GOP lawmaker says Arizona should recall McCain during cancer fight
A Republican congressman said Monday that Arizona should recall U.S. Sen. John McCain so he can focus on his fight with cancer, not politics.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
PHOENIX — A Republican congressman said Monday that Arizona should recall U.S. Sen. John McCain so he can focus on his fight with cancer, not politics in Washington, D.C.
“It’s a tough battle, but stress is a real inhibitor toward getting over cancer,” U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas told “Fox and Friends.”
“So let him go back, deal with the cancer. Let Arizona recall him.”
Gohmert also said McCain should be recalled because he promised to help get rid of Obamacare during his re-election campaign. However, the senator sunk the so-called “skinny repeal” last month and planned to vote against the Graham-Cassidy bill this week.
“If he had said last year what he was going to do, Kelli Ward would have beat him, Ann Kirkpatrick would have beat him,” Gohmert said.
“Let’s get somebody in here who will keep the word he gave last year.”
McCain was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in July.
“The prognosis is very, very serious,” McCain told “60 Minutes” on Sunday.
“Some say 3 percent, some say 14 percent. It’s a very poor prognosis. So, I just said, ‘I understand, now we’re going to do what we can, get the best doctors we can find, and do the best we can.’ And, at the same time, celebrate with gratitude a life well-lived.”
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Texas should recall Gohmert for being a fool and a dirtbag.
McCain and the rest of the established republicans in Congress have had years to make the change to Obamacare, either a repeal or a repeal and replace program.
Now seven years later, the country is still waiting....
If he is not part of the solution, then he is part of the problem !
John has become so out of touch with conservative Republicans he should have been replaced years ago. His service to our country was noble and brave. His service to as a Senator has been nothing short of pathetic. My wife is a nurse and sees the negative impact of Oby care, and my brother, who is just a hard working middle class guy, pays THOUSANDS because of Oby care, and he can't even choose his own doctor. John you should be ashamed of yourself. It shows how truely out of touch you have become with the people you say you represent.