


19 posted on 09/01/2017 9:32:16 AM PDT by JWNM
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A liar and fool until his end...which will probably be soon. What an absolute shun-worthy a**.


20 posted on 09/01/2017 9:32:23 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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