John McCain Disagrees With Jan Brewer's Drug 'Mule' Comment (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post - U.S. Sen. John McCain says he disagrees with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's statements that most people crossing the U.S. southern border illegally are smuggling drugs, but he thinks she is doing a good job of standing up for her state.

Brewer has said the motivation of "a lot" of the illegal immigrants is to enter the United States to look for work, but that drug rings press them into duty as drug "mules." Her office later said most human smuggling into Arizona is under the direction of drug cartels, which "are by definition smuggling drugs."

The Arizona Republican senator told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that he thinks the governor is correct in saying that cartel movement has increased, and that the state deserves better security than what it's getting from the federal government.

WATCH: John McCain Says He Disagrees With Jan Brewer's Drug 'Mule' Comment

Comments

[joeinknoxville]

09:37 PM on 07/03/2010

he so mavericky.

[Jim281]

07:08 PM on 07/03/2010

They both disgust me!

Who cares what Angle or McCain says! Let them contradict each other till the cows come home.

I sure hope the good people of AZ wahe up! Nov 2nd is tr ash day! Dump them both!

[yellowdogminnesotan]

06:22 PM on 07/02/2010

Jan Brewer is a drug mule!

[Clelia Wilmeth]

03:06 PM on 06/29/2010

In relation to the war of terrorism, the Arizona Law is totally wrong, as the governor and John Mc Cain, this is why.
The muslim world is increasing in population, they are taken over Europe and will be the same in United States.
In 2015 the majority of France population will have muslim faith, poor, displaced and ready to strike against their own "country" and also USA. This trend is the same in USA.
Latinos are almost 100% christians, poor, displaced from their own country, hard working people and the majority of them came here to have a better life with and for their families.
Now, the drug dealers use some desperate people as a mule smugglers, also they use american citizens to buy guns, rifles, you named, because the laws in USA don't have any control - restrictions of whom is buying and what is buying. They have their arsenal from United States to fight the Mexican goverment and our own law enforcement.
USA is a christian nation, and the inmigration process should be more open to christian people coming to our country. The long run fight is against terrorism and their ideology of hate to christians.
Arizona, is going to regret what is doing today, and any estate that follow them. We, as a nation should not loose the scope of the future of our long survival.

[HippieDippieWeatherman]

12:21 PM on 06/29/2010

McGvmp is so...so...breathtakingly "mavericky," isn't he?

"Of course they're not all 'drug mules,'" thought McGvmp. "Some are gardeners, pool cleaning technicians, laundry specialists, fast food workers, crop extraction engineers, and maids."

[KYCH2U]

10:15 PM on 06/29/2010

also PORN "actors"

[Jim281]

07:20 PM on 07/03/2010

And MOST are refugees from imprehemsible horrible violence!

[medic628]

11:43 AM on 06/29/2010

By definition? McCain is burning the candle at both ends again.

[mattbass83]

09:56 AM on 06/30/2010

I think that deep down inside, there is good in McCain, this is not the first time he has went against inflammatory remarks. When the lady during the campaign called Obama a muslim, he corrected her. Is there hope for dear grandpa Johny?

[Jim281]

07:08 PM on 07/03/2010

Sawing off the branch he's sitting on!

[chloe4455]

08:41 AM on 06/29/2010

i could see another "The dang fence PART 2" commercial coming.LOL

[cuzkate]

08:21 AM on 06/29/2010

Senator, Please try to tune in to the reality show that is your state. You represent a body that
has let this situation go hog wild. Instead of trashing the Govenor and the new law, take a beach chair down to the border and sit a spell.

[DeeFromTheD]

07:40 AM on 06/29/2010

There goes Mcflip-flop again. Tomorrow he won't remember.

[bisbeeornotbisbee]

05:30 AM on 06/29/2010

That may be the last intelligent thing McCain will ever say. Not enough to get my vote, but one of the only intelligent things he's said in years.

[jfbuf]

10:48 PM on 06/28/2010

what would Sarah do!

[Jim281]

07:09 PM on 07/03/2010

Augmentation! What else has she got??

[David Christensen]

08:17 PM on 06/28/2010

A little too late to try for the Hispanic vote, dude

[Jim281]

07:12 PM on 07/03/2010

AZ's new immingration policy will TARGET LATINOS, whether they are American citizens, visitors, or off the radar. It is unconstitutional, and I'm in total solidarity with Latinos and other Americans who love the constitution, in demanding that H8 law be repealed before it is put into practice!

Never vote republican again! They are out to get you!

[David Christensen]

10:34 PM on 07/03/2010

No, no, no. They aren't out to get anyone. They are out for themselves and they don't really give a damn about the rest of us.

[Nancy J Powell]

08:03 PM on 06/28/2010

YOU LIE

[awakein virginia]

07:14 PM on 06/28/2010

McCain is insane in the membrane.
He won't remember this statement. He is the Maverick who wasn't.

[rshrink]

06:56 PM on 06/28/2010

You mean today that he disagrees with Brewer. Soon he will say he was an advocate of this bill, possibly even promoted it or lobbied for it and when he does, he will have no memory of opposing it ever. He is the record holder on flip flops at this point. Without Lieberman around, he often doesn't know what he thinks, as they seem to share an underfunctioning brain.