Former Republican nominee John McCain blasts Donald Trump over waterboarding.
In the wake of the tragic and deadly terror attack at the Istanbul airport in Turkey, presumed Republican hopeful Donald Trump is renewing his call for torture.
At a rally Tuesday in Ohio, Trump reiterated his praise for using waterboarding — banned by the Bush administration — as an effective tool to fight terror just hours after the attack that left dozens of people dead. “I like it a lot. I don’t think it’s tough enough,” said Trump, adding that the tactic was “peanuts compared to many alternatives.”
Former Republican nominee John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, blasted Trump while speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington on Wednesday, calling Trump’s call for torture un-American.
“It’s not the United States of America. It’s not what we are all about. It’s not what we are,” he told the crowd amid loud applause.
Speaking directly to waterboarding, McCain noted that the technique is considered a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions.
“But perhaps more important than that, if you’re not into academics and history is it doesn’t work… Because if you inflict enough pain on someone they will tell you whatever they think you want to hear,” he explained.
As NBC notes, “McCain has long been an outspoken opponent of torture and had spearheaded the fight to prohibit certain so-called enhanced interrogation techniques originally greenlighted by the Bush administration.”
McCain has a history of sparring with the bigoted-billionaire “over his remarks about prisoners of war but has said he will back Trump if he becomes the nominee.”
You can watch a clip, below, courtesy of NBC News.
And please be sure to share your thoughts on Trump’s call for waterboarding in the comments at the bottom of the page.
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