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McCain, Again the Maverick, Challenges President Trump
The Wall Street Journal ^ | January 30, 2017 | Gerald F. Seib

Posted on 01/31/2017 11:21:08 AM PST by 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.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: isis; jihadi; mccain; rino; traitor
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To: Iron Munro

LOL - better!


61 posted on 01/31/2017 11:59:07 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Maverick? LOL! The Jackass traitor.


62 posted on 01/31/2017 12:01:22 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: VeniVidiVici
Too bad McCain never spoke out against Democrats

Not true ... every 6 years he speaks out against the Dems in October.

63 posted on 01/31/2017 12:01:44 PM PST by dartuser
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To: jimbug

Trump needs to quietly contact Songbirds cell mates from the Hanoi Hilton and see if they can shed some light on McIsane’s propensity to work and play well with his enemies and stab his “friends” in the back.


64 posted on 01/31/2017 12:10:10 PM PST by sarge83
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To: RightGeek

Hahahaha!


65 posted on 01/31/2017 12:11:17 PM PST by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: JeepersFreepers
Maverick Traitor....fixed it.
66 posted on 01/31/2017 12:11:45 PM PST by ColdOne (( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Johnny ISIS


67 posted on 01/31/2017 12:12:43 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: sarge83

There no statute of limitations for treason.


68 posted on 01/31/2017 12:13:09 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: JeepersFreepers

McCain would be my favorite politician ever . . . if he would have stood up to Clinton and Obama with all the energy that he shows when he stands up to George W. Bush, President Trump, and every other republican who has ever acted like a conservative.


69 posted on 01/31/2017 12:22:18 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: JeepersFreepers

McCain needs to STFU and tow the party line.


70 posted on 01/31/2017 12:29:21 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: McGavin999
Someone ought to look into McCain's relations with the Russians - especially his acquaintance through his aide with aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska.

Deripaska's "issues" were serious enough to have resulted in his having his Visa revoked. Must have been SOME issues!

http://www.wnd.com/2008/02/56854/

71 posted on 01/31/2017 12:30:38 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Mattis needs to take McInsane aside and explain that
his tenure on the Senate Armed Services committee is about
to become a living hell


72 posted on 01/31/2017 12:31:50 PM PST by indthkr
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To: hadaclueonce
Arizona must approve of McCain’s actions, they just gave him 6 more years.

Yeah, but from the look of him this guy may not.


73 posted on 01/31/2017 12:32:35 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: JeepersFreepers

McCain loves the spotlight...He gets on all the Sunday talk shows by criticizing Republican Presidents.
Of course the MSM loves him.


74 posted on 01/31/2017 12:36:05 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: Iron Munro

75 posted on 01/31/2017 1:06:41 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: JeepersFreepers

McCainiac knows he has a zero percent chance of getting in front of a TV camera unless he’s poking his finger in the eye of another Republican or, preferably from the media’s perspective, a conservative. This guy is every bit the media whore that Chuck Schumer is.


76 posted on 01/31/2017 1:11:04 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: JeepersFreepers

John McCain = Globalist lapdog.


77 posted on 01/31/2017 1:43:22 PM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: semaj

Did this mclame fool hit his head when he crashed his f4 because he was a crappy pilot? What an absolute embarrassment and complete idiot.


78 posted on 01/31/2017 2:50:30 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: JeepersFreepers

Only a “maverick” when there’s a Republican POTUS.


79 posted on 01/31/2017 2:51:07 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: JeepersFreepers

SONGBIRD.


80 posted on 01/31/2017 2:54:20 PM PST by exit82 (Making America Great Again begins with........me.)
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