Meghan McCain criticized her father’s longtime friend Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for standing by President Trump after Trump suggested that a group of non-white progressive congresswomen “go back” to where they came from, The Hill reports.
Said McCain: “Whatever is happening to Lindsey, this is not the person I used to know.”
She also slammed the “cowardice” of the GOP for not speaking out.
“Even if you were invited to my dad’s funeral, you would have only wanted to be there for the credit and not for any condolences. Unfortunately, you could not be counted on to be courteous, as you are a child in the most important role the world knows.”
— Meghan McCain, quoted by The Guardian, responding to President Trump complaining that he was never thanked for the late Sen. John. McCain’s funeral.
“Meghan McCain, in an emotional and deeply personal eulogy of her father, took a tacit swipe at President Trump several times during her remarks,” the Washington Post reports.
“But the most pointed was when she said, ‘The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again, because America was always great’ — a reference to Trump’s campaign slogan. Rare for such a solemn gathering, applause rippled through the catherdral for several long seconds, passing over an audience which included Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, who sat stony faced.”
McCain also referenced her father’s “greatness,” saying his was the “real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly.”
“Like so many heroes, you leave us draped in the flag you loved … my father is gone and my sorrow is immense but I know his life and I know it was great because it was good.”
– Meghan McCain, in a tribute to her father at his funeral.
“I talk to him all the time, and he checks in on me all the time.”
— Meghan McCain, quoted by Glamour, on how former Vice President Joe Biden has been supportive during Sen. John McCain’s illness.
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