John McCain: I was ‘surprised’ by Donald Trump’s fury

[n2doc]

Arizona Sen. John McCain is back in the national political spotlight, having come under fierce attack from Republican presidential contender Donald Trump over his POW status during the Vietnam War and his efforts to help veterans.

The controversy exploded July 18 when Trump, the celebrity real-estate titan, told an Iowa audience that McCain is “a war hero because he was captured” and that Trump likes “people that weren’t captured.” McCain earlier had stoked the feud by telling the New Yorker magazine that Trump had “fired up the crazies” at his July 11 rally in downtown Phoenix.

The uproar over Trump’s anti-McCain tirade continued all week as organizations such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Military Officers Association of America, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Concerned Veterans for America and even the National Border Patrol Council defended McCain, a former Navy aviator who was shot down in 1967 and endured brutal conditions as a prisoner of war for more than five years.

McCain, the 2008 GOP White House nominee who is now seeking a sixth U.S. Senate term in Arizona, discussed Trump, the Republican presidential race and other topics in an extended question-and-answer session with The Arizona Republic.

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Maybe they can take anger management classes together

[LittleBlue]

1. Oh really, John?

Bomb, bomb Iran, right?

[monmouth4]

2. John is loving this and thinks, and probably will, help his senate campaign..n/t

[Gothmog]

3. The appeal of Trump is deep and reflects poorly on the GOP base

I am surprised as the depth of the support for Trump and their hatred for the GOP establishment including people like McCain

[n2doc]

4. I'm not

Have you listened to RW hate radio lately? People like Michael "Savage" Wiener call for the president's assassination almost daily. They rail almost as much against the "GOP establishment" as they do the President. They love Trump, Cruz and the other nut cases. McCain is just another RINO to these folks, a person to be despised.