With just days left to live, John McCain has announced that the Trump family are barred from attending his funeral service.
As the former Senator says his goodbyes to loved ones at a Hospital near his Arizona ranch, close associates have informed the White House directly that Trump is not welcome at the service.
Nypost.com reports:Instead, Vice President Mike Pence, who served with McCain in Congress, will be asked to attend the service, the New York Times reported Saturday. The ceremony will be held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
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A stream of politicians, including former Vice President Joe Biden and former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, have been visiting McCain at his Arizona ranch and a nearby hospital in recent weeks.
Trump’s long-running feud with McCain has roots in the early days of the 2016 presidential race. The senator criticized Trump for disparaging Mexican immigrants in the June 2015 speech in which he declared his candidacy.
Three weeks later, Trump called McCain “incompetent” and dismissed his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
“He’s not a war hero,” Trump told an Iowa crowd. “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.”
