Bad optics from who? No one liked this skeletor b!tch, and if Trump nominated the Lord himself, the democraps will tear him apart as unqualified anyways. The bad optics are from the people who hate Trump and would never vote for him anyways! The bad optics will be from the rioting and the Dems destroying a female candidate. This destroys #MeToo and the feminists all in one swoop!
Of course, if the funeral was dragged out, that's one thing. I'm happy with the Fri/Sat timetable. That's one week since RGB's death. No tactical reason for it to be sooner than that.