Russiagate

mac · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:35 am Post subject:

John McCain--who did not claim to have bone spurs--nailed it.

Jul 16 2018
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump’s meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki:

“Today’s press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump’s naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. But it is clear that the summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake.

“President Trump proved not only unable, but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press, and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world.

“It is tempting to describe the press conference as a pathetic rout – as an illustration of the perils of under-preparation and inexperience. But these were not the errant tweets of a novice politician. These were the deliberate choices of a president who seems determined to realize his delusions of a warm relationship with Putin’s regime without any regard for the true nature of his rule, his violent disregard for the sovereignty of his neighbors, his complicity in the slaughter of the Syrian people, his violation of international treaties, and his assault on democratic institutions throughout the world.

“Coming close on the heels of President Trump’s bombastic and erratic conduct towards our closest friends and allies in Brussels and Britain, today’s press conference marks a recent low point in the history of the American Presidency. That the president was attended in Helsinki by a team of competent and patriotic advisors makes his blunders and capitulations all the more painful and inexplicable.

“No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. Not only did President Trump fail to speak the truth about an adversary; but speaking for America to the world, our president failed to defend all that makes us who we are—a republic of free people dedicated to the cause of liberty at home and abroad. American presidents must be the champions of that cause if it is to succeed. Americans are waiting and hoping for President Trump to embrace that sacred responsibility. One can only hope they are not waiting totally in vain.”

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nw30 · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:10 pm Post subject:

Hillary is have a laugh over this as well.

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nw30 · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:00 pm Post subject:

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swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

You have to admit, Senator John McCain offered needed candor from the Republican side of the aisle. I'm glad that someone from the right had the balls to tell it like it is. We desperately need more like him to stand out and recognize how seriously unfit Donald Trump is to be president.

coboardhead · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 4303

coboardhead · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 4303