McCain, Again the Maverick, Challenges President Trump

The Wall Street Journal ^ | January 30, 2017 | Gerald F. Seib

[JeepersFreepers]

Sen. McCain has served notice he is the Republican lawmaker most willing to defy the new Republican president.

In just over a week’s time, Mr. McCain has called the new Trump ban on immigration from a set of Muslim-majority countries a recruiting boon for Islamic State radicals; threatened to codify Russian economic sanctions into law to prevent Mr. Trump from lifting them; called the president’s decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership “a serious mistake”; and called the idea of imposing a 20% tariff on imports from Mexico to pay for a border wall “insane.”

The senator also served noticed that he will fight any effort to reinstate waterboarding or other forms of torture in interrogation of terror suspects; and declared he may oppose the Trump nominee for budget director because of his past opposition to military spending and troop deployments in Afghanistan.

In short, frenetic as the new president has been, Mr. McCain is matching him step for step.

[JeepersFreepers]

McCain has always been and continues to be a despicable traitor. Remember his opposition to Bush's "tax cuts for the rich" the last time Republicans had control. Why is it that we always have Republicans that love to eat their own but the Democrats don't?

This article from the WSJ is posted on MSN News in full. The WSJ site has a paywall.

[Mr. Douglas]

Maverick” No, Donkey in Elephant suit.

[VeniVidiVici]

Too bad McCain never spoke out against Democrats

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Over the years McCain has turned into the biggest pimple on the elephants ass...

[jimbug]

McCain is not a maverick. He is a rabid DC insider who needs to go away.

You can't fix rabies.

[Steely Tom]

He’s no more a maverick than any other Democrat politician.

[Mr. Douglas]

The senator also served noticed that he will fight any effort to reinstate waterboarding...

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That is not even an issue. He’s really not paying attention, is he?

He might as well say he will fight any effort to re-instate jim crow.

[Mollypitcher1]

McCains childish jealousy of a winner is beyond the pale. He wants to hog the media for his own ego.

[Starboard]

Thanks Arizona. /sarc

[Huskrrrr]

The Dems’ bitch toy. Pitiful.

[Enlightened1]

Maverick.... NO

Globalist Traitor and ISIS supporter... Yes

[Lexington Green]

McCain has gone full-Manchurian. Thanks alot, Arizona.

[faithhopecharity]

we refuse to put any investments into Arizona (as well as several other states) as long as it (they) persist in electing such crazy senators/reps

our capital would be at greater risk in any such place
(we apply the same “minimize the political risk” approach to investing in places like France, other Moslem or soon-to-be Moslem-dominated countries, Venezuela, etc.)

[piytar]

Hey Arizona, please get rid of this idiot!

[RightGeek]

[McGavin999]

McCain is fighting President Trump because he is about to get caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Unfortunately for him, what has worked in the past for him will not work this time.

If he was smart, which he is not, he would quietly live out his term and retire. Instead he is going to push it until all kinds of bad stuff is going to come into the light

[G Larry]

We have a self-important egoist reaching for every opportunity to prove his worth by objecting to every truly conservative objective.

He does this by pretending to “reach across the aisle”, as though there is some great virtue in bargaining with the Devil.

[Fiddlstix]

The Title needs to be Fixed

McCain, Again the Maverick, Challenges President Trump

Should Be:

McCain, Always The RINO Idiot, Annoys President Trump

[Sivad]

Growing tired of being ignored by the media McCain
dons his maverick costume......again.

[MuttTheHoople]

He sure was a poodle when facing Obama.