December 12, 2013   • Sen. John McCain tweets 'joke' comparing
Iran's president to a monkey      John McCain      Photo credit:
John McCain (Getty Images)      Sen. John McCain got some
backlash for a "joke" he tweeted at the president of Iran's
expense Monday.      Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he hopes to
be the first Iranian in space.      McCain then tweeted, "So
Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space -- wasn't he just
there last week?" He then linked to an article about Iran
launching a monkey into space last week.      Rep. Justin Amash
(R-Mich.) lashed out at the "racist" joke. McCain responded,
"Re: Iran space tweet -- lighten up folks, can't everyone take a
joke?"  advertisement | advertise on am New York
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