Cindy McCain Says Trump Wasn't Invited to Husband's Funeral Because She Wanted to Keep It

[mfcorey1]

"with dignity"

Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, said President Trump was not invited to her husband’s funeral because she wanted to keep the ceremony “with dignity.”

“Even though it was a very public funeral, we are still a family,” McCain said in an interview with BBC. “It was important to me that we kept it respectful and calm and not politicize it.”

Although Trump was not present for the funeral, daughter Ivanka Trump attended alongside husband Jared Kushner, as did White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush also both attended the funeral and delivered eulogies.

Trump had a longtime feud with the Arizona Republican, and the tension between them drew national attention during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, when Trump said McCain was not a war hero because he was captured and held for more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cindy-mccain-says-trump-wasnt-invited-to-husbands-funeral-because-she-wanted-to-keep-it-with-dignity/ar-BBPXtuq?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[helpisontheway]

1. I thought John McCain did not want him there..Also

zero finite with Ivanka and Jared there...Kelly and Mattis are not much better..Both of them are mixed up with Trump.

[JI7]

5. the idiot Lindsey graham invited Jared and ivanka

he asked cindy for permission but that was bs since he knew she would not turn down his request.

[Kaleva]

2. I wonder if Trump will be banned when the time comes for George H.W. Bush?

[Staph]

8. He was banned from Babs' funeral.

I expect that the family issue the invitations for Senior's funeral in the same way.

[janterry]

3. Why discuss it?

Honestly, do what you do and move on. It doesn't require a careful PR statement to the press.

[former9thward]

4. It was not a PR statement.

She was asked a specific question by the BBC in an interview. She answered it. What is wrong with that?

[janterry]

7. It's how I interpret it

But clearly you are right, and she can respond as she chooses.

I just don't think it bears comment at all.

[Kaleva]

13. Freepers agree with you.

They have the opinion that Cindy ought to just keep her mouth shut.

[janterry]

14. Probably not

I just think that if you don't invite someone to a funeral, it doesn't require comment. The very act speaks volumes.

Let the behavior stand for itself.

Of course, she's more than welcome to comment as she likes. I actually have no opinion about her. She's had a long marriage - and seems very strong and composed.

[Kaleva]

15. I fully support any Repub voicing a dig at Trump.

It pisses off the Trump supporters and promotes in-fighting amongst the Repubs.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. Had Trump been invited, he would have shown up late, as he always does to important events.

Then he would waddle his fat ass up the center aisle while someone was talking, and plop himself down in the center of the front pew. If someone was already there, he'd just shove them out of the way.

John and Cindy McCain made the right choice. Trump is a horrible excuse for a human being.

[Initech]

9. Lol,Trump has no dignity. Or ethics. Or compassion. Or morals. Or anything that makes him human.

[Cha]

10. That would be an

excellent reason NOT to have trumpshite there.

But, then Meghan on the view sticks up for the fascist fucking moron.

[ooky]

11. In other words Cindy McCain didn't want someone who can't control his mouth

at her husband's funeral. That makes sense of course, but I'm sure the fact that he's such a vile piece of human garbage who had displayed such disrespect to her husband factored in as well. Not to mention that being the moron he is that she knew he came he would make her husband's funeral about himself.

[Achilleaze]

12. Also "honor"

McCain had honor.

Dirty Donny - the republican draft-dodger-in-thief and the role model for little republican children - has no honor.