Bush, Obama Tributes to McCain Never Mentioned Donald Trump

They Rebuked Him Anyway

Steve Jones
Populiteracy
Published in
5 min readSep 2, 2018

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A Joint Service Arrival Team carry the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 30, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jalene Brooks)

Everyone, either in attendance or watching on television, understood the subtext of Arizona Senator John McCain’s funeral in Washington, D. C., on September 1, 2018.

Simply, the service was not only a memorial to McCain, but also a rebuke of sitting president Donald Trump.

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