Sen. John McCain sparked outrage with a tweet calling Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “space monkey” over his desire to be the first Iranian in space. Some are accusing Sen. McCain of racism. You will recall John McCain also mumbled “bomb, bomb Iran” during the 2008 presidential campaign. This is the same man who has serious reservations about Chuck Hagel becoming our next Defense Secretary. Funny how Sen. John McCain has so much free time to tweet….
So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space – wasn’t he just there last week? “Iran launches monkey into space” news.yahoo.com/iran-launches-…
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 4, 2013
Sen. McCain later tweeted:
Re: Iran space tweet – lighten up folks, can’t everyone take a joke?
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 4, 2013
I’m surprised he hasn’t deleted the offensive tweet. Here’s a tweet from GOP Rep. Justin Amash slamming John McCain:
Maybe you should wisen up & not make racist jokes. “@senjohnmccain: Re: Iran space tweet – lighten up folks, can’t everyone take a joke?”
— Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) February 4, 2013
This was cross-posted from The Hinterland Gazette.