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‘God Bless John McCain’: Democrat celebrities rejoice as Maverick Senator kills Obamacare repeal after dramatic return to DC after brain cancer diagnosis

Celebrities have rejoiced at John McCain's decision to kill the Republican's plan to repeal Obamacare.

Cher lead the praise for the maverick senator, who has made a huge impact on Capitol Hill in the wake of his brain cancer diagnosis.

The singer said on Twitter: 'God Bless John McCain' in reaction to the news coming from the US Capitol. 

Video blogger and self-titled media analyst Mark Dice called the 80-year-old - who flew to Washington after surgery - a 'scumbag' for voting against Donald Trump's wishes.

'Right thing to do': John McCain told reporters outside the Senate chamber that voting against the 'Skinny Repeal' was the only course of action he felt able to take 

High drama for the Maverick: Senator John McCain leaves the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol after voting against his own party 

With the vote stalled going late into the morning, McCain walked onto the Senate floor just before 2am to point his finger downwards and said 'nay' to audible gasps from fellow lawmakers.

Killing the so-called 'skinny repeal' dead 51-49 after seven years of promises from Republicans, McCain was joined by fellow GOP rebels, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins. 

As well as the cheering inside the chamber, observers posted their glee on social media. 

Cher, pictured, was among the most vocal supporters of John McCain

Cher said: 'God Bless John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. Alaska Strong.

'Obamacare needs changing now the Democrats and the Great Old Party can work together to fix it.'

She also poked fun at the President saying McCain was a hero who risked his life for America fighting in Vietnam while Trump hid in New York. 

John Legend also backed McCain's decision but stopped short of calling his actions heroic. 

He said: 'Thanks to the Senators who voted to kill that stupid, heartless bill. Let's stay vigilant. It's not over. 

'Bill should have lost 95-5. I have a hard time calling the three Republicans who voted "no" heroes. It was obviously stupid and awful.'

Bernie Sanders, who was pipped to the Democrat's candidate post last year by Hilary Clinton, also expressed his gratitude to those in power who decided to back Obamacare. 

He said: 'Thank you to everyone across the country who stood up and fought back. Tonight was a victory for the American people. 

'This is only the first step. 

'We must now move forward to guarantee health care to all people as a right not a privilege.' 

Billy Crystal, Jason Alexander and Kristen Bell were all among those in McCain's camp, but there are plenty opposing the Arizona senator. 

John Legend, pictured right with his wife Chrissy Teigen, also praised McCain's decision

Mark Dice, a staunch Trump supporter who has a million subscribers to his YouTube channel, said: John McCain cast the fatal vote which killed the Skinny Repeal of ObamaCare tonight. What a scumbag.

'John McCain is the poster boy of why we need term limits in Congress.'

One of his followers - identifying as Digital Anarchist - replied with a sick message saying he hoped McCain 'got what he deserved' and 'dropped dead'. 

Host of Your Voice America Bill Mitchell, another Trump promoter, said: 'John McCain. You are a national embarrassment. 

'What we witnessed from McCain last night was the final flight of a Kamikaze, career, and life over, seeking to take Trump with him.

'I don't know what was worse, McCain's treachery voting no or his orgy on the floor of the Senate with his Democrat pals afterward. 

'Sorry John, your "War Hero" card is all punched out. You are just a traitor now.

'Is John McCain gonna play the cancer victim card now that his war hero card is all punched out? I had cancer - twice. McCain is a traitor.' 

Leaving the Capitol early Friday, McCain is pursued by reporters after casting a 'no' vote

On leaving the Capitol, McCain was asked by reporters why he decided to vote against the bill.

He replied, 'Because it was the right thing to do.' He later issued a statement.

'From the beginning, I have believed that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced with a solution that increases competition, lowers costs, and improves care for the American people,' said McCain.

'The so-called 'skinny repeal' amendment the Senate voted on today would not accomplish those goals.'

Trump responded on Twitter: '3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!'

The House must now trash out what the final legislation will look like before sending it to the White House for Donald Trump to sign it into law.

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Pakistani IT guy arrested at airport - Washington Times

Well, this doesn’t look odd at all, does it?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s top information technology guy, the Pakistani-born Imran Awan — who was under investigation by the FBI for theft and cybersecurity-tied abuses — was arrested at Dulles International Airport, as he tried to flee the country.

And now Democrats are rushing to defend him, saying he’s the target of massive federal Islamophobia. What a crock.

Wasserman Schultz said through a spokesman Awan was simply a “part-time employee, but his services have been terminated,” Mediaite reported.

Oh, but he’s more, much more, than that.

Awan is the same guy who has made big bucks on the back of taxpayers for years, all while having largely unfettered access to computer-stored data from House Democrats. Can you say security breach? He’s also the same guy who just made a curious transfer of $283,000 to two individuals in Pakistan from his Longworth House Office Building, as reported by the Daily Caller News Foundation. He’s also the same guy whose wife and children just left America for Pakistan, reportedly carrying more than $12,000 in cash.

And he’s also the same guy who’s been under FBI investigation for some time for allegedly double-billing House members for items like computers, iPads and other technological equipment. He had quite a racket going on; Awan’s two brothers and their wives also served as IT staffers for House Democrats — for the last ten years or so.

It’s a family business. A lucrative one, as well.

Between the time Awan started working for Wasserman Schultz in 2005 and his family members were let go, earlier this year, they had collectively earned more than $4 million in tax paid salaries. In February, House members were alerted to potential for abuse and let go Awan’s family members.

Until just recently, Wasserman Schultz refused to fire Awan, however, and even went so far in her defense of him that she recently refused Capitol Police’s request to search a laptop belonging to him.

And just this week?

Just this week, the FBI seized smashed hard drives from Awan’s home.

Nothing suspicious there, right?

Agents with the U.S. Capitol Police, Border Protection and the FBI stopped him Tuesday at the airport, where he was headed to Pakistan by way of Qatar.

Part of the investigation involves what information the family had access to, and what they did with it. Awan, for instance, has been charged with fraudulently taking out mortgages as part of one of several alleged financial schemes — conducted at a time when he had access to emails and files of dozens of members of Congress and to information tied to Wasserman Schultz’s former Democratic National Committee organization. Feds also think the family may have put sensitive House information on the “cloud,” leaving it open for others to view.

And what do the Democrats have to say about all this?

Unbelievably enough, they’re siding with Awan.

Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, for instance, suggested police have simply framed Awan because he was born in Pakistan.

“Awan and his family are of Pakistani descent and according to Democrat sources, their ethnicity is ‘a factor in the attention they’re receiving,’” Mediaite reported.

Democrats truly couldn’t be any more blinded by partisanship. They’re obviously so willing to do the catering of their leftist base — to fight hard for their open border activists, their Muslim apologists in the lobby world, their progressive bulldogs — they’d put the security of the nation second to the get-away car of a federally suspected fraudster. Makes you wonder what Democrats are really trying to protect — what Democrats are really trying to hide.

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Trump has no plans for White House pet

Trump's White House could be the first since James Polk's – 168 years ago – to have no presidential pets. 

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WASHINGTON — Politically ambitious pups and kittens: Put your resumes aside.

The job of first pet — an enviable White House gig with luxurious live-in privileges, after-hours access to the president and guaranteed positive press coverage — is not currently available.

That's because President Donald Trump is not looking for a fluffy sidekick at the moment. Asked about plans for a four-legged addition to the White House, Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for Melania Trump, said in a statement: "The first family is still getting settled so there are no plans at this time."

If Trump stays pet-free, he will be breaking with a long held tradition of presidential pet ownership.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's had his beloved terrier Fala. President George H.W. Bush's English springer spaniel Millie was featured on "The Simpsons." When President Barack Obama's family acquired their Portuguese water dog Bo, it was big news.

"In the modern-day presidency, almost all of them have had a pet," said Jennifer Pickens, a White House social expert who wrote "Pets at the White House." Still, she noted, "all didn't necessarily have them at the beginning of the administration."

Power and pets have long gone hand in hand.

"For some reason people in power, they end up suffocating different opinions and dominating their staff, but they in some ways long for someone who will speak up to them, and a pet will," said Doug Wead, a former George H.W. Bush administration staffer who wrote books on presidential children and the 2016 campaign.

Wead noted that political pets can sometimes be used for, well, politics. He recalled an event after Millie had puppies that was "carefully choreographed so guests could see all these little puppies."

"It was calculated like a state dinner," he said.

While there have been notable pets in the White House for generations, Millie was the first modern White House dog, said Pickens. She added that Barbara Bush was the first one to "use the pet as a tool to reach out."

The former first lady wrote "Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush," which reached the number one spot on the New York Times nonfiction best seller list in the fall of 1990. The newspaper's description: "The memoirs of the English springer spaniel who lives in the White House."

Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1998 followed Bush's lead, with a children's book about family dog Buddy and cat Socks. "Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets" featured photographs of the pets, details on their habits and more than 50 letters from children to the pets.

During President George W. Bush's administration, when the White House was closed for tours after 9/11, the administration tried to connect with the public through videos. Among them was the "Barney Cam" series of short videos featuring the Scottish terrier having adventures in the West Wing, with cameos from the first family and White House staff.

When he declared victory in the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama told his daughters: "You have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House." Several months later, Bo joined the family, a gift from the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Bo quickly became a household name, appearing on morning television shows and in videos promoting the White House Easter egg roll.

Some notable pets belonged to first kids, including Amy Carter's Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang and Caroline Kennedy's pony Macaroni. The Kennedy family had a veritable menagerie of pets, complete with dogs, cats, birds, hamsters and a rabbit named Zsa Zsa.

Going back in White House history, some presidential pet stories get more outlandish. According to the Presidential Pet Museum website, President Martin Van Buren was given a pair of tiger cubs that he donated to a zoo and President John Quincy Adams was presented an alligator.

While Trump has not embraced presidential pet ownership, Vice President Mike Pence has picked up the slack. The Pences have a bunny, Marlon Bundo, and a cat named Pickles. Another cat named Oreo recently died. And they just added two more pets to the household — puppy Harley and cat Hazel. They also installed a beehive.

Pickens said she doesn't know that it matters if Trump gets a dog, but she said they are "effective tools to connect with the American people and I think pets help humanize the presidency."

Of course, while pet ownership can provide personal and political perks, it can also go wrong. Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney was dogged by criticism for admitting that during a 1983 family vacation, he strapped his Irish setter — in a pet carrier — to the roof of his car for a 12-hour drive from Boston to Canada.

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