Applause Erupts As Meghan McCain Drops Blistering Takedown Of Trumpism At Father’s Funeral

Last updated on September 13th, 2018 at 04:06 am

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At John McCain‘s memorial service at the National Cathedral on Saturday, Meghan McCain offered a touching tribute, outlining the softer and personal side of her father.

But she also took to task Donald Trump‘s warped view of America, telling those gathered at the service that “the America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.”

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Meghan McCain‘s remarks:

The American John McCain is the America of the revolution. … The America of John McCain is the America of Abraham Lincoln, fulfilling the promise of the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal and suffering greatly to see it through. The America of John McCain is the America of the boys who rushed the colors in every war across three centuries, knowing that in them is the life of the republic. … As Ronald Reagan said, they gave up their chance at being husbands and fathers and grandfathers and gave up their chance to be revered old men. The America of John McCain is, yes, the America of Vietnam, fighting the fight even in the most forlorn cause, even in the most grim circumstances, even in the most distant and hostile corner of the world. … The America of John McCain is generous and welcoming and bold. She is resourceful and confident and secure. She meets her responsibilities. She speaks quietly because she is strong. America does not boast because she has no need to. The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.

Meghan McCain’s speech was a blistering takedown of Trumpism

Not only did Meghan McCain blast the idea that America needed to be made great again by a reality TV president, but she took another thinly veiled shot at Trump at the beginning of her remarks.

The McCain daughter said those gathered at the National Cathedral were there to “mourn the passing of American greatness … not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege.”

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Meanwhile, as John McCain’s memorial service got underway in D.C., the petty president of the United States – who the late senator barred from attending – was throwing a Twitter tantrum.

That says all you need to know about the two men.

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Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.