Ivanka Trump’s attendance at John McCain’s funeral turns into an even uglier scandal
Why were Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at John McCain’s funeral, after McCain made clear before his death that he didn’t want Donald Trump in attendance? No one knows, or at least no one is willing to admit responsibility for the fact that it happened. Various reports have claimed that Lindsey Graham invited them, but after the backlash has spiraled out of control, he’s publicly refuting these reports. Now it’s taking an even uglier turn.
It turns out Donald Trump’s camp is very upset that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner weren’t treated better while at John McCain’s funeral. No, really. Longtime Trump flunky Sam Nunberg says Team Trump is outraged that Ivanka and Jared weren’t seated in the VIP section. They’re so thoroughly despised that no one will even admit to having invited them, yet somehow they’re the victims because they weren’t treated like royalty at a funeral they had no business attending.
Donald Trump has spent years saying horrible things about John McCain’s status as a prisoner of war. He continued these vicious attacks after McCain revealed that he was dying. Ivanka never once publicly pushed back against her father’s attacks on a war hero. McCain couldn’t have been more clear that he didn’t want Trump in attendance, which means Trump’s daughter had no business being there either.
This is before getting to the controversy where the cameras appeared to catch Ivanka Trump texting on her phone during the funeral. Maybe she was texting and maybe she wasn’t, but the reality is that she was acting inappropriately just by showing up. Team Trump’s complaints about Ivanka’s treatment at the funeral are a sign of just how delusional they are. Perhaps they should have listened more closely to the several speakers at the funeral who explained – without mentioning Donald Trump’s name – why he’s ruining this country.
