Posted on 09/01/2018 4:11:02 PM PDT by SMGFan
John McCain is finally getting his due respect from President Trump -- his body is being flown to Washington D.C. on an aircraft that had to be approved by POTUS.
The late Arizona senator's casket was loaded onto one of the jets known as Air Force 2 -- which is often designated for the VP or First Lady's travel. As you know, 45 will not be attending McCain's service in D.C. ... reportedly because McCain wanted it that way.
Still, Trump announced earlier this week he had greenlit military transport for McCain, saying, "At the request of the McCain family, I have also authorized military transportation of Senator McCain’s remains from Arizona to Washington, D.C., military pallbearers and band support, and a horse and caisson transport during the service at the United States Naval Academy."
Prior to the statement, Trump was being incredibly stubborn on publicly speaking about McCain's passing ... refusing to answer questions about the Senator, and even briefly returning the White House flag to full-staff. It was eventually lowered back to half-staff.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
They should take him back to AZ with them MD has enough liberals.
Unlike ANYONE who works at TMZ, Donald Trump donated to McCain’s Presidential Campaign and Voted for him in 2008 against Obama.
Who did the “right thing” then, certainly not anyone connected to TMZ.
Well Trump got the last laugh in their dispute. Trump is president of the United States and McCain is lying in a casket. RIP John McCain.
McStain the zero again? I think we’ve had about 50 too many threads about that traitor now.
I’m so glad this circus is over.....good effing riddance.
“John McCain is finally getting his due respect from President Trump” WRONG!! The only respect due McCain is no respect at all from Trump. McCain was a pathetic little man in life and is a pathetic little man in death.
It preempted a cross-country fiasco
...and I would have authorized pushing the casket out the door.
Sen. John McCain Casket Flies
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I read the first part and thought, another deep stater with flies.
Lord of the Flies.
It should be dumped at sea with his friend Osama.
All their taste is in their mouth. What gall. Will they trash him at the D.C. service, too? Unbelievable.
Have they buried the idiot yet? When is the Gov. going to appoint a new Senator?
>>The President has more class in his little finger than the entire McCain family, the Bush family, and the Obama family combined.<<
Well and truly said, and thanks for posting it.
The DC service was today.
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>>Having a list of people to ban from a funeral sounds very wrong...<<
Those responsible are politically motivated trashy people of the worst sort.
I hope they stocked up on cases of Lysol...
I do not remember Reagan’s funeral memorial being this long
and McCain is not even qualified to shine the great man’s shoes.McCain’s need for media affirmation is apparent even in death
How many was it, in all?
>>That would not work. It is 4 day drive to DC and the stink from rotting body in heat of summer would make it impossible.<<
Not so. The funeral industry has methods of keeping a corpse “on ice” for much longer than four days and its doing so is quite common. Think about battle fatalities brought back to the country for burial.
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