Posted on 12/11/2016 1:04:47 PM PST by Mariner
Responding to intelligence officials report that Russia tried to influence the U.S. presidential election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) on Sunday said he doesnt know what to make of Mr. Trumps dismissal of the issue.
I dont know what to make of it because its clear the Russians interfered, he told CBS Face the Nation. Whether they intended to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a certain candidate, I think thats a subject of investigation. But facts are stubborn things. They did hack into this campaign.
In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Mr. Trump said Sunday that new revelations about Russias influence on his behalf are ridiculous.
Its just another excuse. I dont believe it, Trump said. Every week its another excuse. We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College.
McCain called for a select committee to further investigate the extent of Russias influence and intentions.
I would like in an ideal world to have a select committee, he said, adding that he would hope such a committee would be made up of leaders on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Foreign Relations Committee and Armed Services Committee.
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John McCain should worry about John McCain.
IF HILLARY DIDN’T SET UP HER PRIVATE SERVER IN HER HOME, BUT KEPT USING THE DOT GOV SECURE SERVER BEHIND THE GOV FIREWALL NOBODY COULD HAVE HACKED IT.
I BELIEVE WIKI DIDN’T NEED RUSSIA TO HACK HILLARY’S SERVER, MY GMAIL AND YAHOO ACCOUNTS ARE MORE SECURE THAN HER RINKYTINK SERVER.
THIS IS JUST DEMS LOOKING FOR EXCUSES FOR LOSING AND TRYING TO DIMINISH TRUMP’S HUGE WIN. TRUMP WON BIG IN HOUSE SENATE STATE ELECTIONS.
DEMS ARE A REGIONAL PARTY FACING MORE LOSSES IN TWO YEARS.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO JUST GAVE MCCAIN AN 80 YEAR OLD A 6 YEAR TERM IN THE SENATE. I WILL NOT BE TALKING TO THEM ANY MORE, THEY ARE TOO STUPID.
McCain will be the darling of the Left again, not learning a damned thing from his Presidential bid failure, and the Leftist media’s part in that.
When a guy like McCain sits inside your party powwows, he is in a position to share information with his friends, your enemies.
John is a traitor to our cause, to the party, and to the nation.
Frankly, he deserves to be in the next cell over from Hillary.
Wikileaks has said they didn’t get it from the Russians. The former UK ambassador to the US says it was an insider, whom he actually knows, who leaked it.
There is no reason to call another stupid senate committee for anything.
He was a traitor in Vietnam and he’s a traitor today. It’s amazing that he continues to be re-elected by those nut job constituents of his.
mccain claim its clear. How is it clear? All we seen are reports from media who claim to know from anonymous officials. Get a clue mccain. Media lie
Arizona had their chance to toss him into the past. They chose not to. Maybe McCain thinks he is speaking for these people; the few, the proud, the stupid RINO Voters.
I have often considered that possibilty.
He didn’t know what to make of running for President either.
What I don’t understand is why does he run as a R when he is a D and why do the people in Arizona keep re electing him???
Or better yet, the same cell.
Response of conservatives...
Trump wins the election once:
Response of the left and the RINOs....
McCain is living in the past. We’ve allied with Russia before and we probably will again. It doesn’t mean you have to like them but we do have mutual interests.
How about investigating ANY FOREIGN influence in our election?
Their Chinese donors won’t like that?
That traitor knows the US has done far more in trying to influence foreign elections.
I don’t care if the Russians leaked the DNC emails or Podesta emails. I don’t think they did but I don’t care.
Kimdotcom can’t come out and say he had a hand in any of this. However, he had a reason to go after Clinton. I suspect he had a hand in some of the information in some kind of way.
I always thought it was interesting that no RNC info was leaked. There are probably some pretty bad emails about Trump!
Nah, he destroyed a lot of US aircraft before then.
Put him in a home.
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Done! He was re-elected.
I don’t know. The war hero thing must play well in Arizona. I am pretty convinced that McCain is not even aware where he is most days.
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