McCain Hits 'Poorly Informed,' 'Impulsive' Trump in New Op-Ed: We Are Not Your Subordinates

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite

by Ken Meyer | 8:14 am, September 1st, 2017

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

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.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. 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.

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[WePurrsevere]

1. I'd like to see the Senate and House work on...

one of their constitutional duties and impeach/remove this flaming gold leafed pile of poo.

[ananda]

9. Yeah.

Where's the talk of impeachment, and unobstructed
Senate invesigation that is open to the public?

[WePurrsevere]

10. I'm guessing that will happen around the same time as...

pigs sprout wings and fly or the GOP decided to actually ACT like the 'Christian' followers of Jesus they espouse to be... but aren't.

I hope I'm wrong. I desperately want, and even need, to be but for McCain and other Republicans to finally move to impeach Trump would take the miracle of a huge 'come to Jesus' event that changes the hearts and minds the base they fear and their Corp owners.

[adigal]

2. Being ill seems to be bringing out the best, brave McCain

I am glad he reminded Congress they are a check on a runaway executive.

[grantcart]

8. He is never going to face another primary and he doesn't have to raise any money.

He didn't write this on his own, he is the figurehead for a disgruntled group of Republicans.

[DeeDeeNY]

12. So true!

You nailed it, as usual.

[Hekate]

33. A figurehead has to stand out front and get shot at first. nt

[Eyeball_Kid]

20. Watch how McCain gets worked up if Trumpy destroys DACA.

Oh, he'll shed tears, right on the TV.

[Jim Dandy]

3. "... we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation."

Then quit the GOP. Go independent. You want to be a fucking maverick, then do something that actually counts.

[Dustlawyer]

44. John, you are a little late don't ya think?

We knew this shite years ago! Most Americans figured it out a couple of months into his Presidency. You have only now decided to step up when you have nothing left to lose? So brave!

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. "Repulsive" Trump

There. All fixed.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. DATELINE: John McCain Discovers Social Contract, 500 Years After Hobbes and Rousseau

It's a miracle, I tell you, a miracle!

[PSPS]

6. ... he said while re-inking his rubber stamp.

[JDC]

14. That made me laugh

[Julian Englis]

7. Nice try but Trump is not the source of Republican corruption and obstructionism.

While Trump is the most obvious example of Republican corruption and hypocrisy, McCain and other "mainstream" Republicans have been pushing this sort of crap for decades. From Nixon's Southern Strategy, to the numerous Reagan era indictments, to the fake weapons of mass destruction, to the multiple votes to repeal the ACA, McCain and mainstream Repubs were complicit. The Republican party is the party of racism, greed, and hate.

[Alpeduez21]

13. +1000

Trump is only the symptom of the disease that is republicans.

[Duppers]

19. Agree. Well said.

They live without empathy.

[Maven]

34. +1000

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. 2 things come to mind - what would this Op Ed be if a Democrat was president and doing this?

And -

"We must respect his authority" - why? If someone is doing harm, shouldn't one do everything to resist and work to remove him from power? Respect is earned. Trump has earned nothing. And as far as respecting someone doing horrible things who have authority - if a teacher is abusing children in a school do we have to respect the teacher's authority?

Flawed thinking from a reed that blows in the wind that bends toward his own self interest and the interest of his party only, with very, very rare and unusual, and few, exceptions.

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[klook]

15. Prove it by pushing back on his agenda. (nt)

[Honeycombe8]

17. If there's one Repub Senator I'm sure didn't take Russian donations, it's McCain.

Never in a million years.

[irisblue]

21. He held onto & invested his share of the Keating5 graft from the mid late 80s tho, maybe.

but no, I don't think he'd take Russian graft. He just looked away when McConnell did.

[Honeycombe8]

23. You forgot to cite identifying the evidence that McCain knew about McConnell.

I'm sure that was an oversight.

Also post the evidence that McConnell took Russian donations. I wouldn't put it past him, but I missed the story that sets forth that evidence.

[irisblue]

41. article from Dallas Morning News dated 8/3/2017.

there are more citations when I googled the phrase "Did McConnell take Russian money?"

and, yes it was an oversight. 😉

[Eyeball_Kid]

18. Who'd you vote for, Senator?

Who did you support in the '16 campaign, Senator?

Which candidate did you recommend that your constituents vote for last November, Senator?

You can't really walk back your commitment to Trumpy. You dove in head-first. You can't claim ignorance. You knew and you know who he is.

You get no applause from me.

[Honeycombe8]

25. Here you go:

John McCain: NAY (was YEA)
The Arizona senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee, who is in a tight reelection battle, has announced he no longer supports Trump. “I thought it important I respect the fact that Donald Trump won a majority of the delegates by the rules our party set,” he said in a statement. “But Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy.” (October 8, 2016)

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/where-republicans-stand-on-donald-trump-a-cheat-sheet/481449/
11/6/2016

[Hekate]

32. It's important that we never become as cynical as our opponents. Thank you for correcting ...

...the untruth.

[DK504]

22. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress...

... by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible."

Where the hell was he 8 years ago when his boss McTurtle came out on the night of President Obama's inauguration to block every thing he proposed? Where the hell was he when McYertle blocked one of the biggest rights of the president by blocking his SCOTUS nomination? Where were you McCain when the Congress didn't do one damn thing to stop Wall St. from the banks stealing homes?

Where were you? If you really want to do something .... do the RIGHT thing and block your pals that are screwing us over.

[nolabear]

24. He might have done much I hate but I'll take this and gladly.

I'm so done with "yeah but he's / she's not been good enough in the past so I'll insult him and. Turn my pristine nose up at the help being offered now."

In the words of an old guy I didn't like much either, "Trustbut verify." We don't have to be fools but if his criticism swivels some more conventionally conservative heads to join in I'm

[pangaia]

26. "We answer to the American people."

Yeah, right, Johnny. Tell us how it is..


"We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities." SURE



"We must, where we can, cooperate with him." BULLSHIT

[KG]

27. piss on john mccain anyway

[Bleacher Creature]

28. The guy who gave us Sarah Palin found his soul??

Better late than never!

[DonCoquixote]

29. A line from a Bill Cosby comedy routine fits

When Cosby noticed that his kids loved their grandma, he told them "That isnot the person I grew up with, that is an old person trying to get into heaven now!"

And yeah Cosby is tainted too, but he, like many GOP, was able to spout of a bunch of sweet platitudes that in the long run, turned out to be worthless.

Yes i am grateful he help kill the Trumpcare bill, but should I thank someone for NOT committing murder?

[Blue Owl]

30. Bwahahaha....

[Hekate]

31. Never too late for redemption, Senator

[Neema]

36. I'll believe it when I see it.

Sorry, but I'm bone tired of hearing about what a maverick McCain is, when all he does is have a little tantrum now and then without much in the way of action.

[SusanaMontana41]

43. EXACTLY. There's nothing new here.

I was hoping his ACA vote had revealed his inner Mav.

[Neema]

35. Maybe he should start acting like he answers to the American people. The GOP hasn't behaved as

if they have any inkling of that in decades.

[msongs]

37. more phoney baloney from mccain who spent 8 yrs obstructing obama at every turn nt

[zentrum]

38. Ah, Johnny, if only

...you had been this independent for your entire career instead of during your last term when you have no funder to appease.

(I'm assuming he will not run again because of health concerns.)

[Maraya1969]

39. I am starting to really like John McCain. And I always remember how he answered

that woman in a rally when he was running against Obama for president. When she said she thought he was a Muslim McCain said, "No Mam, " (I forget the rest) I also remember how Romney, 4 years later let those falsehoods lie and never corrected anyone.

[L. Coyote]

40. Number of days in each month when Trump's Gallup approval was above 40%:

Link to tweet

[SusanaMontana41]

42. and yet, "Mav," you're still dancing to his music.

You didn't say one thing PATRIOTS haven't been saying for months.