****BREAKING**** White House demands John MCain apologize for criticizing botched Yemen raid.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Sean Spicer Foolishly Demands Apology from John McCain, Promptly Gets Dunked On


Last week, the first covert military operation conducted during the Trump administration ended in tragedy, as a Navy SEAL and dozens of civilians, including children, were killed in a targeted raid in Yemen that went awry. After it came out that President Trump was, incredibly, nowhere to be found as the mission was underway—we're ready for your Benghazi-esque outrage and diligent congressional hearings any minute, Paul Ryan!—the White House has struggled to decide how to characterize what happened.
On Wednesday, this mad scramble resulted in Sean Spicer, an inveterate liar whose verbal caps lock is permanently stuck in the "ON" position, picking a fight with Arizona senator John McCain, who had characterized the raid as a "failure" to reporters on Tuesday. Although he later moderated his assessment somewhat, McCain's comments had apparently already drawn the ire of President Trump, who trotted out Spicer to declare the raid a "huge success" and, in typically Trumpian absolutist fashion, add that anyone who says otherwise is an ignorant, unpatriotic traitor.

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[Ilsa]

1. I hope he tweets 45 to kiss his POW ass. nt

[Barack_America]

2. Joke? If not, this is not going to end well.

[Tiggeroshii]

17. How do you think it will end?

[Barack_America]

19. I don't think it is legal for me to speculate.

[Squinch]

27. I really, really hope McCain doesn't apologize. But I wouldn't put it past him.

[spanone]

3. they are truly unbelievable. shameless.

[Ilsa]

4. Is there a tweet with responses?

We should all pile on.

[theglammistress]

5. What did McCain say?

Out of all the stuff that has happened today, I guess I missed this.

[leftstreet]

7. From Bloomberg...

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-08/mccain-dismisses-spicer-call-for-apology-over-yemen-raid-remarks

February 8, 2017

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that critics of the recent Yemen raid, including Senator John McCain, should apologize for not calling it a “success,” but the Arizona Republican immediately rejected the idea.

“I don’t need to listen to that,” said McCain, a decorated Navy pilot who was held prisoner in Vietnam, after watching a video of Spicer’s rebuke Wednesday on a reporter’s phone. “My record speaks for itself.”

It’s the latest dustup between the White House and McCain, 80, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who has sparred with the Trump administration on assorted issues including Russia and trade policy. But Spicer’s remarks also suggested the administration is trying to portray criticism of its military decisions as a broader attack on the U.S. armed forces.

[theglammistress]

8. Thanks

Insane. Sadly, I don't have much faith in McCain REALLY standing up to this administration.

[Bob Loblaw]

6. Which eventually

he will do. Maybe he and Lindsey will hold hands and do it together.

[Tiggeroshii]

16. Heck no. He sat in a vietnamese prison and didn't squeal for 20 years.

No way he will apologize to king bumblefuck.

[BannonsLiver]

21. And yet he'll vote for DeVos

This man is over 80 and in what is almost certainly his last term. He had nothing to lose. Not one god damn thing. But did he take a stand? Nope. He fell in line just like always.

[Tiggeroshii]

25. Well. He stands by his principles

Even if much of them are ass backwards

[BannonsLiver]

26. Lol

He has no principles. The man has been, is and always be a spineless weasel.

[charlyvi]

32. Sorry to disagree

but if he had principles, Sarah Palin would never have been his running mate in '08. At the time, he was a 72 year old cancer survivor and knew that Palin was incompetent. But he didn't care as long as he could get women and evangelicals to vote for him. Thank God he lost.

[Tiggeroshii]

34. Sorry

"Principles"

[charlyvi]

37. Huh?

That's how I spelled it.

[Tiggeroshii]

39. I'm not correcting you

I use quotes to show they are whatever interpretation of the word "principles" mccain or his supporters may have.

Its as if I were to say trump has integrity and courage. Properly, I would put it:

Trump has "integrity" and "courage." Because clearly he doesn't. Just like mccain doesn't have many principles to stand by. Just "principles."

[Bob Loblaw]

28. I'd be pleased if you're right

but it won't surprise me if he backs off the criticism. McCain for all his faults, has a chance to end his Senate career by doing the right thing and resisting Trump's lunacy. It will however, fail to completely erase his unleashing of Caribou Barbie on the world.

[Tiggeroshii]

33. Divided by four, yes

Hes a "maverick," it can be 20 if he says it is. Just like most of his phony opposition stunts.

Alternative facts.

[Maru Kitteh]

9. At this point he's lashed out at so many people & entities

He's becoming the boy who yelled FIRE!

[lpbk2713]

10. These clowns have awfully thin skin.

Another reason why Trump should not be president.

[charlyvi]

35. Really.

Any POTUS is probably the most criticized person on earth. Did no one tell him that?

[Eliot Rosewater]

11. The shameless use of our military has been going on for decades.

Yet the democrats are the problem because a couple of hippies spit on a couple of returning soldiers in 1968.

I shit you not that is the reason used by many.

Since 1968 the GOP has used the military, gotten them killed, for their political gain.

[enough]

12. More and more insane every day. They think they're running a

monarchy. They actually don't understand where they are.

[Ohioblue22]

13. we know where the frump was he was looking at currain catalogs

[chelsea0011]

14. I am waiting for trump to tweet he likes his hero Navy Seals "not dead".

[milestogo]

15. Please Cheetoman, keep picking fights with anyone who disagrees with you.

Especially a respected Republican. You will win.

[IcyPeas]

18. yet another demand for an apology.......

[BannonsLiver]

20. Wouldn't be surprised if McCain did apologize

He's a very old spineless weasel who talks a big game but always falls in line. Maverick my ass.

[Bengus81]

22. FIX THE LINK..................

[GeoWilliam750]

23. I think you may need to fix your link

[Ms. Toad]

24. Your link seems to have nothing to do with the excerpt

[NCTraveler]

30. We have children running the country. Nt

[MyOwnPeace]

31. "Spicer gets dunked on"

Hell, he should be water-boarded!
Why not?
His boss thinks it's OK!

[Lil Missy]

36. Oh, in other words - more drama from Mr. horses ass.

[Initech]

38. I actually stand with McCain on this one.

Fuck you Trump!

[fishwax]

40. maybe someday McCain will stand up to Trump in a meaningful way

But I'm not holding my breath.

I really think it could be important for his legacy. Right now he'll go down in history as the guy who lost to Obama and unleashed the Plague of Palin. But if he stands up and provides a meaningful opposition to a president on the brink, he might could redeem himself.

But, like I said: not holding my breath.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

41. Good God

They're so sensitive.