McCain Urges Unity Around Trump, Says It’s ‘Foolish To Ignore’ Voters

The US-american senator John McCain is pictured at the 50th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, 02 February 2014. Around 20 heads of state and at least 50 foreign and defence ministers are expected ... The US-american senator John McCain is pictured at the 50th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, 02 February 2014. Around 20 heads of state and at least 50 foreign and defence ministers are expected to attend the conference which runs until 02 February. Photo by: Tobias Hase/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS

In an interview Sunday with CNN, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it was ‘foolish’ for members of his party not to unite behind presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

“You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party,” McCain told CNN’s State of the Union. “I think it would be foolish to ignore them.”

McCain warned that leaders in his party who have been hesitant or all-out resistant to Trump were “out of step.”

“You have to draw the conclusion that there is some distance, if not a disconnect, between party leaders and members of Congress and the many voters who have selected Donald Trump to be the nominee of the party,” McCain said in the interview.

McCain is facing re-election in Arizona and has both a primary challenge and general election to get through back home, making his calculations about Trump complicated. While McCain applauded Trump’s foreign policy credentials, he also told CNN “a lot of things would have to happen” before he campaigned alongside Trump.

Trump had previously mocked McCain for being a prisoner of war. McCain told CNN that “I think it’s important for Donald Trump to express his appreciation for veterans, not John McCain, but veterans who were incarcerated as prisoners of war.”

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  1. WTF McCain? You’ve been ignoring the voters for all seven years of Obama’s presidency.

  2. The Republican Party set the rules to front end the primary cycle and established winner takes all (plurality) as the standard. What about the 60% of Republican voters who didn’t vote for Drumpf, Johnny Mac? Isn’t it foolish to ignore those voters?

  3. McWar is well past his sell date. Half the time he doesn’t know if he’s coming or going. Going, going, gone however, would be preferable. He adds nothing to Senate other than pandering for his job every 6 years. For Arizona, not so much…Unfortunately, he’s Missing in Action when it comes to Arizona. Does he even live there anymore? Or does he live elsewhere in one of his other 8 or 9 houses when not in DC?

  4. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    When John mcPalin talks

    Does a moose poop in Alaska?

  5. Yep. It’s foolish to ignore Trump voters:

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