McCain to vote for GOP tax bill

[demmiblue]

Source: Politico

The Arizona senator’s support provides a major lift to the bill’s prospects.

By SEUNG MIN KIM

11/30/2017 10:59 AM EST

Updated 11/30/2017 11:26 AM EST

Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he would back the Senate GOP tax legislation, clearing away another obstacle for Republican leadership as they move to pass a massive tax code overhaul by week's end.

The Arizona Republican, who helped tank the party’s Obamacare repeal efforts earlier this year, has been a major question mark for weeks on the tax measure. He raised some general concerns about ballooning the deficit — one reason he voted against the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 — but stressed in his statement that he believed the tax measure would ultimately boost the economy and ease deficit issues.

“I believe this legislation, though far from perfect, would enhance American competitiveness, boost the economy, and provide long overdue tax relief for middle class families,” McCain said in a statement. “This is not a perfect bill, but it is one that would deliver much-needed reform to our tax code, grow the economy, and help Americans keep more of their hard-earned money.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/30/mccain-to-vote-for-gop-tax-bill-270511

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[Pachamama]

1. He will blame it on the Brain tumor....

Because frankly that's the only excuse for voting for this shameful bill that will rob the poor to give to the Rich and Corporations and destroy our country economically and bankrupt us....

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Fuck McCain... "though not perfect," let's screw the American people anyway!

What a jerk!

[pangaia]

16. In my book he has been a jerk his entire life.

Just a big baby trying to live up to his male ancestors.

Fucking asshole from the get go.

EVEN if he voted against it, I would hold the same opinion.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. Me too!

[notdarkyet]

32. Me three. I have lived in az for fifty years. I live a couple miles from McCain.

Never liked him. Never voted for him.

[chelsea0011]

2. Independent groups say it will do none of the things you say this far from

perfect bill will do. So, who are you listening to?

[FakeNoose]

23. Somebody just tweeted this to McCain

Seen on McCain's thread:



Tellin' it like it is.

[AlleganCarpenter]

3. Eight other senators are on the fence.

Give em a call.

[bearsfootball516]

8. Which ones?

I've read that Murkowski, Collins and Johnson are voting yes.

[Doodley]

4. He can't help it. It is in the GOP DNA to take more from the poor and give it to the wealthy.

[Scarsdale]

5. What a little faker he is.

Maverick my aching arse. He is gop through and through. After careful consideration, I think it is time for TERM LIMITS. These deadbeats stay in office until their bank accounts overflow, then STILL want more at taxpayer expense. McCain is the same loser he was when he ended up 894 out of a class of 899, and his father paid for him to be promoted. He has crashed at least 2 multi million dollar airplanes, and STILL sucks off the taxpayers for expensive medical care which most of us can not afford. So glad he never made it into the WH, although the trash we have in there now is not much better.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. What a maverick! 😏

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. He can go straight to hell!

[UpInArms]

10. Of course he is

In his own words

“I am a loyal Republican”



I hate these people ... grrrrr

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

14. Hate is putting it mildly!!

[Bengus81]

11. Still have his 10-15 homes? The CASH off this tax cut for the RICH will come in handy..

[Cryptoad]

12. So much for that "Regular Order" BS, heh John McCain?

[SamKnause]

13. Fucking enabler !!!!!!

I am so sick of these thieves.

[IronLionZion]

15. We need 3 Republicans to grow a spine and vote against this nonsense

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/tax-bill-senate-whip-count/

11 have expressed concerns with it.

[Saviolo]

18. Why bother waiting for the CBO score

When you're going to just ignore the CBO report on what the bill actually does? Why talk about your respect for your co-workers in the Senate if you're going to entirely disregard some of them like Claire McCaskill's brutal tackle of Orrin Hatch, here:

Spare us your furrowed brows, Senator McCain, you are in lock step with the most disgusting president and the cleptocrats enabling him if it means you'll get a tax break and screw people out of health care.

[captain queeg]

19. The only good thing I see is that Millennials have seen through this shit and want a 3rd party

Republicans have sold their souls long ago. I hope they hang themselves these upcoming years and upcoming generations throw them out and tax the shit out of their ill gotten fortunes. As for the dems, they need to grow a pair or get out of the way.

[FakeNoose]

22. Well this is gonna be the END of the GOP

So the new party (whatever it is) will be the new 2nd Party.

I sure hope the GOP all burns in Hell because that's where they belong. McCain can be the first to go.

[standingtall]

40. A third party will only make it easier for future Trumps to get elected

Only way a 3rd party would not do more harm than good is if the electoral college were eliminated and we moved to a runoff system.

[kimbutgar]

21. I hope he dies a horrible painful death at the end in a lot of agony

And then burns in hell. I guess Kelly got to him and showed him the blackmail stuff Russia has on him.

I wouldn’t be surprised is the rethugs are being compromised by the Russians. They want to destabilize and weaken our country then putin steps in as the strong leader worldwide. Twitler is a puppet.

[OliverQ]

24. Welp, looks like the worst tax cut bill in history is going to pass.

This will be worse than 2008. I'm really scared over all this. This country looks like it's going to be impossible to live in, but we have no way to get out.

[hibbing]

25. How mavericky n/t

[PatSeg]

26. Oh fuck

I don't know what else to say anymore.

[Egnever]

27. Well at least Matt Lauer got fired

[dhill926]

28. fucking coward....

[Frustratedlady]

29. He's probably looking at the estate tax relief.

The rest won't matter to him if he beats the cancer, which is questionable.

[davekriss]

30. We really are f*cked

This is the Reverse Robin Hood Tax Act, steal from the masses and give to the few. Once deficits start ballooning again, smarmy Ryan will fret in front of the cameras how we can't afford to continue social security, medicare, and medicaid anymore. No safety net, work until you die - however, given the lack of access to healthcare, at least we'll all die younger.

This country is being robbed blind by the vulture class. McCain is among them.

[Pachamama]

34. +1000

I agree completely

Well said

[More_Cowbell]

31. The man who can't count his own houses...

has no idea what the "middle class" even is

[Dawson Leery]

33. And John McCain will go out, NOT A HERO.

[Linda Ed]

35. He is choosing Party over Country..He is no Maverick just a Greedy Republican

Senator John McCain is currently undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Treatments completely covered by his Federal Government Health Insurance Plan. Yet he intends to vote for a GOP tax bill, which eliminates/denies cancer treatments for future Medicare patients. Disgraceful!

[elmac]

36. mccain is a con which means he's just another bullshit artist nt

[BigDemVoter]

37. Just as I always said. McCain is a worthless piece of shit.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

38. So much for his brief deviated behavior of having an actual functioning conscience, can't wait for

the phony fucking funeral with all-day slobbering over someone who was a real prick while he lived. Goodbye to bad rubbish, flying down the highway to hell. Maybe he'll croak right before he votes to fuck up millions of lives, now that really would be taking one for the good of the country.

[workinclasszero]

39. The Koch's, the Mercer's, Sheldon Adelson and Vladimir Putin are our rulers

This horrendous billionaire tax break is a lock for passage now.

All the holdouts on killing the the ACA have come home to their filthy masters. You knew they would right? No such thing as a good republican.

We are fucked. 25 BILLION will be slashed for Medicare next year and social security will be next.

[dalton99a]

46. +1

[bluestarone]

41. he had his chance to be human

and totally fucked it up

[DesertRat]

42. I was so disappointed to read that this morning

McCain was on our local news last night (in a wheelchair, btw) saying that he was still undecided. I've called, faxed, emailed and tweeted him and Sen. Flake multiple times over the past few weeks urging them to vote No.

I'm not hopeful that Flake will now be the "maverick" and vote no.

[budkin]

43. "Not perfect"

Holy shit. Really?

[Bengus81]

44. Wants to make sure the wife's family beer business gets MILLIONS of $$$ in tax cuts when he's dead.

Pathetic POS.............

[dalton99a]

45. Maverick?? Just another greedy money-grubbing Republican who voted to deprive millions of healthcare

and give budget-busting tax cuts to billionaires

[Scruffy1]

47. I've long believed that both he and Graham are completely controlled by others.

Whoever their handlers are tell them what to do . They are allowed to spout off a little or maybe vote against their party just enough to give them credibility. But when it comes to MONEY they always fall into line. I'm reasonably sure in my mind they both have hidden ecrets that their handlers know. It's the only rationale I can come up with thhat makes sense for their constant 180 degree turns.