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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcCain doesn't want Trump at funeral, friends tell White House
McCain, who has been battling brain cancer, and Trump have had a turbulent relationship. The senator wants Vice President Mike Pence to attend instead.by Rebecca Shabad / May.05.2018 / 4:31 PM ET / Updated May.05.2018 / 5:07 PM ET
WASHINGTON People close to Sen. John McCain have told the White House that the ailing Arizona Republican does not want President Donald Trump to attend his funeral and would like Vice President Mike Pence to come instead, a source close to McCain confirmed to NBC News.
McCain, 81, has been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer for nearly a year and is back home in Arizona after he underwent surgery last month for an intestinal infection.
The senator, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, said in an audio excerpt this week of his forthcoming memoir, "I don't know how much longer I'll be here," according to a clip aired by NPR.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mccain-doesn-t-want-trump-funeral-friends-tell-white-house-n871641
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McCain doesn't want Trump at funeral, friends tell White House (Original Post)
SummerSnow
May 2018
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AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)1. wouldnt it be funny and ironic if trump would show up anyway
Meghan is a huge fan of trump.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)8. I'm betting he does it and shows up anyway.
He doesn't give a shit that McCain doesn't want him there and the difficulty for even him to explain his absence will make him go and risk being the skunk at the garden party.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)2. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief insulted America's POWs
time and again, just as he has insulted our veterans.
Comrade Casino shows no respect. McCain knows that if the republican family-values role model attends his funeral, the craven casino hustler will find some way to steal the spotlight make it all about him. Sad
malaise
(268,931 posts)3. I'm betting that Pence won't dare show up n/t
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)4. I wouldn't want demon Pence there either
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)5. Melania will go, Obama will be there, he makes her smile
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)6. Watch for Donnie Dipstick will attack McCain and Obama this week.
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)7. Before he dies, I'd like McCain to make a video that really details how
screwed up this country is under Trump.