I love the rituals and traditions involved with honoring true heroes and McCain's memorial service was beautiful. He'd developed life long friendships with both Democrats and Republicans who loved him dearly. Isn't that the way it's supposed to be? You don't turn your back on a friendship because the person belongs to a different political party than you do. Yet, I see some awful postings on Facebook every day by Republicans (always Republicans) demonizing every single Democrat. It's both ridiculous and scary.
Trump wasn't at the memorial service because McCain didn't want him there. There was much dislike on both sides even though they belong to the same party.
Trump's insults to McCain are too many to mention but one stands out to me. Trump was being interviewed and the subject of McCain came up where he was described as a war hero. Trump agreed but added, "yes, but he was captured and I prefer the ones who aren't captured". This from a man who escaped any military duty because he had bone spurs on his feet (they don't interfere with his golf games, though). I wondered how many military vets saw that interview and cringed at Trump's ignorance. One of my dear friends is a Trump supporter and also a fierce supporter of the military and their veterans. How would she handle this??
John McCain had class. Trump has none.
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