Posted on 02/20/2017 9:15:16 PM PST by TigerClaws
John McCain is criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration ban, statements on torture, and attacks on the press while also pledging to investigate any possible ties the commander-in-chief and his administration may have to Russia and Vladmir Putin.
In an interview with New York Magazine, Senator McCain reveals that after President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton back in November he was fully prepared to back his fellow party member, despite the pair's contentious relationship in the past.
However he quickly found himself at odds with the billionaire businessman.
The 80-year-old war hero saves his harshest words however for Russia and leader Vladmir Putin, and says that their decision to hack the recent election was a greater threat to the United States than any recent terror attack.
'The severity of this issue, the gravity of it, is so consequential because if you succeed in corrupting an election, then youve destroyed the foundation of democracy,' says McCain of the hacking.
'So I view it with the utmost seriousness. I view it more seriously than a physical attack. I view it more seriously than Orlando, or San Bernardino.'
He then added: 'As tragic as that was, the far-reaching consequences of an election hack are certainly far in excess of a single terrorist attack.'
Senator McCain later explains that this is why the United States must confront Russia, and why the Senate must put together a bipartisan select committee to probe President Trump's possible involvement with any members of the foreign government or their leader.
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McCain, bashing a republican? NAH. YAWN
Go blow them all up in your aeroplane, Juan!
We’ll come git’cha after they catch ya. Promise.
Hey John, there’s a phone call for you, from somewhere in Arizona. They are wanting their village idiot back.
McCain really ought to be made to stand in front of the survivors and the families of the dead from Orlando and San Bernardino and repeat what he just said.
“War hero” my ass.
The North Vietnamese called McCain “songbird.”
Arizona voters, what have you done?
People of his age sometimes have a series of microstrokes that leave them appearing normal, but really at diminished capacity.
Has he lost his mind? Russia did not interfere with the election period! They did not change one vote. I did not vote for McCain and unfortunately we are stuck with him
This one caught my eye. Rick Davis + Russian mob ties?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973238/posts
Give him a sword & shield and put him ashore all alone.
A one man army looking for a battle. I think he might find it.
I view midwifing ISIS more seriously than than My Lai and the Forrestal disaster.
When is your trial for war crimes and aiding and abetting foreign enemies, Senator?
I didn’t want to go with the obvious name without proof.
Your post has the proof.
That traitor POS.
Something bad’s coming. I just don’t know for which side yet.
Possibly both.
I hope just one.
So that explains his reelection for the 27th time.
Click on that and scroll through the titles.
And there's this that another FReeper just caught and showed me...
Would someone tell this Moonbat that the govt. reports there was no hacking.
I agree with you; it’s long overdue.
Thanks for your input and I’m sure you are right. What amazes me is that this argument that there are ZERO facts supporting the Russian Hacking Theory is virtually never mentioned by our side. And if there is no connection to the hacking then there is no connection at all.
Period.
Even Rush stumbles covering this story. He talks about there being no proof that the Russians hacked our voting machines. I mean really. Thanks for trying Rush but you must do better. This is a story with nothing to back it up and our side doesn’t know how to defend against it.
Except Hannity. Finally.
That ####.
Few people run for senate at 80 for love of country.
They do it because their masters make them and they are in too ####ing deep to get out.
He’s acting like a libtard. He needs to suck it up and realize what hurt America and also that Hillary Clinton would’ve been unaccountable for any abuses past, present, or future.
McCain wants to be the medias hero. He wants to be the Republican to takes Trump down. And the left will celebrating and give him all this Glory. Making him the hero
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