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McCain: Trump 'poorly informed,' Congress 'not his subordinates'
CNN Politics ^ | September 2, 2017 | Miranda Green

Posted on 09/02/2017 2:17:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Sen. John McCain issued a plea for bipartisan cooperation as Congress returns from its extended summer recess, saying pragmatism, compromise and mutual respect are more critical than ever given what he considers the lack of experience emanating from the White House.

"That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct," McCain wrote Thursday in a Washington Post op-ed.

"We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities," the Arizona Republican said of President Donald Trump. "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. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation."

The plea comes as Congress reconvenes from the August recess to a packed agenda that includes keeping the government funded, raising the debt ceiling and possibly working on legislation to address the federal budget, border security and immigration, tax reform and infrastructure spending....

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Issues; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: congress; mccain; searchworks; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"We're getting nothing done, my friends," McCain told his colleagues at the time. "We're getting nothing done."

So, McAmnasty is not always wrong.

41 posted on 09/02/2017 3:43:09 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Paladin2

Isn’t this loser dead as yet?


42 posted on 09/02/2017 3:51:43 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

Isn’t this loser dead as yet?

No but i’ll keep praying!


43 posted on 09/02/2017 3:55:29 PM PDT by heshtesh ((New Yorker for Cruz))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“We answer to the American people. “

Exactly, and we, the people, elected President Trump to enact his agenda, that you are trying to stop.


44 posted on 09/02/2017 4:07:57 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“We answer to the American people. “

If things weren't so royally screwed up, Senator, you'd have to answer to your statehouse and governor and the state reps would answer to their district's people, and the governor to the people of Arizona.... and none of you to some donor who lives in the Hamptons or San Francisco. As an AZ Senator you're supposed to represent Arizonans only. But someone screwed that up.

45 posted on 09/02/2017 4:22:00 PM PDT by piasa
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46 posted on 09/02/2017 4:27:28 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: irish guard
Sad why? That’s who he is. He’s been a prima donna for years.


Sad, because he has let petty jealousy keep him form supporting the man who could lead a turn around in his country.

Sad, because he always considered McCain first, and his country second.

Sad, because he idiotically led his country to support terrorists.

Probably more was than these.

47 posted on 09/02/2017 6:43:54 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
We answer to the American people.

Says the man who voted against repealing Obamacare- after promising to his voters for eight years to repeal it.

There are many here who will tell us that voting for him is better than voting for a democrat.

48 posted on 09/02/2017 7:13:29 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Since he and others last campaigned on the same things that got Trump elected, they obviously do not answer to the People.....


49 posted on 09/03/2017 3:07:24 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

...what he considers the lack of experience emanating from the White House...

Hey McCain, you lost the presidential election to a one term senator from Chicago. Don’t talk to me about experience.


50 posted on 09/03/2017 3:12:32 AM PDT by McGruff (2017 or 1984?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain has been delusional for a long time. He has milked the POW thing long enough. Yes I understand he was a POW but nothing more or less


51 posted on 09/03/2017 4:37:02 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain has been delusional for a long time. He has milked the POW thing long enough. Yes I understand he was a POW but nothing more or less


52 posted on 09/03/2017 4:37:04 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Wednesday that American voters elected President Donald Trump and they don’t want to hear Democrats criticizing him, which “disrespects” their decision. “(The voters) don’t want to hear us criticizing the president,” Pelosi said. “This was a choice; they made a decision.” “And to criticize the president personally is to disrespect their judgment,” Pelosi said.”

McCain may be the only Dim not to get the message.


53 posted on 09/03/2017 5:37:46 AM PDT by Paperpusher
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain is wrong. He doesn’t answer to the American people. He failed at that election that Trump succeeded at.

McCain answers to the people of Arizona only. Only the only reason he’s their senator is that he’s lied to them, especially in this last election.


54 posted on 09/03/2017 5:41:41 AM PDT by xzins ( Support the Freepathon! Every donation is important.)
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To: xzins
mclame’s last hurrah is proving beyond a doubt that his life has been malignant and worthless. What a loser legacy.
55 posted on 09/03/2017 5:43:46 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

The man has been a trojan horse from the beginning. I wonder if he’s stable.


56 posted on 09/03/2017 5:45:25 AM PDT by xzins ( Support the Freepathon! Every donation is important.)
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