Almost a week after President Obama compared Republicans opposing the Iran nuclear deal to Iranian hard-liners, Sen. John McCain argued Monday that Obama has “cheapened” the U.S. presidency with his rhetoric in support of the deal.
Appearing on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” McCain told Hewitt that the comment was “not presidential,” adding further that it “demeaned” the office in which Obama currently occupies.
“The first thing I want to ask you about is the president’s comment that those who are opposed to the deal are making common cause with those who shout ‘Death to America’ in Iran,” Hewitt told the Arizona senator.
“I think the president has demeaned and cheapened the office of the presidency by that kind of comment,” McCain told Hewitt. “It seems that his M.O. is to attack to those who disagree and characterize their opposition, which I believe is the — what political arena is all about. People with differing opinions and debating and discussing it before the American people.”
“I think he is now obviously paints us people who are like the hard-liners in Tehran who sang ‘Death to America. Death to Israel,'” McCain said. “That’s not presidential.”
