Obama, Meghan McCain rebuke absent Trump in tribute to fallen senator

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News ID: 28263
Publish Date: 10:13 - 02 September 2018
TEHRAN, September 02 - Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, once rivals of the late Senator John McCain, praised him in eulogies on Saturday and joined his daughter at a memorial service in subtle and not-so-subtle rebukes of President Donald Trump.

Obama, Meghan McCain rebuke absent Trump in tribute to fallen senator

TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Without naming Trump, who did not attend the service, Meghan McCain condemned the president in remarks that at times drew applause and came after she said her dad told her to “show them how tough you are” with her eulogy.

“We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served,” she said, speaking forcefully and, at times, through tears.

Source: Reuters

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