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Barack Obama Reacts To John
Barack Obama To Eulogize John McCain; Trump Not Invited To Funeral
McCain’s Death: He Was Faithful
Former President Ba- rack Obama, who ran against Sen. John McCain in the 2008 presidential elec- tion, paid tribute to the senator after he died Saturday.
In a heartfelt tribute, for- mer President Barack Obama praised Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Saturday as a man who made sacrifices for the greater good.
McCain was faithful to “something higher — the ideals for which generations of Amer- icans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sac- rificed,” Obama said.
For all their differences ― Obama and McCain ran against each other during the 2008 presidential election ― the former president said he and McCain both viewed their political battles as a “privilege, something noble, an opportu- nity to serve as stewards of those high ideals at home and to advance them around the world.”
Former President Barack Obama and Senator John McCain.
BARACK OBAMA
Former Presidents Ba- rack Obama and George W. Bush have been asked to de- liver eulogies at Sen. John McCain‘s funeral, according to CBS News.
Details of the funeral are still being mapped out, but Don- ald Trump is not expected to be among the list of attendees or speakers. That’s hardly sur- prising. Who could forget when then-presidential candidate Trump infamously pro- claimed that McCain, a deco- rated Vietnam War veteran,
PRESIDENT TRUMP
well, was not a hero because he was captured and imprisoned by member of the North Viet- namese Army?
The comment sparked widespread condemnation, in- cluding from other Republi- cans, and led McCain, among other reasons, to banish Trump from attending his funeral.
Still, Trump was among scores of well-wishers who took to social media this week- end to offer his “deepest sym- pathies and respect.”
To ‘Something Higher’
Obama said few people have been tested as much as McCain was, but that “all of us can aspire to the courage to put the greater good above our own.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden also honored McCain, saying he had been an excel- lent friend and had made un- paralleled contributions to the U. S.
“John McCain’s life is proof that some truths are
timeless. Character. Courage. Integrity. Honor,” Biden said in a statement. “A life lived em- bodying those truths casts a long, long shadow. His impact on America hasn’t ended. Not even close. It will go on for many years to come.”
“To me, more than any- thing, John was a friend,” he added. “America will miss John McCain. The world will miss John McCain. And I will miss him dearly.”
Donald Trump’s Worst
Nightmare May Come In The
Form Of Rep. Elijah Cummings
An agenda is taking shape that could have a paralyzing effect on the Trump admin- istration, as Democrats on the House oversight committee begin to take decisive action in response to recent revela- tions and the conduct of the president.
In the last week, the panel’s top Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), has requested documents to investigate how and why President Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Di- rector John Brennan. Cummings also wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to express concern over the appointment of Brian Hook to the State De- partment’s Iran Action Group despite Hook’s hostile rela- tionship with employees in the department.
On Wednesday, Cum- mings wrote to oversight committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) requesting that he convene “a hearing with President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to multiple fed- eral crimes.
The White House and Gowdy will, of course, ignore
REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS
Cummings’ letters and re- quests. To date, the commit- tee’s Republicans have blocked 52 attempts by De- mocrats to force votes on sub- poena motions. Without the power of the majority, De- mocrats have been relegated to spectator status as the Re- publican majority abdicates its oversight responsibilities to protect Trump.
Come November, how- ever, the Trump administra- tion may face a situation where there’s no Republican majority there to protect the president. For the first time, it could be facing legitimate scrutiny and oversight from the legislative branch and the House Oversight and Govern- ment Reform Committee (OGR).
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