John McCain will soon no longer be with us anymore. And if the latest report is to be believed, it would seem that he’ll be remembered as even more of an opponent of grassroots conservatives than previously known. (RELATED: John McCain Admits: He Gave Comey The Unverified, Clinton-Funded Trump Dossier).
John McCain is the quintessential establishment Republican. And it looks like his staff took specific actions to preserve his status along with the other congressional seats of his fellow RINOs.
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According to new documents uncovered by Judicial Watch, a staffer from John McCain’s Senate office actually encouraged the IRS to ruin grassroots non-profit groups and make them financially unsound.
Here’s the damning revelation:
Judicial Watch today released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner was appointed by President Trump as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel.
The explosive exchange was contained in notes taken by IRS employees at an April 30, 2013, meeting between Kerner, Lerner, and other high-ranking IRS officials. Just ten days following the meeting, former IRS director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner admitted that the IRS had a policy of improperly and deliberately delaying applications for tax-exempt status from conservative non-profit groups.
BREAKING: JW released new IRS notes revealing Senator John McCain’s former staff director & chief counsel for Senate Homeland Security – Henry Kerner – urged top IRS officials like Lois Lerner to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” (1/8)https://t.co/Z6YxSZsmt4
— Judicial Watch 🔎 (@JudicialWatch) June 21, 2018
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This is highly revealing. Many of the grassroots groups targeted by the IRS were small grassroots political groups that advocated for firing incumbent politicians – especially groups who targeted Republicans. (RELATED: New Lois Lerner Emails Revealed – And They’re Shocking!).
This new document seems to imply that John McCain’s staff had a hand in encouraging this behavior, which would essentially lock many Americans out of the political process by weakening their ability to organize on behalf of their political beliefs.
So now it has to be asked: Was this staffer acting on behalf of John McCain? Give McCain’s history of mocking and deriding Republicans elected via direct grassroots efforts, it wouldn’t be surprising to learn if that was the case.
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Just die already Songbird piece of garbage traitor.
You know I have had 2 family members die from the exact same cancer this man supposedly has. I personally think this man is playing us on this about to die, he seems very clear and coherent when they show him and when he speaks two things my family members were not prior to their passing something is not right about all this, maybe I am wrong but this is not a man who looks like he is on his last leg the pain should be unbearable right now even with powerful doses of morphine.
I had heard that John McCain was a traitor during the vietnam war instead of the hero he tried to represent. Now how wonderful that he leaves this world showing that he was also a traitor to the United States of America. His pension needs to be stopped now. Let his wife live on the money they accumulated during his traitor years? And she’s supposed to take his seat? And do what? Practice his ways as a traitor and sell us out again? No she needs to sit at home and bake cakes. What does she know about anything other than what he talked about in his sleep? This is so disgusting and it goes on and on and on and on.
John McCain has NEVER been a republican. He has always been a mccainite. Arizonians are not to brilliant. They kept electing Barry Goldwater who was only in it for himself and they have done the same with McCain. Every since the Charles Keating scandal where McCain got away with insider trading I voted against him. But to the AZ main voters, who never think, he kept getting elected.
But no wonder, they also voted for, Ev Mecham. Read below.
Governor Evan Mecham, 1988
When Ev Mecham was impeached and removed from office in 1988, he was the first U.S. governor in 59 years to be subjected to such ignominy. A far-right-wing Republican, Mecham was a millionaire car dealer with a serious jones for elected office. He notched four consecutive failed attempts at Arizona’s highest office before being elected governor in November 1986 in a fractured, three-way race. Upon taking office, one of his first acts was a doozy: rescinding the state’s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, a move that inflamed racial tensions and prompted public protests. (He also defended the use of the term “pickaninny” as a historical term of affection.) Within six months, a recall drive was under way to give him the boot. In January 1988, a grand jury indicted him and his brother on charges stemming from an investigation into campaign-finance violations and fraud. (In an attempt to halt the investigation, Mecham allegedly threatened the life of a former lobbyist, resulting in additional charges of obstruction of justice.) That was enough for the Arizona Legislature to make the recall effort moot by impeaching Mecham. The brothers Mecham were subsequently acquitted of the felony charges against them, but Ev Mecham would never again win an election. (Not that he didn’t try.) In 2008, Mecham died at a Phoenix hospice at the age of 83, having succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease.
A lecherous backstabber to the bitter end.
You’ve got away with a lot of very bad things for a lot of years. Time’s almost up.
My answer to McCain is that he is a misguided evil man and god is making him pay the price as I wright this. I hope he continue to pay that price.
@LARRY: When the hell is McCreep finally going to kick off?
“WHEN” HE DOES IT’S PROOF THAT STUPID “CAN BE FIXED”, BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@LARRY: Let’s not wish him any harm, but let his family enjoy their last days with him.
“WHY NOT A$$WIPE”?? THAT A$$WIPE HARMED “MY” COUNTRY BUT NOT YOU’RS RIGHT??? DUH!!!!!
@John McCain: DID YOUR MOTHER HAVE ANY KIDS THAT LIVED?? IF SO, WERE THEY UNLAWFUL INBRED OPERATIVES OF THE DEMOCRAT-COMMUNIST-ISLAMIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIKE YOU????? DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama caused a lot of this. He’s tried to sabotage the President at every turn. He belongs in prison.
McCain has spent a lifetime avoiding the law, he is no better than the criminal Fraud Barry Sotero and neither of them has ever deserved to be elected to office because they are not honorable in anyway…..their records are now being openly exposed to the public…
I knew from early on in Johnny Boy’s run that he was trouble for the true conservatives. His ‘maverick’ status was due to his radical military record. He believed that he had attained an elite status among politicians. I had promoted many times about RINO McCain riding off into the Arizona sunset and leaving government business to those true conservatives.
just die you traitor….
Kerry and McCain? And now Manning a convicted traitor who go Americans killed is running for a US Senate seat on the DNC ticket in MD; thanks Obama!
Wow talk about the wrong sort of veteran spin politicians give us. Kerry stabbed us in the back and vilified us and continues to do so. McCain has also betrayed us they did call him the songbird in the Hanoi hilton, and his wife gets to take his place? If ever there were posted boys for term limits its McCain and Kerry. Why do people vote for candidates to DIE in office, its clear his staff is running things who are they? Who voted for them? do they honestly represent McCain or control him?
Wow, you people have no shame. I hope all of you traitors rot in hell. You support a 5 time draft dodger
I’m a Navy vet too [Viet Nam era] and have, since my service, studied American history written prior to 1926 [before the commies started revising our history], plus the bible and our wonderfully written and endurable constitution. I don’t know what John McCain did in captivity, what kind of pilot he was etc., etc., I only know what he’s done politically since then…which has been the actions of an absolutely two-faced globalist, helping to install the New World Order in place of our constitutional republic and removing our sovereignty. I don’t know why he does what he does and can only surmise it was somehow for his own benefit or some group owns his fidelity, and it doesn’t fit the profile of someone who loves America. We’re all going to die so there’s nothing special or singularly sad about his passing and all he deserves is military honors for being in the Navy. Good-bye John…thanks for serving with us, but the rest of your actions were as close to treason as it gets.
Songbird is a crap-headed & cretinous traitor. Has been a Malignant-Envy-suffering, hatred-consumed, miserable, Professor-Peter-Princple’d pos for 80-odd years, already.
McCain has let his anger and jealously over Pres., Trumps success etc,. drive him to give nothing but resistance to his own Party, which only helps the leftist anti America enemies! John has joined the Trump hating liberals, which is a curse not a blessing! The good guy McCain, once upon a time, needs our prayers, Amen!
John McCain was a traitor from the begging…not the hero he made himself out to be – but deffininitely cunning enough to fool Washington. He has been a willing participant in the Trump Russia witch hunt by accepting the dossier and turning it over to the corrupt FBI-as part of the plan…he alone defeated the repeal of the disastrous ObamaCare insurance….his last election was funded by George Soros, the anti-American liberal funding czar…he was “hawkish” for war and our military .. then rallied against it when it became an issue…he has gone behind Trump’s back to meet with world leaders to try to convince them not to listen or belive Trump…and on and on…!
He will not be missed.
This old stupid dumb a*s SOB McCain isn’t dead yet, because there will be a lot of people at his grave yard to take a poop in his face.
I sure wish Nixon never pardoned this POS
pppDavid — The IRS targeted groups who opposed Incumbent RINO Republicans…..One RINO is worth TWO Democrat seats in Congress. McCain has been working against us his entire career. All members of the Military Service, past or present, Police, Fire Department, or Emergency deserve our immediate respect…….until they show that they DO NOT deserve it!! McCain has shown his true allegiance on many occasions!!
Just when did this become known? Trump takes nominations from GOP for these positions. He knows few of the D.C. players personally. This is how the swamp preserves itself and its’ power and influence. Trump has a steep learning curve to understand all the tricks of the RINO’s/Dems.
The article says that Henry Kerner instructed staff to target groups who attack incumbent Republicans, and that President Trump appointed him as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel.
If protecting incumbent Republicans is wrong, why did Trump appoint him to a Special Counsel position?
@LARRY: When the hell is McCreep finally going to kick off?
“WHEN” HE DOES IT’S PROOF THAT STUPID CAN BE FIXED, BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the hell is McCreep finally going to kick off? There’s probably already a line forming of people who want to pay their respects by pissing on his grave.
I always knew he was a sorry pos.
“WHY NOT A$$WIPE”?? THAT A$$WIPE HARMED “MY” COUNTRY BUT NOT YOU’RS RIGHT??? DUH!!!!!
Let’s not wish him any harm, but let his family enjoy their last days with him. The truth will come out once he passes. Let that suffice.
Mr. No Name is the exact definition of the word TRAITOR…nothing more or less.
He’s a twisted up little turd , and now ….POOF , game over .
“I KNOW NO-THING . . .NOTHING . . .! (from . . uh . . .that other POW series . . .uh . . .).
Just glad he never was a pilot aboard my carrier or in my squadron . . . ! He forgot everything he was exposed to in SERE training . . .
Die you evil bastard.you have been a traitor from day one.
Go to your father satan in hell.
I will really celebrate when this piece of trash finally dies. He is nothing but a total lying scum bag.
If this scumbag died 10 years ago, the devil gave him a while lot of time. He deserved to die before his sorrya33 returned to the US from Nam.
McCain, Cohn, Kohn you filthy degenerate, I hope anyone in your family who follows you, have the same destiny! Go to hell, it’s awaiting for you way too long.
Mrs.F posting: After being a POW, one would think McCain would be against war, but he is Hawk.
Wonder how megan feels about daddy dearest now, ohh doesn’t matter now that she is a whoopee follower
Ignorance runs deep in you. Nazism is a product of the progressives, not conservatives.
McCain probably realized how corrupt these neo-Nazis groups were.
Watching the way McCain operated in the Senate, and the way he’s decided to go out in this world. it’s not all that far-fetched to believe some of those stories from his fellow POW’s. Not saying they’re true or not, but he’s proven himself to be something less than honorable.
John McCain is and has ALWAYS been a RINO. He has NO allegiance to REAL Republicans and has done so much harm to this party for DECADES!
Every time a volcano erupts, God is making more room for deviates! I would NOT want to be in the same company as John when he stands before Almighty God! ALL of us WILL when we leave this world! Without Gods power, love, mercy, grace and FORGIVENESS, I would probably be ordered to hell ALSO after the “Final Judgement”! I cannot understand how people can ignore moral laws for material wealth, fame and glory! And, these deprave people destroy the lives of innocent folks and have no thought of anything past their OWN desires!, It does NOT make sense! Poor John, leaving this world the way he came in! Naked and helpless!
Guess all those stories about the things he’s done apparently were true. How now brown cow?
There is a special place in hell for mc satin the traitor and songbird of the Hanoi Hilton
MY HERO. If you like liars, cheats and back stabbers. He never saw the day, he was a conservative. Just look at his rancid daughter, who is on the 4.999 on tv. She is them, in a Mccain way.
We have been knowing he was a low life back stabber, we just didnt know why.
The establishments choice for a republican candidate. Both parties are working towards the same end and keep us arguing about BS to keep us busy.
I vowed to keep my mouth shut and let McLame die in peace. I have re-thought that decision, J0ne McCain is a worthless, lying, POS coward, mutherfuker, rot in hell you miserable bastard.
George Washington’s favorite general was someone named Benedict Arnold. It could have just as easily been Benedict McCain.