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McCain on Hagee’s Katrina comments: ‘It’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, it’s nonsense.’

Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported that controversial pastor John Hagee — whose endorsement Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) had said he was “glad to have” — had repeated in a recent radio interview his contention that Hurricane Katrina was punishment to New Orleans for hosting a gay pride parade. On his campaign bus today, McCain responded to Hagee’s comments, calling them “nonsense” at least “eight times”:

It’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, it’s nonsense. I dont have anything additional to say. It’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, it’s nonsense, I don’t have anything more to say…it’s nonsense. I reject it categorically.

McCain has now said that he “categorically” rejects Hagee’s comments, but is he still “glad” to have his endorsement?

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Jonathan Martin reports that McCain was also asked about Hagee at a townhall meeting, where he “repeated what he has said in the past, that he doesn’t endorse the views of everybody who endorses him.”

Update:

,The video of McCain dodging the question about Hagee at the town hall is here.