In 2010, McInerney provided his support against the
court martial of
Terrence Lakin, who refused to deploy to Afghanistan due to his suspicion of President
Barack Obama's birthplace.
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Previously, McInerney had called President Obama a treasonous leader who is “aiding and abetting the enemy."
[3] McInerney also has said there were "widespread and legitimate concerns that the President [Obama] is constitutionally ineligible to hold office."
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In 2015 he was a
Fox News contributor, and a member of the
Iran Policy Committee. McInerney was noted for insisting on Fox News that terrorists had flown the disappeared Malaysia Airlines 370 to Pakistan; that later turned out to be a conspiracy theory.
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On September 6, 2016, along with 87 other retired US generals and admirals, he endorsed the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
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In a May 2018 interview with
Charles Payne on Fox News, McInerney asserted that torture had "worked on"
John McCain and "That's why they call him 'Songbird John,"
[8][9][10] referencing a claim against McCain during the
Republican primary in South Carolina in 2000.
[9][10]Charles Payne later apologized to McCain and his family for the remark.
[10][11] Afterward, Fox News banned McInerney from further appearing on its network.
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