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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:14 AM Jul 2015

My Irony Meter Just Broke- McCain: Trump 'fired up the crazies'

By NICK GASS

Donald Trump “fired up the crazies” in his state when he held a rally in Phoenix last weekend, Arizona Sen. John McCain said in a recent interview. During that appearance (and others last weekend), Trump was joined by the father of Jamiel Shaw, who was killed by an undocumented immigrant.

Trump has tapped into “some anger” in the state over the conditions at the border, McCain told The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza in an article published Thursday.

“It’s very bad,” the Republican senator said. “This performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very hurtful to me,” McCain said. “Because what he did was he fired up the crazies.”
Trump’s latest polling numbers would seem to suggest that his message is resonating with Republican voters.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/john-mccain-donald-trump-immigration-phoenix-120216.html

Ya Sure, Ya Betcha John! You would know all about that.....

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My Irony Meter Just Broke- McCain: Trump 'fired up the crazies' (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2015 OP
I was just about to post the same thing. sufrommich Jul 2015 #1
You betcha malaise Jul 2015 #2
"resonating with Republican voters" = "fired up the crazies" Jokerman Jul 2015 #3
Isn't irony the opposite of wrinkle-ly? broiles Jul 2015 #4

Jokerman

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3. "resonating with Republican voters" = "fired up the crazies"
Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:30 AM
Jul 2015

McCain knew all about that when he picked Palin.

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