When John McCain Warned Antony Blinken Was ‘Dangerous to America’

Breitbart ^ | 12/01/2023 | JOEL B. POLLAK

[ChicagoConservative27]

In 2014, then-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) rose to the floor of the U.S. Senate to give a 24-minute speech denouncing Antony Blinken, nominated by President Barack Obama to be Deputy Secretary of State, as “dangerous to America.”

The speech is gaining attention again in conservative media circles in the wake of Blinken’s trip to the Middle East, in which he reportedly told Israel that it lacked “credit” to remove Hamas from the Gaza Strip, a goal the U.S. had supported in public.

McCain, known (and criticized) as a foreign policy hawk, said that he usually did not oppose presidential nominees, even from the opposing party, because “elections have consequences,” and the commander-in-chief generally had the right to pick his own team.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Mr. Abscam finally got one right.

[frog in a pot]

elections have consequences, stolen elections have even greater consequences.

[mac_truck]

He concluded: “And now we are going to promote this individual [Blinken] … Not only is Mr. Blinken unqualified, but he is, I believe, a threat to the traditional interests and values that embody the United States of America.”

McCain was a notorious war monger, so who knows what neoliberal 'interests and values' he was talking about.

[DPMD]

But oddly enough (!), he wasn’t too bellicose toward Vietnam.

[Nateman]

McCain will give Blinken a warm welcome in Hell someday.

[PGR88]

Doesn’t make sense because their foreign policy ideas and results seems to align 100%