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Judi Lynn

(160,707 posts)
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 05:03 PM Jun 2018

Trump mocks Sen. McCain at Nevada rally

Source: The Hill


BY EMILY BIRNBAUM - 06/23/18 04:42 PM EDT

President Donald Trump again mocked Sen John McCain (R-Arizona) on Saturday for McCain’s “thumb’s down” vote on the Republican plan to repeal ObamaCare.

Though Trump did not mention McCain by name, he has attacked the senator several times in recent weeks for his “no” on the GOP measure and has blamed McCain for the collapse of the Republican effort to repeal the act.

Trump at a GOP rally in Nevada said McCain went “thumbs down,” on the bill, a reference to McCain using a thumbs down gesture to signify his “nay” vote.

"Nobody talked to him. Nobody needed to, and then he walked in: thumbs down. It’s alright, because we’ve essentially gutted it anyway," Trump said of ObamaCare at the rally.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393805-trump-continues-to-mock-john-mccain

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Trump mocks Sen. McCain at Nevada rally (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP
fucking asshole.... dhill926 Jun 2018 #1
Your day is coming Orangeman. NoMoreRepugs Jun 2018 #2
And the idiots not fooled Jun 2018 #3
Total morons SMH lunasun Jun 2018 #20
And likely the Trumpers in attendence cheered wildly - their hero. No Vested Interest Jun 2018 #4
"We've essentially gutted it anyway" MyOwnPeace Jun 2018 #5
And the crown cheered I am sure n/t hibbing Jun 2018 #8
Fox News and RW radio have programmed their audience to HATE Liberals Dustlawyer Jun 2018 #11
People cheering that their health coverage through the ACA will be going away......... Bengus81 Jun 2018 #22
Gotta capitalize on trump and GOP disrespect of an American hero beachbum bob Jun 2018 #6
Just more examples of his cowardice duforsure Jun 2018 #7
The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief always pisses on America's veterans Achilleaze Jun 2018 #9
Trump is killing healthcare for many Americans. Trump: There is no such thing as ObamaCare anymore keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #10
And apparently people are o.k. with it. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #17
Good old Dotard Donald who ridiculed all POWs - 'I like soldiers who were not captured' keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #18
keep pushing the envelope, Dotard AZ8theist Jun 2018 #12
Trump jabs 'Wacky Jacky and Pocahontas' while campaigning for Dean Heller in Nevada Judi Lynn Jun 2018 #13
In addition to the utterly unpresidential and downright nasty nature of his specific comments MBS Jun 2018 #14
"How can so many people be so fooled?" Because they don't care if they're being fooled. scarletwoman Jun 2018 #15
Sad, sickening sack of shit. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #16
In all fairness... brooklynite Jun 2018 #19
But Meghan still loves her some Trump n/m RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #21

NoMoreRepugs

(9,529 posts)
2. Your day is coming Orangeman.
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 05:07 PM
Jun 2018

The great majority of the PLANET will rejoice when u pass. Me personally, I hope its while you are sitting on the toilet tweeting.

not fooled

(5,807 posts)
3. And the idiots
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 05:09 PM
Jun 2018

cheer their idol as he tells them in so many words that a lot of them will die earlier because of lack of healthcare.

MyOwnPeace

(16,955 posts)
5. "We've essentially gutted it anyway"
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 05:18 PM
Jun 2018

And he's PROUD of that!

I just can't comprehend how this whole group can be so PROUD of what they are doing to the citizens of these United States of America.
What happened in their lives to make them SO rotten in their souls?
They are politicians - voted in to serve "the people" via the Constitution. Do they even know what that is?
And so many claim to be "Christians" - and are supported by so many more who "claim" to be the same. Have they EVER read the Bible - the preachings of Jesus Christ?

The frustration and shame builds - what have we, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, become?

Dustlawyer

(10,499 posts)
11. Fox News and RW radio have programmed their audience to HATE Liberals
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 06:56 PM
Jun 2018

Every show rails against Hillary, Obama, Pelosi, and Soros, claiming they had done this or that horrible thing that made them less safe, infringed their rights, raised taxes...

They have been told over and over Democrats hate America, freedom and apple pie, so they should never listen to us. In effect, they have been “programmed” like a cultists to believe whatever the RW media says no matter how crazy it is.

Bengus81

(6,941 posts)
22. People cheering that their health coverage through the ACA will be going away.........
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 04:58 PM
Jun 2018

I never knew just how fucking STUPID Trump voters were until that moment. Wait until the day you asshats HAVE to buy health insurance all on your own on the open market at the mercy of the big 5 or 6 health care cabal's.



 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
6. Gotta capitalize on trump and GOP disrespect of an American hero
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 05:19 PM
Jun 2018

So many ways to take advantage of this. Persuading what moderate republicans to vote democratic can add to the tidal wave

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
9. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief always pisses on America's veterans
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 05:56 PM
Jun 2018

& POWs. He does it every safe chance he gets. Oh, the five-time republican draft dodger likes to wrap himself in the flag at pretend promo propaganda setups, but if you examine his record you will find a long list of his lowbrow insults of our veterans, our POWs, our Gold Star Families, and even putting down our active duty troops. Screw that republican bullshit. Does Pooty Poot make him do this evil shit? Or is he just that much of a draft-dodging republican a-hole that he spews these pissey statement all on his own?

keithbvadu2

(37,062 posts)
10. Trump is killing healthcare for many Americans. Trump: There is no such thing as ObamaCare anymore
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 06:20 PM
Jun 2018

Trump: There is no such thing as ObamaCare anymore (June 2017)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141890741 June 2017

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355658-trump-there-is-no-such-thing-as-obamacare-anymore

Trump: GOP tax bill 'essentially' repeals ObamaCare Dec 2017

17. And apparently people are o.k. with it.
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 09:13 PM
Jun 2018

Why would Trump use a line about "gutting Obamacare" if it didn't get a big cheer? His rallies are nothing but applause lines, after all.

I guess none of his Deplorables have a pre-existing condition, or a loved one with a serious long-term illness, or the need for an expensive procedure. Or else they're all multi-millionaires.

In that case, go ahead and cheer, motherf**kers. November is coming.

p.s., I am getting tired of Donnie Two Scoops mocking Senator McCain. I may not have liked all of his political positions, but McCain has earned the respect of the entire nation for his military and congressional service. To have a five-time draft dodger making fun of him -- whether McCain has brain cancer or not -- is abhorrent.

keithbvadu2

(37,062 posts)
18. Good old Dotard Donald who ridiculed all POWs - 'I like soldiers who were not captured'
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 09:22 PM
Jun 2018

Good old Dotard Donald who ridiculed all POWs - I like soldiers who were not captured

Judi Lynn

(160,707 posts)
13. Trump jabs 'Wacky Jacky and Pocahontas' while campaigning for Dean Heller in Nevada
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 07:47 PM
Jun 2018

Eric Bradner
By Eric Bradner, CNN

Updated 6:16 PM ET, Sat June 23, 2018

Las Vegas (CNN)In a visit to boost one of the nation's most vulnerable Republican senators ahead of this fall's November election, President Donald Trump unveiled a new nickname for the Democrat running to unseat Sen. Dean Heller.

"Wacky Jacky," Trump said at the Nevada GOP convention, in reference to Rep. Jacky Rosen. "You don't want her as your senator."

. . .

At one point, after jabbing at "Wacky Jacky and Pocahontas," Trump claimed that Rosen and Warren "don't know how to say Nevada." The two say "Nev-ah-da," a pet peeve for the state's residents, rather than the correct "Nev-AD-a," Trump claimed.

However, as he finished his speech, it was Trump who made the mistake. "Thank you very much, Nevada," he said -- pronouncing it "Nev-ah-da."

More:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/23/politics/trump-las-vegas-trip/index.html

MBS

(9,688 posts)
14. In addition to the utterly unpresidential and downright nasty nature of his specific comments
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:02 PM
Jun 2018

about Jacky Rosen, and Sens. Warren and McCain - so inhumane, so undeserved- what I resent most of all is that this is his standard MO, and that it has worked for him all his life..
He has gotten where he is entirely through negative energy: dissing everyone who dares to question him or otherwise threatens him, shameless racism and misogyny, and playing on everyone's fears. This and his gleeful destruction of the environment, of our democracy and Constitution, on our long-time alliances.

He doesn't look like a happy person to me, and God knows I wouldn't want his life, or his awful family and tacky apartments, but still, by his measures, it seems to have worked for him: cheating on everyone, insulting everyone who doesn't flatter him, utter disregard for the law or any norms of human decency.

By now, shouldn't have our fellow citizens have wised up? I like to think that the light is beginning to dawn on people at long last, but, wow, why is it taking so long? How can so many people be so fooled?

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
15. "How can so many people be so fooled?" Because they don't care if they're being fooled.
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:20 PM
Jun 2018

They are having too much fun letting all their hate hang out.

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