Elected officials should not attend private functions unless they have asked the family if it is okay for them to attend. Several times I’ve seen officials essentially working the room for political purposes. That is not an ethical thing to do. And, if they do attend, working the room as if it’s a political event is bad form, to say the least.
What about Trump going? Does that blanket statement apply to him?
There’s nothing wrong with public officials attending even without permission if they are there for the right reasons. Having to ask permission puts the family in the position of being damned if they say yes and damned if they say no.
50 years ago no one would have thought anything of it and would have seen it as a sign of empathy for the family.
Since it’s a different world, both her attending and the person confronting her were equally bad decisions.
1. President Trump showed up on the first day of the memorial/wake.
2. On that day the leftists were gathering for the ‘great grassroots fundraiser at Radio City Music hall’. Bad optics for the commies, which will be forgotten. That was the communist elitist version of a ‘rally’.
3. Gov. Hochul was no doubt down from Albany to NYC for the ‘greatest event of the season’ with the elites. She showed up the next afternoon after the drugs/hangover/party fuel wore off and was not welcomed.
I use the terms ‘communists’, ‘democrats’, ‘leftists’, and ‘fascists’ interchangebly.
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