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Wednesday 24th of April 2024

AZ Republican John McCain's Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 I pledge allegiance to the millionaires and billionaires behind Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and to their interests above all others, so help me God, come hell or high water. reneged The Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 is the implicit pledge made by signing Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge © 2015 Kwiple.com
2020 Presidential election You have the hostages, the J6 hostages, I call them. Nobody has been treated ever in history so badly as those people. [Not even John McCain?] You know what they ought to do? They ought to release the J6 hostages; they've suffered enough. Donald Trump © 2024 Kwiple.com
Freedom of the press When you look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press. I'm not saying that President Trump is trying to be a dictator. I'm just saying we need to learn the lessons of history. John McCain © 2018 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say What will happen if even one Democrat votes no on federal disaster relief money for victims of hurricane Harvey, like the 36 Republican Senators — Kelly Ayotte Mike Enzi John Mccain John Barrasso Deb Fischer Mitch McConnell Roy Blunt Jeff Flake Jerry Moran John Boozman Lindsey Graham Rand Paul Richard Burr Chuck Grassley Rob Portman Saxby Chambliss Orrin Hatch Jim Risch Dan Coats Jim Inhofe Pat Roberts Tom Coburn Johnny Isakson Marco Rubio Bob Corker Mike Johanns Tim Scott John Cornyn Ron Johnson Jeff Sessions Mike Crapo Mark Kirk John Thune Ted Cruz Mike Lee Pat Toomey — who voted no on federal disaster relief money for victims of hurricane Sandy?  There'll be a record shitstorm from Trump supporters © 2017 Kwiple.com
Nationalism To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain “the last best hope of earth” for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that America consigned to the ash heap of history. John McCain, 2017 Liberty Medal speech © 2017 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say Why would you say something that dumb? Why would you ask something that dumb?  John McCain, responding to FoxNews reporter Peter Doocy, who, hoping to elicit a response proving McCain is as unprofessional, petty and vindictive as Trump, asked him, “Has your relationship with the President frayed to the point that you are not going to support anything that he comes to you and asks for?” © 2017 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Don't trust the United States to stick to its agreements Kelly Ayotte Chuck Grassley Rob Portman John Barrasso Orrin Hatch Jim Risch Roy Blunt Dean Heller Pat Roberts John Boozman John Hoeven Mike Rounds Richard Burr Jim Inhofe Marco Rubio Bill Cassidy Johnny Isakson Ben Sasse John Cornyn Ron Johnson Tim Scott Tom Cotton Mark Kirk Jeff Sessions Mike Crapo James Lankford Richard Shelby Ted Cruz Mike Lee Dan Sullivan Steve Daines John McCain John Thune Mike Enzi Mitch McConnell Thom Tillis Joni Ernst S. Moore Capito Pat Toomey Deb Fischer Jerry Moran David Vitter Cory Gardner Rand Paul Roger Wicker Lindsey Graham David Perdue © 2015 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Make Israel's Iran policy ours Kelly Ayotte Chuck Grassley Rob Portman John Barrasso Orrin Hatch Jim Risch Roy Blunt Dean Heller Pat Roberts John Boozman John Hoeven Mike Rounds Richard Burr Jim Inhofe Marco Rubio Bill Cassidy Johnny Isakson Ben Sasse John Cornyn Ron Johnson Tim Scott Tom Cotton Mark Kirk Jeff Sessions Mike Crapo James Lankford Richard Shelby Ted Cruz Mike Lee Dan Sullivan Steve Daines John McCain John Thune Mike Enzi Mitch McConnell Thom Tillis Joni Ernst S. Moore Capito Pat Toomey Deb Fischer Jerry Moran David Vitter Cory Gardner Rand Paul Roger Wicker Lindsey Graham David Perdue © 2015 Kwiple.com
Selfie When I think about it now, the place I lived in longest was Hanoi. John McCain, 1982 © 2015 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future. Rudy Giuliani © 2016 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Maybe it was through, you know, hand telegraph; maybe sign language. Ask him how he communicated with me because I'd be very interested. Ted Cruz portrayed by John McCain, who Cruz claimed he had been pressuring to reduce restrictions on guns on military bases © 2016 Kwiple.com
Snapshot He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured. John McCain portrayed by Donald Trump © 2016 Kwiple.com
Supreme Court I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up. John McCain, Republican Senator from Arizona © 2016 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Have we ever seen a President attack and malign the free press like Joe Biden has?? Jim Banks, 6:17 PM – Jan 24,2022, Republican Representative from Indiana, diverting attention from years of Trump calling journalists “enemies of the people” by calling out Biden for being overhead on a hot mic calling Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy, to whom he later apologized, a “stupid son of a bitch,” which reminded people of John McCain's on the air response to a question from Doocy: “Why would you say something that stupid? Why would you ask something that dumb? Huh?” © 2022 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I hope that Senator McCain is going to look long and hard at this, that his family and his advisers are going to look at this, and they're going to advise him to step away as quickly as possible. So that the business of the country and the business of Arizona being represented at the federal level can move forward. Kelli Ward. wannabe Senator from Arizona, on hearing Trump critic John McCain was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer © 2018 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I think they wanted to have a particular narrative that they hope is negative to me. Kelli Ward. wannabe Senator from Arizona, claiming that the announcement from John McCain's family that he was halting treatment for brain cancer was timed to hurt her campaign to replace Jeff Flake as Senator [McCain died the next day]  © 2018 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say It doesn't matter, he's dying anyway. Kelly Sadler, Trump White House special assistant, commenting after John McCain, suffering from brain cancer. announced his opposition to Trump's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, saying that “her refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying” © 2018 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say This is a great, great teachable moment here, this whole thing with Trump and McCain. [Americans] have not seen an embattled public figure stand up for himself, double down and tell everybody to go to hell. Rush Limbaugh, defending Trump for saying John McCain, who spent years as a POW rather than receive early release not offered to enlisted men, was not a war hero © 2020 Kwiple.com
Vietnam War One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest-income level of America, and the highest-income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve. John McCain © 2017 Kwiple.com
Warmongers say The Iranians know well and good that if they abandon their nuclear program exactly the way we've asked them to, we can kiss bombing them goodbye. It's a damn shame. John McCain © 2015 Kwiple.com
 
Warmongers say Sometimes I think the President [Obama] cares more about making the Iranians happy than he does about making the people who want to bomb the Iranians happy. John McCain © 2015 Kwiple.com