| | [[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|RINO [[John McCain]] with [[neo-Nazi]] [[Oleh Tyahnybok]]<ref>[https://rumble.com/vwytea-u.s.-backed-svobodas-oleh-tyahnybok-overthrows-ukrainian-government.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=2 U.S.-Backed Svoboda's Oleh Tyahnybok Overthrows Ukrainian Government], KanekoaTheGreat, March 2022. Rumble.</ref> during the [[Obama]]-backed [[Maidan coup]].]] | | [[File:McCain Tyahnybok2.PNG|right|300px|thumb|RINO [[John McCain]] with [[neo-Nazi]] [[Oleh Tyahnybok]]<ref>[https://rumble.com/vwytea-u.s.-backed-svobodas-oleh-tyahnybok-overthrows-ukrainian-government.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=2 U.S.-Backed Svoboda's Oleh Tyahnybok Overthrows Ukrainian Government], KanekoaTheGreat, March 2022. Rumble.</ref> during the [[Obama]]-backed [[Maidan coup]].]] |
| − | A majority of conservatives distrusted the late RINO [[John McCain]] even though some of his policies were that of a true conservative. Key RINO principles rejected by McCain included support for [[homosexual "rights"]], [[abortion]], and [[earmark]]s. He positioned his career as a bipartisan moderate, reaching across the aisle whenever possible. This was also his downfall. The era of reaching across the aisle passed when [[statist]], [[socialist]] Democrats became Senators. His major political blunders mostly came during the 21st-century political period. He was against both the Reagan and Bush [[tax cuts]], and employed [[class warfare]] rhetoric in trying to stop the tax cuts from taking effect. His support for amnesty was the complete opposite of what conservatives wanted. During non-election years, he liked to trash conservative positions and icons in order to get the approval of the [[Establishment]]. However, during the election, he refused to go after [[Barack Hussein Obama]]'s associations with [[Jeremiah Wright]]. He believes in the junk science known as [[global warming]], and has supported cap-and-trade programs. McCain supported more [[Middle East]]ern wars, without goals, without full commitment to win, and without Congressional approval. McCain personally participated and influenced the [[illegal]] 2014 [[Maidan coup]] which overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]] and brought a [[neo-fascist]] puppet regime to power. During the 2016 election, McCain [[Never Trump movement|refused to support President Trump]] and in 2018, he stated that he regretted picking populist patriot [[Sarah Palin]] as his 2008 running mate. | + | A majority of conservatives distrusted the late RINO [[John McCain]] even though some of his policies were that of a true conservative. Key RINO principles rejected by McCain included support for [[homosexual "rights"]], [[abortion]], and [[earmark]]s. He positioned his career as a bipartisan moderate, reaching across the aisle whenever possible. This was also his downfall. The era of reaching across the aisle passed when [[statist]], [[socialist]] Democrats became Senators. His major political blunders mostly came during the 21st-century political period. He was against both the Reagan and Bush [[tax cuts]], and employed [[class warfare]] rhetoric in trying to stop the tax cuts from taking effect. His support for amnesty was the complete opposite of what conservatives wanted. During non-election years, he liked to trash conservative positions and icons in order to get the approval of the [[Establishment]]. However, during the election, he refused to go after [[Barack Hussein Obama]]'s associations with [[Jeremiah Wright]]. He believes in the junk science known as [[global warming]], and has supported cap-and-trade programs. McCain supported more [[Middle East]]ern wars, without goals, without full commitment to win, and without Congressional approval. McCain personally participated and influenced the [[illegal]] 2014 [[Maidan coup]] which overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]] and brought a [[neo-fascist]] puppet regime to power. McCain authored the first [[Russian sanctions]] bill that de-stabilized the global [[economy]]. During the 2016 election, McCain [[Never Trump movement|refused to support President Trump]] and in 2018, he stated that he regretted picking populist patriot [[Sarah Palin]] as his 2008 running mate. |
| | John McCain's late-night thumbs-down vote halted the Republican Party's most promising effort to overturn [[ObamaCare]].<ref>[https://www.c-span.org/video/?431873-13/senator-mccain-votes-health-care-repeal Senator McCain Votes Against Health Care Repeal], C-Span</ref> | | John McCain's late-night thumbs-down vote halted the Republican Party's most promising effort to overturn [[ObamaCare]].<ref>[https://www.c-span.org/video/?431873-13/senator-mccain-votes-health-care-repeal Senator McCain Votes Against Health Care Repeal], C-Span</ref> |