McCain, Graham tuck tails and declare support for Tillerson

[RandySF]

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced Sunday that they will vote in favor of Rex Tillerson, President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state.

McCain and Graham released a joint statement on Sunday announcing their support and addressed the subject in separate interviews.

"I will be voting in favor of his nomination," McCain said on ABC'S "This Week" on Sunday morning.

He said it was not "an easy call" but said that he is giving Trump "the benefit of the doubt."

"When there's doubt the president, the incoming president, gets the benefit of the doubt, and that's the way I've treated every president that I've had the obligation to vote for or against as a member of the United States Senate," McCain said.

Graham discussed his support for Tillerson in an interview on CBS' "Face The Nation."

"This is why I am voting for him," Graham said. "In my office visit he said that when America doesn’t lead, other people will, and the vacuum is always filled by bad actors. He said that we have to have a foreign policy that engages the world, we need to lead from the front."


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-mccain-lindsey-graham-to-vote-for-rex-tillerson-secretary-state

[pbmus]

1. Party before country....representative bullshit..

[Motley13]

2. Ghouliani was waiting in the wings.

[TrekLuver]

3. They are getting reamed on twitter. Where have all the deplorables gone to?? Back to

mother Russia?? It just doesn't seem like there are as many of them anymore.

I tweeted to McCain that I thought he was an America Hero but he is a War Hero only.

[Solly Mack]

4. duh

[Thrill]

5. All talk. But fall in line?

[malaise]

6. They do this all the time - over and over n/t

[bluecollar2]

7. ExxonMobil donation check cleared the bank?

[oasis]

8. All the principles will get a handsome share of the Exxon/Russia oil booty.

Add Graham and McCain to the list. McCain is no stranger to lucrative, shady deals. The "Keating Five" comes to mind.

[IMWITHHERR]

9. Sad

Very disappointed to hear this, america is better then this

[Jakes Progress]

10. Two cowards.