Washington: The daughter of late Sen. John McCain on Saturday took aim at the President of the US in an emotional eulogy at the Washington National Cathedral.
In her remarks, she praised her father and contrasted his life with that of Donald Trump, Efe reported.
“He was a great man,” Meghan McCain said of the two-time presidential candidate, long-time member of the US’s upper house of Congress representing Arizona and chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee from 2015 until his death of brain cancer last Saturday.
“We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness – the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served.”
Those remarks clearly were targeted at Trump, who received five deferments excusing him from military duty during the Vietnam War.
John McCain, for his part, was well-known for his military service in the Vietnam War and particularly for having been held prisoner for five years and tortured by his captors.
Meghan McCain, the co-host of the American talk show “The View,” also used her remarks to criticize Trump’s slogan during his presidential campaign – “Make America Great Again.”
“The America of John McCain is generous and welcoming and bold. She is resourceful and confident and secure. She meets her responsibilities. She speaks quietly because she is strong. America does not boast because she has no need. The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great,”
In May, the New York Times reported that those close to McCain had told the White House that Vice President Mike Pence would be welcome to attend the senator’s funeral but that Trump would not be.
During his campaign, Trump mocked McCain’s service in Vietnam, saying, “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured? I like people who weren’t captured.”(IANS)
