Posted on 09/12/2015 12:55:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump will never win the White House because he is playing to aging white voters and turning off blacks and Hispanics, U.S. Sen. John McCain said.
“I don’t think he could win the White House because we have to attract voters,” McCain said on Herald Radio’s “Morning Meeting” show yesterday. “We have an aging white population in America and a growing Hispanic and African-American population and we have to reach out to them.”
McCain said the Hispanic vote, particularly in a border state such as his home state of Arizona, is especially important.
“The Hispanic voter in my state is pro-life, pro-small business, (for) lower taxes, pro-military, everything I stand for and believe in,” he said. “You can’t win by alienating all of them.
“The Asian voter is also turned off,” McCain added, noting the strong population of recent Asian immigrants in the U.S.
The senator has been a target of Trump’s attacks during the real estate mogul’s campaign for the nomination. Trump said McCain is only a war hero “because he was captured” — a comment that drew sharp backlash from supporters of the 2008 GOP nominee, who was shot down during the Vietnam War and spent five years as a prisoner in the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” where he was repeatedly tortured.
McCain didn’t attack Trump yesterday, saying he prefers to follow the “11th Commandment” set forth by former President Ronald Reagan: “Thou shalt not attack a fellow Republican.” He added that, as a “good Republican,” he will support whoever wins the nomination.
He added there are a number of reasons why Trump has a comfortable lead in nearly every poll.
“Anti-incumbency frustration with Washington, a lot of it justified,” he said. “When you have a 12- to 14-percent approval rating of Congress, you can see why they are frustrated.”
McCain joined fellow GOP U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham at Saint Anselm College in Nashua, N.H., yesterday to honor those lost on 9/11 and to help his friend in his underdog race for the nomination.
University of Massachusetts Boston political science professor Erin O’Brien said McCain is “expressing the fears of the Republican party” as Trump soars in the polls.
“The real question is, has Trump reached the tipping point? Is this as high as he can get,” O’Brien said. “It is ironic that McCain has gone from ‘Straight-talk Express’ to expressing the institutional fears of Republicans.”
Trump remained on the attack yesterday, tweeting — “Oh wow, lightweight Governor @Bobby Jindal, who is registered at less than 1 percent in the polls, just mocked my hair. So original!” Jindal this week said Trump’s hair “looks like he’s got a squirrel sitting on his head.”
Trump also touted in a tweet that he’s atop the latest poll with 27 percent of the vote in Iowa with Ben Carson next with 21 percent. The Quinnipiac University survey of those likely to attend the state’s Republican caucus also showed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was third with 9 percent.
Also yesterday, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the GOP race, becoming the first major candidate to end his bid for the Oval Office.
... said the loser.
McCain is an idiot.
did McMoron say something?
Ditto.
McCain should fight at least half as hard for Vets as Trump.
THus sayeth the political fossil .. just sayin'
In other words Trump doesn’t drop his trousers and bend over like you did Johnny?
Ugh, this man is a lousy American and a traitor to boot.
The GOP needs a big enema. And then a burial never to be revived.
“The Asian voter is also turned off,”
Ah, what’s one guy?
Weird. I said the same thing about McCain when he ran.
This is a great endorsement for Trump. If McCain doesn’t like you, you know you’re doing something right.
“The Hispanic voter in my state is pro-life, pro-small business, (for) lower taxes, pro-military...”
Then why would they be upset at the idea of getting/keeping illegals out of the country?
How many blacks voted for McCain? Trump is polling at 25%
(Undeclarated Democrat, Arizona):
"We WILL arm you. We will NOT bomb you.
YOU could win. Kill, rape and enslave them all."
If it’s true that Trump is getting 25% of the black vote, how is he alienating them?
I heard Trump is also polling fairly well with young white voters, too.
McCain will probably vote for Hillary or Biden.
not winning is something McCain knows a lot about
Mccain was tortured too much. This the result.
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