Today Senator John S. McCain III was laid to rest during a private ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy. Fair winds and following seas Sir, we have the watch. pic.twitter.com/5uE9DSgT6a
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) September 2, 2018
On Sunday, Sen. John McCain was finally laid to rest during a private ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy. McCain planned the multi-day cross-country funeral services.
While his bids to become president were twice rejected by the American people, McCain planned a farewell reserved for the Nation’s presidents.
The services took a decidedly political turn on Saturday when his daughter Meghan delivered his eulogy at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. According to Meghan, her father told her to deliver a eulogy that would “show them how tough” she is. She succeeded in appearing tough by attacking President Donald Trump, but reviews were mixed in the twittershpere:
Today Meghan McCain secured for her father a legacy of bitterness. #McCainFuneral
— James T Harris (@JamesTHarris) September 1, 2018
This new trend of using funerals and eulogies to deliver political messages is really quite disgusting.
Sympathy from death as means to sway public opinion is next level corrupt.
Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 1, 2018
I actually agree with you—Just commenting that since their family decided to turn his death into a DNC swamp spectacle, I’m not going to feign sympathy.
This is nothing more than prime time political grandstanding and I’m over it. https://t.co/TkJTvDYnFE
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 1, 2018
Graham praises Meghan McCain for eulogy that included jabs at Trump: “She is her father’s daughter” https://t.co/ni269OgpjY pic.twitter.com/lUgOkzpAmb
— The Hill (@thehill) September 2, 2018
She was a bitter partisan and unfortunately used her fathers eulogy as an opportunity to bash the president of the United States. I voted for her father but now it’s sad to see how bitter the whole family became. Who would plan their own funeral to bash a rival, very sad to see!
— Bob (@BobArcand) September 2, 2018
Meghan McCain Uses Father’s Eulogy to Take Pot-Shots at Trump https://t.co/ONA7sXT8TE
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 2, 2018
Governor Doug Ducey refused to name McCain’s replacement until after the Senator’s final funeral service. According to multiple news outlets, he is expected to choose from a number of McCain loyalists including:
McCain’s wife Cindy
Cindy’s good friend Barbara Barrett
Ducey’s Chief of Staff Kirk Adams
Adam’s arch-enemy former-congressman-turned-lobbyist Matt Salmon
Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, Director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs
President of the Arizona Cardinals Michael Bidwill
Former senator Jon Kyl