“report” = rumor = fake news
This IS Fake News. Presidents don’t attend funerals of Senators.
Found this tidbit from Wellstone’s death:
“White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said that * “it’s not protocol for presidents to attend the funerals of senators” * but that Vice President Dick Cheney had planned to attend. “The [Wellstone] family was appreciative,” Stanzel said. But the plan was changed after conversations with the family, he said.
Asked if that meant the Wellstone family did not want Cheney to come, he said that was correct. “
And, apparently, it’s optional for VPs to attend.
Protocol rules in such matters.