McCain Mocks Ted Cruz Claim About Hearings On Guns On Military Bases

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain talks to reporters about an incident earlier when members of an anti-war group approached a witness table where former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, Madele... Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain talks to reporters about an incident earlier when members of an anti-war group approached a witness table where former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright and George P. Shultz were testifying, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The protesters carried signs calling the 91-year-old Kissinger a war criminal, when McCain blurted out, "Get out of here, you low-life scum." As a Navy aviator during the Vietnam War, McCain was shot down during a bombing mission over Hanoi, then imprisoned and tortured by the North Vietnamese for five years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Monday relentlessly mocked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) after the Texas senator claimed that he had been pushing McCain to hold an Armed Services Committee hearing about Second Amendment rights on military bases.

“I was fascinated to hear that, since I haven’t heard a thing about it from him, nor has my staff heard from his staff,” McCain told reporters, according to the Huffington Post.

McCain was responding to a question about a Politico report in which Cruz said he was “pressing” for hearings to discuss whether soldiers should be able to carry their personal concealed weapons onto military bases.

“I’d be glad to discuss the issue and see if we need a hearing, but it came as a complete surprise to me that he had been pressing me,” McCain told reporters, according to The Hill.

McCain then speculated about how Cruz could have possibly communicated with him about hearings.

“Maybe it was through some medium that I’m not familiar with. Maybe bouncing it off the ozone layer for all I know. But there’s a lot of holes in the ozone layer, so maybe it wasn’t the ozone layer,” McCain said. “Maybe it was through hand telegraph? Maybe through sign language? I don’t know.”

Cruz, who announced in March that he is running for president, said last week that the Second Amendment should “serve as the ultimate check against governmental tyranny.”

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  1. I’m confused… Are personal guns banned and Cruz wants to allow them, or are they allowed and he wants to ban them? Probably the former, but it is not clear.

  2. Avatar for fgs fgs says:

    Hardee har har, but it really goes without saying that the Army should be able to decide who gets who gets to carry which guns how, on an ARMY BASE! Carnival Cruz should be mocked for his ridiculous opinion to the contrary because frankly, nobody cares whether his staff navigated the proper Senate back channels to the relevant Committee Chairman.

  3. You don’t understand. In Cruz’s fevered imagination, concealed handguns will be the weapon of choice for taking down a tyrannical government. And of course, you’ll need to cripple the U.S. Army, which might be expected to stay loyal to the tyrant who’s paying their salaries. To do that, you’ll need dedicated freedom fighters who can take the fight directly to the enemy.

    Think Gen. Jack D. Ripper.

  4. Avatar for pine pine says:

    Riders in the clown car are showing that they will not dissapoint,popcorn sales should going through the roof with this upcoming presidential election.

  5. Avatar for JohnB JohnB says:

    The former. I suspect Cruz will point to the Ft. Hood shootings in particular as examples of tragedies that could have been averted (or, at least, not as tragic) if personnel had been permitted to have sidearms with them.

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