Trump rips McCain at political rally

[Judi Lynn]

Source: NBC News


Referring to the cancer-stricken senator without using his name, the president slammed McCain for voting against one of the measures that would have repealed Obamacare last year.
by Jonathan Allen / May.29.2018 / 8:53 PM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump slammed frequent foe Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who is battling brain cancer, for having voted against one of the measures that would have repealed Obamacare last year.

Speaking at a rally here, and referring to McCain without using his name, Trump said his efforts to scrap President Obama's signature health care law were frustrated by the Arizona senator's decision to give a thumbs-down to the bill on the Senate floor in July.

"We had it done folks, it was done, and then early in the morning somebody turned their hand in the wrong direction," Trump said. "The person that voted that way only talked repeal and replace. He campaigned on it."

The rhetorical jabs were Trump's first public comments about McCain since it was reported earlier this month that White House press aide Kelly Sadler had privately told colleagues there was no reason to worry about the Arizona senator's antipathy toward a Trump nominee because McCain is "dying anyway." That remark infuriated lawmakers, including many of McCain's fellow Republican senators, but Trump has shown more concern about the leaking of the conversation than about the disrespect shown to McCain.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-rips-cancer-stricken-mccain-political-rally-n878426

[Coventina]

1. Trump is putting out some seriously bad karma.

I see a Hungry Ghost in the future....

[global1]

4. Trump Better Take Heed From Roseanne.....

the tides are changing Donald. We're talking the number one show on TV - gone - in a tweet. It's gonna happen to you too. It's coming - and you know it.

[Cha]

13. I like the way you

put that, Coventina.

[Coventina]

14. Thanks!

[WhiteTara]

16. My thoughts are Hell Being.

[RockRaven]

2. I wish McCain would live long enough to see Trump's comeuppance...

or rather, I should say, I wish Trump's comeuppance would arrive so soon that McCain would be able to see it.

[RKP5637]

3. Too bad tRump can't just be dumped like Rosanne. n/t

[pangaia]

7. If republicans had balls he would be.

[oberliner]

10. At least the Republicans in Congress can be dumped

Assuming we GOTV in the midterms.

[Chipper Chat]

5. Trump has lost his status as a human being.

That is all.

[Renew Deal]

6. Trump talked a lot of shit about McCain prior to that vote

Oh well

[Grassy Knoll]

8. Now We Know That One Stung Him Hard.,,

[Bleacher Creature]

9. I wouldn't be shocked if McCain becomes the first Republican to call for resignation.

It all obviously depends on his health, and something needs to happen to react, but that would be a nice mavericky way to cap his career.

[BigmanPigman]

12. People would say he was being vindictive.

It would have had more of an impact if he did it before he became so ill. I still wish he would do it though.

[Achilleaze]

15. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Thief so often pisses on America's veterans

disgusting

[Orsino]

17. His need to blame somebody for his lack of accomplishments is at odds...

...with his fear of directly calling out a "war hero," which might not play as well as he wishes with his base.