John McCain, other Washington politicians blast Sony for pulling 'The Interview'

Hollywood isn’t the only place where Sony Pictures’ decision to pull The Interview is being criticized. Politicians in Washington, especially Sen. John McCain, are disgusted by the move.

Sony decided to completely cancel release of the film on Wednesday. The studio has declined to even release it on Video On Demand or DVD. The decision came just hours after a group of hackers, which the U.S. has linked to North Korea, threatened violence at theaters that were going to show the movie on Christmas Day.

McCain issued lengthy statement, blasting the studio’s decision, calling it “profoundly troubling.” He suggested that it was ultimately the result of the Obama Administration’s “failure to satisfactorily address the use of cyber weapons by our nation's enemies.”

“By effectively yielding to aggressive acts of cyber-terrorism by North Korea, that decision sets a troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future,” McCain said. “But, make no mistake. The need for Sony Pictures to make that decision ultimately arose from the Administration's continuing failure to satisfactorily address the use of cyber weapons by our nation's enemies.”

The Republican from Arizona noted that Sony isn’t the first victim of cyber attacks from U.S. enemies and vowed to hold the White House accountable if he is elected Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

McCain wasn’t the only politician to come out swinging. Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) told CNN that the other Hollywood studios should have stepped in to support Sony before its decision to “self-censor,” which said was “what's most worrisome about this decision.”

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) linked Sony’s decision to a series of other decisions by the Obama Administration, adding, “We are better than this.”

Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) asked Sony to make the film available on DVD. However, Sony has already said that they will not even release the film that way.

Mitt Romney also chimed in with his own idea.

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