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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAaaaaaand...TODAY'S coveted "GFY" award goes to Orrin Hatch.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/07/orrin-hatch-john-mccain-funeral-trump-invite-572681
Sen. John McCain should reconsider his wish that President Donald Trump not attend McCain's funeral, said Sen. Orrin Hatch, the most senior GOP senator.
McCain prefers instead that Vice President Mike Pence attend his funeral rather than Trump, who has mocked McCain for being tortured and attacked him for voting against Obamacare repeal. But Hatch said he thought keeping the president from his funeral was too much: "I think it's ridiculous."
"Well, he's the president of the United States and he's a very good man. But it's up to [McCain]. I think John should have his own wishes fulfilled with regard to who attends the funeral," said the Utah senator. Asked whether McCain should change his mind about Trump, Hatch said: "I would."
Hatch said he does not expect McCain, who is battling brain cancer, to return to the Senate.
"That's what I've been told, said Hatch, who is 84 and retiring after this year. I don't know. I hope he does, I hope he can."
maveric
(16,445 posts)Disrespectful, dRumpf ass-kissing POS.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)Hatch is a hateful person and has been most of his life just like the moron and a lot of the GOP.
awesomerwb1
(4,256 posts)this f---er is.
And who on earth thought that with all the sh*t going on in the country this was a worthy question???
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)could ever be taken seriously EVER again, right>?
bdamomma
(63,652 posts)how much blood money he (Hatch) got from tRump/Russians. A real good man?????
MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)Why would you defend a bone-spur draft dodger's right to attend the funeral of a military POW who served our country and gave up years of his life in a POW prison?
How does stealing an election create credibility for the person or the title of "president" - and the right to attend a sacred ceremony of someone who does not respect that person?
Oh, and by the way, regarding IQ45 - he IS NOT a "very good man!"
treestar
(82,383 posts)He could have kept his mouth shut. This statement was so unnecessary.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)It's a free country, right?
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)..sooner the better.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)FakeNoose
(32,340 posts).... real soon!
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)and we can get a trifecta.
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)Also pathetic, but that's a discussion for another time.
Freethinker65
(9,930 posts)While he gives a eulogy memorializing himself
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)I wouldn't even invite you in your own funeral.
GFY and ES&D
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Even if he had not be "univited", Trump would have not gone. Seriously, does anybody think that Trump would have attended?
FakeNoose
(32,340 posts)Cheeto only goes to things where he's the star attraction. A funeral for a political rival would be a real drag for him.
bdamomma
(63,652 posts)after he slandered Senator McCain for calling him a loser for getting captured, this from 5 time deferment POS.
No Trump would not go probably have Melania go for him. Coward.
struggle4progress
(118,034 posts)of political discourse in the US. Has the date and venue been announced yet? Who does Mr Hatch want to come sing songs and speak speeches over the decomposing wreckage of his own mortal frame? And whose approval of the guest list is required?
trof
(54,255 posts)Does GFY stand for Go Fuck Yourself?
If so, I'm very proud that I figured that out with no help.
And yes, Hatch richly deserves it.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)trof
(54,255 posts)Figure out stuff on my own without googling it.