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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 1

      Here's our coverage of today's DC funeral for Sen. John McCain:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/john-mccain-funeral …

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 1

      And, from Meghan McCain: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/meghan-mccain-eulogy-john-mccain-trump … / And while the attention has been on the Trump-related parts of her eulogy, the other parts — that really honed in on how she saw her father outside of the contrast with Trump — were notable as well.

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    3. Nixon Richard‏ @RichardMilhousN Sep 1
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Once again, Trump manages to be the most prominent figure in attendance, even when he's not invited.

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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 1
      Replying to @RichardMilhousN

      That's certainly a way of looking at it. (Although, I think that's inaccurate, as well.)

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    5. Nixon Richard‏ @RichardMilhousN Sep 1
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Maybe it's just spending too much time on Twitter, but I swear at least 3/4 of the comments I've seen about McCain's funeral have been either explicitly or implicitly about Trump. Am I the only one who finds this really scary? Are we going to be okay?

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 1
      Replying to @RichardMilhousN

      I mean, it's the funeral of a man whose life, to many people, represents the polar opposite — within the Republican Party — of Trump. And, it comes at a moment when focus on Trump's future is heightened, between SCOTUS, midterms, and Mueller. So, I'm not really surprised.

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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @RichardMilhousN

          I also think that the aim of the focus — on who he had doing things at the funeral and what they said — was an effort, to his last real moment in the spotlight, to encourage a different path. So, he'd say, I think, that he wanted to send a message that we can be OK.

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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @RichardMilhousN

          "A Republic, if you can keep it," and all that, but, yeah, that's how I've looked at it at least.

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        4. Nixon Richard‏ @RichardMilhousN Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I do see this part. The broad picture of McCain as a cornerstone and Trump as a wrecking ball. That contrast rings true.

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        2. Nixon Richard‏ @RichardMilhousN Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I get this, and I'm certainly not surprised that he is contrasted with Trump, but McCain was ALWAYS known as a "maverick" which means you could always contrast him with anyone. McCain certainly was a man of sacrifice, perseverance, and principles (where Trump is not) but . . .

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        3. Nixon Richard‏ @RichardMilhousN Sep 1
          Replying to @RichardMilhousN @chrisgeidner

          the other elements of them are oddly similar: bellicose, "straight talk"/ "tells it like it is" (including saying racist things), women, temper, etc. McCain was steel forged through toil and suffering while Trump's a gilded marshmallow, but those paths reached a similar point.

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        4. Nixon Richard‏ @RichardMilhousN Sep 1
          Replying to @RichardMilhousN @chrisgeidner

          The two had almost nothing to do with one another, except for contempt (which is certainly not unique to McCain) but what bothers me more is this is not just a McCain thing. EVERYTHING is about Trump nowadays. Art, religion, education, celebration, mourning. It can't be healthy.

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