Rep. Amash: McCain's Iran joke 'racist'

A fun done by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been criticized as "racist" by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.).

McCain tweeted about Ahmadinejad's offer to be a initial Iranian sent into space, joining it to final week's news that a nation successfully put a monkey on a rocket.

So Ahmadinejad wants to be initial Iranian in space – wasn't he only there final week? "Iran launches gorilla into space" news.yahoo.com/iran-launches-…

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 4, 2013

The moment warranted McCain some blowback on Twitter. When he protested, Rep. Amash responded:

Maybe we should wisen adult not make extremist jokes. "@senjohnmccain: Re: Iran space twitter – abate adult folks, can't everybody take a joke?"

— Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) February 4, 2013

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