JOHN MCCAIN: “Former President Trump returned to his criticism of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died in 2018, poking fun at the longtime lawmaker’s funeral in a new book, saying ‘much like his wars, it never ended.’ ‘I never warmed to him, never felt good about anybody having anything to do with John McCain […]
Category: John McCain
10/22/2021
2020 ELECTION/ARIZONA/JOHN MCCAIN: “Isn’t it funny that Meghan McCain, who has always been a bully and basically a lowlife, is now complaining that it was she who was bullied by the Slobs and Radical Left maniacs of ‘The View.’ At the request of many of her representatives, I made it possible for her father [John […]
12/17/2020
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JOHN MCCAIN/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New [former FBI agent] Peter Strzok Texts Undermine Official Narrative on Start of ‘Russia Collusion‘ Investigation https://breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/17/new-peter-strzok-texts-undermine-official-narrative-on-start-of-russia-collusion-investigation/ via @BreitbartNews. Check out last in his class John McCain, one of the most overrated people in D.C.” ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 17, 2020 4:04 pm […]
10/19/2020
ARIZONA/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He [Donald Trump] wants to sell Arizona families more of the same reckless leadership that has devastated the state’s economy, shuttered thousands of small businesses, and threatens protections for the 2.8 million Arizonans living with a preexisting condition. He’s insulted our heroes like my friend Senator John McCain by calling them […]
10/7/2020
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Because I’ve beaten him [public affairs strategist Steve Schmidt] and his very few remaining clients so much, and so badly, that he has become a blathering idiot. He failed with John McCain and will fail again with all others. He is a total loser. [Senator] @MarshaBlackburn is a Tennessee Star, a […]
9/25/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN: “Thank you, @CindyMcCain. Your support and your friendship mean the world to me. John and I didn’t always agree on the issues, but we put aside our differences to find common ground and move the country forward — it’s what I’ll do every day as president. https://twitter.com/i/status/1309513490017800192″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September […]
9/23/2020
ENDORSEMENT/JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN: “Cindy McCain endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president Tuesday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the GOP’s 2008 nominee. Trump has had a fraught relationship with members of John McCain’s family since he disparaged the Arizona senator during his 2016 campaign. But the McCains have until now […]
9/23/2020
JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/WAR: “I hardly know Cindy McCain other than having put her on a Committee at her husband’s request. Joe Biden was John McCain’s lapdog. So many BAD decisions on Endless Wars & the V.A., which I brought from a horror show to HIGH APPROVAL. Never a fan of John. Cindy can […]
9/22/2020
2020 ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN: “Cindy — I’m deeply honored to have your support and your friendship. This election is bigger than any one political party. It requires all of us to come together as one America to restore the soul of the nation. Together, we’ll get it done. RT @cindymccain My husband John lived by […]
9/21/2020
JOHN BOLTON/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I had some bad people — some stupid people. Like, John Bolton’s a stupid person. What I he did, I think is highly illegal. I mean the book is just crazy, it’s lot — it’s loaded up with confidential and classified information.. I will say this, John Bolton was a very […]
9/15/2020
JOHN MCCAIN: “As far as John McCain, I was never a fan of John McCain. I never thought he treated our vets well, he didn’t do the job. I was never a fan of his. But — and I think that’s fine and everybody knows that, and I said it to his face. I was […]
9/7/2020
JOHN MCCAIN: “I’ve always been on the opposite side of John McCain. John McCain liked wars. I will be a better warrior than anybody, but when we fight a war, we’re going to win them. And, frankly, I was never a fan of John McCain. You know that; that’s been very obvious. I was — […]
9/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/DEMS/JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/MEDIA/MILITARY/OBAMA/VA: “You work so hard for the military, from completely rebuilding a depleted mess that was left by OBiden, to fixing a broken V.A. and fighting for large scale military pay raises, and then a slimeball reporter, maybe working with disgruntled people, makes up such a horrible charge.. ….This reminds me of […]
9/4/2020
JOHN MCCAIN: [Reporter: “Back in 2015, you said that you didn’t think John McCain was a hero, that you prefer people who don’t get captured. In — in light of all that’s happened since then and all you’ve learned, do you regret saying that? Is that something you wish you had not said?”] “I — look, […]
9/3/2020
2020 ELECTION/ARIZONA/FAKE NEWS/JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/VA/VETS/WAR: “I was never a big fan of John McCain, disagreed with him on many things including ridiculous endless wars and the lack of success he had in dealing with the VA and our great Vets, but the lowering of our Nations American Flags, and the first class funeral he was given […]
9/3/2020
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As far as John McCain is concerned, I was never a fan. And I will admit that openly. I disagreed with him on the endless wars. I disagreed with him with respect to the vets and the taking care of the VA. I wanted to do it a much different way. […]
9/3/2020
JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that ‘the helicopter couldn’t fly’ and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true. Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he […]
8/25/2020
JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN: “Two years ago, we lost a genuine American hero, and to me, a true friend. John McCain never stopped pushing me and our nation to be better. I miss him dearly.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 25, 2020 2:44 pm […]
8/20/2020
JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN: “Sarah [Palin] is correct. McCain was a lousy candidate with lots of bad policy, but the ‘deadheads’ sabotaged his campaign from the inside, and never gave him a chance to win. Hope they were happy with OBiden, who gave you me!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2020 1:46 am […]
5/4/2020
2016 ELECTION/2A/GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/KELLYANNE CONWAY/MILITARY/MITT ROMNEY/REAGAN/SUPREME COURT/TAXES: “A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago, then again 8 years ago, and then got BADLY beaten by me, a political first timer, 4 years ago, have copied (no imagination) the concept of an ad from Ronald Reagan, ‘Morning in America’, doing everything possible to…. […]
2/16/2020
JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/LINDSEY GRAHAM: “Well, you know, Lindsey — I went out of my way for Lindsey, and Lindsey recorded things that were so — you know, about what a wonderful guy I am. But when I watched how Lindsey responded under pressure to John McCain, our mutual friend — John and I went at […]
5/30/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Navy put out a disclaimer on the McCain story. Looks like the story was an exaggeration, or even Fake News – but why not, everything else is!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2019 5:23 pm […]
5/30/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN: “I was very angry with John McCain because he killed healthcare. I was not a big fan of John McCain in any way, shape, or form. I think John McCain had a lot to getting President Bush — a lot to do with it — to go into the Middle East, which was […]
5/30/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Whoever directed the Navy to keep the destroyer USS John McCain out of sight during a presidential visit to Japan was ‘well-meaning,’ President Donald Trump said Thursday [5-30-19]…Trump’s remarks came as acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan denied knowing about the efforts to shield the McCain and its crew from the president’s […]
5/30/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House’s directive to hide a Navy destroyer named after Senator John McCain during President Trump’s recent visit to a naval base in Japan was driven, administration officials said on Thursday [5-30-19], by a fear of bad visuals — the name of the president’s nemesis clearly visible in photographs of […]
5/29/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Navy reportedly tried to obscure the warship USS John S. McCain from President Donald Trump’s view ahead of his visit to Japan last week. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, the destroyer — named partly for the Arizona senator whom Trump repeatedly derided, even […]
5/29/2019
JAPAN/JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan. Nevertheless, @FLOTUS and I loved being with our great Military Men and Women – what a spectacular job they do!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2019 7:59 pm […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He is a ‘whack job,’ a ‘husband from hell,’ and a ‘stone cold LOSER.’ Those were just some of the insults President Donald Trump hurled on Wednesday at a once little-known corporate litigator who happens to be married to one of his top White House aides, Kellyanne Conway. With a […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump complained Wednesday [3-20-19] that he didn’t receive a thank you for approving the funeral the late Sen. John McCain wanted, marking his latest grievance in his recent onslaught against the Arizona Republican…Last year, McCain died of brain cancer, and as part of his services, lay in state in […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [3-20-19] went after the late Sen. John McCain once again, saying that he ‘gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted,’ but ‘didn’t get a thank you.’ Speaking in front of a crowd at a tank plant in Lima, Ohio, the president continued the attacks […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN: “I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted — which, as President, I had to approve. I don’t care about this. I didn’t get ‘thank you.’ That’s okay. We sent him on the way. But I wasn’t a fan of John McCain. So now, what we could say is: Now we’re […]
3/20/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “John McCain campaigned for years to repeal and replace Obamacare — for years, in Arizona. A great state. I love the people of Arizona. But he campaigned, for years, for ‘repeal and replace.’ So did Rob and so did a lot of senators. When he finally had the chance to do it, […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN: “A lot of people are asking, because they love me, and they ask me about a man named John McCain. And if you want, I could tell you about — should I or not? Yes? Yes? So, I have to be honest: I’ve never liked him much. Hasn’t been for me. I’ve really […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The widow and daughter of John McCain on Wednesday [3-20-19] criticized President Donald Trump and his online supporters for repeated attacks on the former U.S. senator, Republican presidential nominee and Vietnam War hero who was tortured during five and a half years spent as a prisoner of war. Speaking on Wednesday […]
3/20/2019
JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is an obsession he cannot seem to shake. Senator John McCain of Arizona has been dead for seven months, but President Trump’s feud with him is very much alive, and in front of a military audience at a tank plant here in Lima, Ohio, on Wednesday [3-20-19], he took it […]
3/19/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE (ACA): [Reporter: “Mr. President, why are you attacking Senator John McCain seven months after his death?”] “I’m very unhappy that he didn’t repeal and replace Obamacare, as you know… He told us, hours before, that he was going to repeal and replace. And then for some reason — I think I understand the […]
2/8/2019
IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP FAMILY: “Meghan McCain wishes that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law and senior advisers, had not attended the funeral of her father, Sen. John McCain, she said Thursday [2-7-19] night. Appearing on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ McCain said she had not been aware that the […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered Friday that flags fly at half-staff to honor former Democratic Rep. John Dingell, who died Thursday [2-7-19] after serving the longest tenure in Congress in the country’s history…The reverence contrasts starkly with Trump’s tepid reaction to the death of another Hill legend, Sen. John McCain, with whom […]
9/25/2018
JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden at an event Tuesday [9-25-18] labeled President Donald Trump’s response to Sen. John McCain’s death as ‘almost un-American’…Trump was criticized for his reaction to McCain’s passing, which initially was marked with only a tweet expressing sympathies to the McCain family. The flag atop the White […]
8/31/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey spoke by phone this week — a conversation in which the subject of the state’s vacant Senate seat arose, according to four people familiar with the discussion. The discussion came as Ducey weighs whom to appoint to the seat following the […]
8/31/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John McCain’s last visit to Washington began with a military honor guard carrying the body of the late Arizona Republican into the Capitol, where his former colleagues paid their final respects to the longtime senator, GOP presidential nominee and war hero. With dozens of current and former senators and members and […]
8/31/2018
ETHICS/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What’s lost when the president of the United States can’t — or won’t — show up? As the remembrances for the late Sen. John McCain shift from Arizona to Washington the rest of this week, President Donald Trump will be glaringly missing. The McCain family asked him to stay away from […]
8/31/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thursday [8-30-18] morning, in images carried live on every major cable news network, the body of Senator John McCain arrived at the North Phoenix Baptist Church in a hearse with the word ‘Dignity’ on the rear window. Inside, the Republican senator was remembered, by a man who ran on a ticket […]
8/30/2018
DEMS/GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Washington prepared a last hero’s welcome for Sen. John McCain Thursday [8-30-18] afternoon, President Donald Trump left town. The Air Force jet carrying the Republican senator’s casket lifted off for the nation’s capital with 200 Arizona National Guard soldiers and airmen on the tarmac paying silent tribute. Twenty minutes later, […]
8/30/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-30-18] defended his response to the death of Sen. John McCain in an interview with Bloomberg News. Trump told Bloomberg, ‘No, I don’t think I did at all,’ when asked if he missed a chance to unite the country and whether he had made a mistake. […]
8/30/2018
GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The way President Donald Trump handled Sen. John McCain’s death was ‘disturbing,’ Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Thursday [8-30-18]. ‘It bothers me greatly when the president says things about John McCain. It pisses me off to no end. And the way he handled the passing of John is just — it […]
8/29/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday [8-29-18] that President Donald Trump called him after he delivered an emotional farewell to Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor, telling the South Carolina Republican he ‘did right by his friend’…During the 2016 campaign, Trump attacked McCain’s record of service, saying the Vietnam veteran […]
8/29/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not long after Senator John McCain learned last summer that he had terminal brain cancer, he began convening meetings every Friday in his Capitol Hill office with a group of trusted aides. The subject was his funeral. He obsessed over the music, selecting the Irish ballad ‘Danny Boy’ and several patriotic […]
8/28/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even in death, John McCain has one final burn planned for two of his biggest foes — Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump — at a moment when much of the world will be watching. The Republican senator from Arizona, who planned his own funeral, chose Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza as one […]
8/27/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fed up with television coverage of Sen. John McCain’s death and eager to continue promoting his agenda, President Donald Trump remained silent for most of Monday [8-27-18] about the Vietnam War veteran being honored by the rest of Washington. Late in the day, and after urging from senior aides, he relented, […]
8/27/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Sunday [8-26-18] night, as the political world was wondering whether he might offer a more fulsome celebration of the life of John McCain, President Donald Trump instead tweeted this: ‘Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite […]
8/27/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Until 4 p.m. ET on Monday [8-27-18], here was the totality of President Donald Trump’s reaction to the death of Arizona Sen. John McCain over the weekend: ‘My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!’ That was a […]
8/27/2018
ELECTION/JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision to replace the late John McCain is as much about his own political future as it is about filling the seat of the six-term senator and decorated war hero. Republicans with knowledge of the governor’s thinking say he’ll have to remain deferential to Trump […]
8/27/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [8-27-18] grabbed a piece of the spotlight back from the late Sen. John McCain, creating a familiar will-he-or-won’t-he narrative that ended with the White House formally ordering flags lowered to half-staff in remembrance. An all-day outcry over the White House decision to raise the flags was […]
8/27/2018
DEFENSE/GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senator John McCain’s death will likely shift leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee from one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal Republican critics to one of his biggest supporters, which observers say could mean fewer checks on the Pentagon. No decision has been announced since McCain’s death on Saturday […]
8/27/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the Senate chamber on Monday [8-27-18], John McCain’s desk was draped in black and topped with a vase of white roses. The majority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell, rose to praise Mr. McCain as a colleague and hero who ‘spotlighted many of our highest values.’ Outside, an impromptu memorial took shape […]
8/26/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator John McCain’s death this weekend laid bare the long-simmering Republican tensions over who will be appointed to fill his Arizona seat, pitting the pragmatic wing of the party that Mr. McCain represented against the ascendant, hard-line forces loyal to President Trump — and hostile to the late senator. On Sunday […]
8/25/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 25, 2018 7:44 pm […]
8/24/2018
GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump didn’t mention Arizona Sen. John McCain during his speech at a Republican party dinner in Ohio Friday [8-24-18], hours after the family of the ailing senator said he had chosen to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer. The White House didn’t address McCain’s announcement and the president didn’t […]
8/13/2018
DEFENSE/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump thanked multiple members of Congress involved in passing the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act at a signing ceremony at Fort Drum, New York, Monday [8-13-18], with one major exception: the senator for whom the bill is named…Trump, who did not serve in the military himself, has […]
8/13/2018
CHINA/DEFENSE/JOHN MCCCAIN/MILITARY/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump signed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Monday [8-13-18] that authorizes military spending and includes watered-down controls on U.S. government contracts with China’s ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Trump signed the law at the U.S. Army’s Fort Drum base in upstate New York on […]
6/6/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A White House communications aide who made headlines in May for cracking a macabre joke about the health of Senator John McCain has left the White House. The aide, Kelly Sadler, made off-the-cuff comments about the Republican senator’s opposition to President Trump’s nominee for C.I.A. director, Gina Haspel, saying that it did […]
5/17/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The leak of a White House press aide’s flippant comment about John McCain’s brain cancer has uncorked long-simmering tensions in the communications and press offices, with staffers anticipating potential personnel changes to come as soon as Friday [5-18-18]. The furor over White House aide Kelly Sadler’s remark set off jockeying […]
5/16/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The dustup over a White House aide’s crass remark about Sen. John McCain’s health has once again inflamed the White House’s frustration with staffers who reveal the inner workings of the West Wing to reporters outside the building. Despite active efforts to flush out administration leakers — including machines used […]
5/15/2018
GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A White House aide who made a rude joke about Sen. John McCain’s health last week should apologize, but Republican senators didn’t raise the issue with President Donald Trump at a lunch meeting, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday [5-15-18]. White House communications aide Kelly Sadler said in a […]
5/15/2018
CIA/GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/NORTH KOREA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Last fall, when President Donald Trump headed to Capitol Hill for the Senate Republican lunch, he was feuding with the powerful chair of the foreign relations panel and tweeted that the man couldn’t get elected dog catcher. On Tuesday [5-15-18], he dropped in on the weekly GOP lunch entangled in […]
5/14/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Missteps? This White House has made a few. But apologies? Almost never. White House officials reiterated their position on Monday [5-14-18] that a morbid joke an aide made about John McCain — an 81-year-old, six-term Republican senator with brain cancer — is not the sort of thing that warrants an apology […]
5/13/2018
GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House aide Kelly Sadler promised Meghan McCain she would apologize publicly for mocking her father’s health, a source familiar with the conversation has told CNN, but Sadler has yet to do so. Sadler, a special assistant for surrogate communications, made the promise in an apologetic phone call to McCain after it […]
5/11/2018
DEMS/JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Democratic senator called on President Donald Trump Friday [5-11-18] to repudiate a White House aide’s comment about ‘dying’ Republican Sen. John McCain, who has brain cancer…White House aide Kelly Sadler had responded to McCain’s opposition to Gina Haspel’s nomination for CIA director by attempting to joke Thursday [5-10-18] morning that ‘he’s […]
5/11/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House on Friday [5-1–18] refused either to acknowledge or disown a purported barb about Sen. John McCain’s health by a communications staffer. Instead, press secretary Sarah Sanders suggested questions about the incident were meant to sow discord among President Donald Trump’s aides. ‘I’m not going to get into a back […]
3/23/2018
CIA/JOHN MCCAIN/TORTURE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Senator John McCain on Friday pressed President Donald Trump’s nominee to be CIA director, Gina Haspel, for information about her ties to the agency’s past use of harsh interrogation techniques, underscoring challenges she faces winning confirmation.Trump nominated Haspel, currently Central Intelligence Agency deputy director, to become director last week. The announcement […]
10/23/2017
GOP/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. John McCain lamented the manifestations of economic inequality in Vietnam War-era military service in an interview that aired Sunday night, criticizing those who ‘found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur’ to avoid military service. The remark appeared a criticism of President Donald Trump, who was […]
10/18/2017
CYBERWAR/JOHN MCCAIN/POLITICS: “A proposal to require social-media companies to disclose information about political advertising on their platforms has drawn the support of a key Senate Republican. Sen. John McCain (R, Ariz.), a longtime proponent of stricter political advertising disclosure rules and spending restrictions, has signed onto a bill being written by two Senate Democrats that […]
9/25/2017
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE(ACA): “A few of the many clips of John McCain talking about Repealing & Replacing O’Care. My oh my has he changed-complete turn from years of talk! https://t.co/t9cXG2Io86” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2017 08:24pm […]
9/25/2017
JOHN KELLY/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “General John Kelly totally agrees w/ my stance on NFL players and the fact that they should not be disrespecting our FLAG or GREAT COUNTRY!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2017 05:28pm […]
9/25/2017
JOHN KELLY/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@CNN is #FakeNews. Just reported COS (John Kelly) was opposed to my stance on NFL players disrespecting FLAG, ANTHEM, COUNTRY. Total lie!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2017 05:26pm […]
9/23/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Saturday [9-23-17] morning lashed out at Senator John McCain of Arizona for breaking with him and opposing Republicans’ latest plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act, saying the senator had let his state down and been deceived by Democrats into abandoning a promise. In a series […]
9/23/2017
JOHN MCCAIN: “Democrats are laughingly saying that McCain had a ‘moment of courage.’ Tell that to the people of Arizona who were deceived. 116% increase!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 23, 2017 05:20pm […]
9/23/2017
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Arizona had a 116% increase in ObamaCare premiums last year, with deductibles very high. Chuck Schumer sold John McCain a bill of goods. Sad” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 23, 2017 05:50am […]
9/23/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves. He campaigned on Repeal & Replace. Let Arizona down!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 23, 2017 05:42am […]
9/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senator John McCain of Arizona announced on Friday [9-22-17] that he would oppose the latest proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, leaving Republican leaders with little hope of succeeding in their last-ditch attempt to dismantle the health law. Mr. McCain, who killed the previous repeal effort with his dramatic ‘no’ vote in […]
9/22/2017
JOHN MCCAIN: “Heading to Alabama now, big crowd!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 22, 2017 04:18pm […]
7/28/2017
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMCARE(ACA): “In the end, it was a simple hand gesture – Senator John McCain pointing his right index finger in a downward motion to register a no vote – that ruined his party’s seven-year effort to repeal Obamacare. But in that signal in the early hours of Friday [7-28-17], the 80-year-old McCain also delivered […]
7/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN/MIKE PENCE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republicans overcame a range of internal fissures in narrowly voting on Tuesday [7-26-17] to begin debate on their health-care overhaul, but the party suffered a setback hours later when a proposal replacing major portions of the Affordable Care Act failed to attract enough votes to pass. In a dramatic day at […]
7/25/2017
HEALTHCARE/JOHN MCCAIN: “@SenJohnMcCain-Thank you for coming to D.C. for such a vital vote. Congrats to all Rep. We can now deliver grt healthcare to all Americans!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2017 02:24pm […]
7/25/2017
JOHN MCCAIN: “So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave – American hero! Thank you John.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2017 05:44am […]
7/19/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania and I send our thoughts and prayers to Senator McCain, Cindy, and their entire family. Get well soon. https://t.co/fONWVlmYyz” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2017 09:33pm […]
6/12/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/OBAMA/POLITICS: “Sen. John McCain — who once called former President Barack Obama’s foreign policy ‘feckless’ — insisted that his 2008 presidential rival still provided more American global leadership than the current president. The Arizona Republican was asked in an interview published Sunday if America’s standing on the global stage was better under Obama than […]
2/9/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/MEDIA/POLITICS: “Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. Only emboldens the enemy! He’s been losing so…long he doesn’t know how to win anymore, just look at the mess our country is in – bogged down in conflict all over the place. Our hero…Ryan died […]
2/9/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/MEDIA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) for publicly discussing the outcome of a special operations raid in Yemen last month, a day after a White House spokesman declared the mission a success. ‘Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission […]