Following the announcement of 81-year-old John McCain’s death, the public took to social media to express their condolences and share mixed feelings about the Republican’s life and deeds. Amid an endless outpouring of sympathies for the McCain family, some chose to challenge the massive praise McCain received posthumously.
‘Hero representing best US ideals’: Politicians & public figures praise McCain’s legacy
In his 36 years of service in Congress, McCain had acquired a reputation as a maverick Republican who was not shy about throwing American troops in harm's way. Over the years, McCain advocated for military intervention in a number of countries including Bosnia, Kosovo, Georgia, North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, and Mali.
When John McCain ran for President in 2008, the media called him sick in the head, unfit for office, and a white supremacist.
Now they all pretend to care about him, it's a fake and sick game by sociopaths, they destroy a man when he opposes Democrats. Now they love him!
— Mike Cernovich ???????? (@Cernovich) August 26, 2018
The entire establishment is in agreement that Mccain was a hero. Meanwhile almost every single conservative rightly abhors him for a multitude of reason such as helping the FBI frame Dt as a Russian agent, arming radical Islamists, asking the IRS to ruin conservatives etc etc
— Lawrence Polyakov (@Larrypolya22) August 26, 2018
Ben Norton
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This is a map from 2013 of the many countries where unrepentant warmonger John McCain had called for US military intervention:
- Syria
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
- Libya
- Kosovo
- Nigeria
- Bosnia
- North Korea
- Iran
- Russia
- Sudan
- Mali
- China https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/john-mccain-world-attack-map-syria/ …
McCain also adamantly lobbied against Russia and China – policies which some Twitter users found confrontational and potentially disastrous.
Important visit with brave fighters in #Syria who are risking their lives for freedom and need our help pic.twitter.com/tx4uX572ZP
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) May 28, 2013
Calling him a ‘warmonger,’ some users recalled McCain’s rendezvous with Syrian militants and even accused him of conspiring “with Hillary and Obama to create ISIS.” Others directly accused the deceased senator of pursuing his ideals at the cost of entire nations and wanting “to wipe Syria, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, and Vietnam off the map.”
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He is neither. He is a traitor, a mass murderer and a war criminal. Not necessarily in that order.