For the “just can’t win” file, actor Kumail Nanjiani unfairly attacked Sen. John McCain this weekend, saying the longtime Arizona Republican didn’t speak out enough when “vile stuff was said about other people/races/nationalities”:
What was said about McCain was vile, but I wish the McCain’s had been as offended and vocal when vile stuff was said about other people/races/nationalities. Perhaps we wouldn’t be in this moment right now.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 12, 2018
Got that? McCain standing up to birther BS in 2008 is how we get Trump … or something:
Umm . . . https://t.co/WgFkILSwDT
— John Richard Cookson (@JRCookson) May 12, 2018
His picking of Sarah Palin as his running mate is somehow involved, too:
This is one example. Years ago. He has had many opportunities since then to take a stand, as the rhetoric and actions of his party were turning worse and worse.
He also picked Sarah Palin as his running mate & ushered in this era of GOP politics. https://t.co/yWZbrHUbNn
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 12, 2018
Is there any Republican politician who has taken more of a stand against Trump than McCain?
I’m all for more people taking an interest in politics, but new observers need to be a little more careful than this. https://t.co/5nhHt8fEzc
— Brandon (@brandonj_romero) May 13, 2018
But remember when he refused to fuel the Islamophobia against Barack Obama during the campaign? He lost the election but won respect, imo. Which makes him a better man than a politician; ain't nothing wrong with that. https://t.co/MMQv73ovXc
— Steve Philbin (@smgp71) May 13, 2018
This is a mightily stupid take. https://t.co/slLJ9AEUDB
— Tyler Heimer (@TMicenheimer) May 13, 2018
This is quite an ignorant statement, unfortunately. Anyone with a a sense of history that goes back just a decade can recall McCain shutting down EXACTLY this sort of thing. Then, to imply that society's failings are McCain's fault? …That's just dumb. https://t.co/4QzL6GAHCf
— behrnsie. (@behrnsie) May 13, 2018
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Kumail Nanjiani gives Maggie Haberman journalism advice in hilarious back-and-forth on Sarah Sanders https://t.co/bk7gSfJmPl
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 29, 2018
Kumail Nanjiani's SNIT-FIT over Kanye West and Chance the Rapper is straight-up INSULTING https://t.co/MRDN0efmtH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 26, 2018
AHEM: Bethany Mandel pokes some holes in Kumail Nanjiani's case against Ben Shapiro https://t.co/PBuKR0DSrB
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 19, 2018
