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Quixote1818

(28,971 posts)
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:09 AM Sep 2018

Ivanka and Jared deserved better seats at McCain's funeral, former Trump aide fumes

Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg has expressed his displeasure over the fact that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were not given VIP seats at Senator John McCain’s funeral on Saturday.

The Trump ally criticized the McCain family and lashed out at how Trump’s daughter and her husband were treated during the service.

“It was a very nice gesture by Jared and Ivanka to attend,” Nunberg told Politico. “I find it contemptible that the McCain family couldn’t seat them in a better, more respectable section.”

Other Trump allies were also incensed that McCain’s daughter made critical comments seemingly directed at the president.

“We gather to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice, those that live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served,” Meghan McCain said. “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.”

More: https://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-jared-deserved-better-seats-mccain-funeral-former-trump-aide-fumes-1101335

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Ivanka and Jared deserved better seats at McCain's funeral, former Trump aide fumes (Original Post) Quixote1818 Sep 2018 OP
Hey, Sam, wanna guess what I find contemptible? dchill Sep 2018 #1
I find True Blue American Sep 2018 #23
they were lucky they got in the door. spanone Sep 2018 #2
Yes, they DO deserve better seats! lastlib Sep 2018 #19
Not gold-plated, joshdawg Sep 2018 #25
I was thinking gold is a good electrical conductor......... lastlib Sep 2018 #39
The Trump crime family was not invited. dalton99a Sep 2018 #3
Sams feeling froggy. Crutchez_CuiBono Sep 2018 #4
Nunberg? nolabear Sep 2018 #5
So --ummm -- they are ex-presidents? Or they helped Nixon open up China? fierywoman Sep 2018 #6
FFS it's a funeral RandySF Sep 2018 #7
Personally, as long as I'm not in that big box at the front Rorey Sep 2018 #11
+1000! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #21
Criticizing a grief-stricken daughter's comments Rorey Sep 2018 #8
This guy is such a f*cking sh*tstain I don't care which law it is, I hope he gets indicted RockRaven Sep 2018 #9
Because obviously, McCain's funeral was all about Javanka. Marie Marie Sep 2018 #10
Did Jared and javanka have their secret service agents with them? I heard they walked there Meadowoak Sep 2018 #37
They deserved the GTFO treatment. CentralMass Sep 2018 #12
Was her cell phone reception not good enough where she was sitting? Rorey Sep 2018 #13
If either of those two had any class ... CatMor Sep 2018 #14
And who are they? C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #15
They both... SergeStorms Sep 2018 #26
The Paris Hiltons of politics underpants Sep 2018 #38
When Orange Orangutan passes, they can show everyone BootinUp Sep 2018 #16
I agree-- they should have been seated closer to hear Meghan McCain slam their daddy. dawg day Sep 2018 #17
loss of poise Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #29
As Melly would put it, "I really don't care. Do you?" Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #18
Like everything associated with drumpf, there is something seriously wrong democratisphere Sep 2018 #20
Here is more appropriate seating: joet67 Sep 2018 #22
Sam needs a waaaahmbulance! joshdawg Sep 2018 #24
Womp womp. nt SunSeeker Sep 2018 #27
These seats are better than they deserve. edbermac Sep 2018 #28
They both have seats in the White House rusty quoin Sep 2018 #30
It was a funeral, not a fucking movie. BlueStater Sep 2018 #31
Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #45
A "more respectable section"? What, they found themselves in the "children of convicts ... muriel_volestrangler Sep 2018 #32
You know who I want to get better seats?People who aren't captured by a cult of hate and racism. grantcart Sep 2018 #33
They didn't go to show respect duforsure Sep 2018 #34
I was never a fan of John McCain in life but this was his funeral as he planned it. gordianot Sep 2018 #35
Anyone remember Trent Lott (R-MS) getting booed at Paul Wellstone's funeral in 2002? VOX Sep 2018 #36
I'm sorry I ever apologized. Harker Sep 2018 #41
Hey, Sam. Ever heard the phrase "skunk at the garden party?" Jarvanka equals skunks. Vinca Sep 2018 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author coeur_de_lion Sep 2018 #42
THEY WEREN'T INVITED! AwakeAtLast Sep 2018 #43
Well, they will have FRONT ROW seats Bettie Sep 2018 #44

True Blue American

(17,988 posts)
23. I find
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:35 AM
Sep 2018

Nuneberg contemptable. MSNBC is using him as a laughing joke. The guy is manic, on pills?

They even asked him that. He is like a windmill.

lastlib

(23,287 posts)
39. I was thinking gold is a good electrical conductor.........
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 06:39 AM
Sep 2018

It would carry the voltage they are so entitled to...

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
4. Sams feeling froggy.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:14 AM
Sep 2018

Your turns coming sammy. Enjoy life while you can. Your shitbird friend w the tattoo is taking you down too.

fierywoman

(7,694 posts)
6. So --ummm -- they are ex-presidents? Or they helped Nixon open up China?
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:19 AM
Sep 2018

In reality, what have they actually done with the lives that have been given them? I mean, besides wearing expensive clothes and having a certain amount of plastic surgery ?(would that be considered suffering for one's country?)

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
11. Personally, as long as I'm not in that big box at the front
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:24 AM
Sep 2018

I'm okay with wherever I sit when I'm not next of kin.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
8. Criticizing a grief-stricken daughter's comments
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:23 AM
Sep 2018

Nope. Inappropriate. Nunberg lacks common decency and need to shut his pie hole.

RockRaven

(15,002 posts)
9. This guy is such a f*cking sh*tstain I don't care which law it is, I hope he gets indicted
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:24 AM
Sep 2018

for anything and everything, so long as the charges are based on facts, evidence, logic, and justice.

Go away Nunberg, nobody likes you!

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
10. Because obviously, McCain's funeral was all about Javanka.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:24 AM
Sep 2018

Sam, your displeasure is duly noted and then promptly forgotten.

Meadowoak

(5,559 posts)
37. Did Jared and javanka have their secret service agents with them? I heard they walked there
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 05:26 AM
Sep 2018

Wouldn't that be a national security risk? They could have been kidnapped. Idiots!

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
13. Was her cell phone reception not good enough where she was sitting?
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:26 AM
Sep 2018

Someone uncouth enough to text during a funeral doesn't deserve any special consideration.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
14. If either of those two had any class ...
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:42 AM
Sep 2018

they would have stayed away because of daddy and his treatment of Senator McCain. They both seem to be clueless.

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)
15. And who are they?
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 12:47 AM
Sep 2018

As far as I can tell, despite their wealth and privilege, neither one has done a thing to help anyone but themselves. They are the Paris Hiltons of politics. And given their administration's insults to McCain, they should be ashamed for showing their faces.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
26. They both...
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 02:53 AM
Sep 2018

chose their parents so well. That's the only accomplishment either can claim, which is no accomplishment at all. If not for a simple accident of birth these two could very well be living in a homeless shelter. Their good fortune is lost on both of them. They're nothing but self-centered ne'er-do-wells who've been handed everything they've received in life. So they deserve some sort of special treatment because of that?

You're spot on C_U_L8R, they had no business being there at all.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
17. I agree-- they should have been seated closer to hear Meghan McCain slam their daddy.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 01:12 AM
Sep 2018

Then we could all see the fear in their faces at the honest outrage.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,430 posts)
29. loss of poise
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:14 AM
Sep 2018

I disagree with Meghan's stated politics, but I wouldn't want to cause her further grief. If Jarvanka had been seated within spitting distance, Meghan may not have been able to resist the temptation.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
20. Like everything associated with drumpf, there is something seriously wrong
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 01:22 AM
Sep 2018

with Sam Nunberg. Javanka should have been seated across the street from the church.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
30. They both have seats in the White House
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:17 AM
Sep 2018

Bobby Kennedy was there but was also qualified. These are different times when you can openly make profit in the actual White House.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)
32. A "more respectable section"? What, they found themselves in the "children of convicts ...
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:35 AM
Sep 2018

… and people under investigation for conspiracy with foreign powers" section? I wonder why that could be?

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
34. They didn't go to show respect
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:41 AM
Sep 2018

They went there to promote themselves as something they'll never be, respectable. Another fraud.

gordianot

(15,245 posts)
35. I was never a fan of John McCain in life but this was his funeral as he planned it.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:58 AM
Sep 2018

Funerals are for the living and John McCain planned one for his family and friends (some Democrats). To those of us who were not exactly impressed with John McCain it was a good reminder he was a decent man who did put family first and as corny as it is to say Country and honor were also center stage. What McCain said to his supporter about Obama comes full circle and can now be said about John McCain.

I am so looking forward to the day Trump and the deplorable scum surrounding him are gone. They should be relegated to obscurity but not forgotten. As disgusting as this Nunberg character, Ivanka and Jared, and even the orange monster; they serve as balance to John McCain who will be remembered for his merits and not crimes against his country.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
36. Anyone remember Trent Lott (R-MS) getting booed at Paul Wellstone's funeral in 2002?
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 04:43 AM
Sep 2018

Same shit, different year. Mock Outrage is included in every basic starter GOP-asshole toolkit. The Wellstone event is also a case study in the vintage, wet-dishrag Democratic response to being sucker-punched by the right, and then apologizing for it, like saying, "I'm sorry I put my face in the way of your fist." NO MORE!

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/30/elec02.fallout.memorial/index.html
Tone of Wellstone memorial generates anger
Ventura blasts 'political rally'
CNN | Thursday, October 31, 2002

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- The partisan tone of the memorial service for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone stirred anger Wednesday in some Republicans, political consultants and radio talk show hosts who say some of the comments and behavior were inappropriate.

Democrats defended the nature of the service, but they also apologized to anyone who might have been offended.

Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, was booed Tuesday night when he entered Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota for the service. Scattered boos also greeted independent Gov. Jesse Ventura, who Wednesday lashed out at Democrats for what he called a "political rally."

The crowd cheered loudly for former Vice President Walter Mondale, who announced in a letter Wednesday that he would run for Wellstone's seat.

Some Republicans in Minnesota demanded equal time from the local television stations that carried last night's memorial, attended by a crowd of more than 20,000. But officials at local television stations pointed out that they will cover President Bush's expected trip to Minnesota this weekend, when he will campaign for Republican Norm Coleman.

Vin Weber, a former congressman from Minnesota, lambasted Democrats for what he called a "complete, total absolute sham."

"To them, Wellstone's death, apparently, was just another campaign event," he told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Dave Ryan, a radio talk show host in Minneapolis, said the airwaves have been full of talk about the service, which featured speeches from Wellstone family members and friends who urged the crowd to remember Wellstone when they cast their votes next week. "I guess the local stations here were swamped with phone calls from people who were angry because they had been sold a memorial service that had turned into a political rally," Ryan said in an interview with CNN. "And I really thought that was kind of shameful. I really did."
<snip>
AND HERE'S THE OLD PROBLEM, STATED RIGHT HERE IN THE ARTICLE:
Democrats, who initially dismissed the criticism, later apologized for some activity, but said the event was unscripted and reflected the strong emotions people felt about Wellstone's death.
"We're sorry if some of the comments went too far in a political direction," Jim Farrell, the former press secretary for Wellstone, told CNN.
<snip>
No more apologizing EVER, Democrats!

Response to Quixote1818 (Original post)

AwakeAtLast

(14,134 posts)
43. THEY WEREN'T INVITED!
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 12:01 AM
Sep 2018

They were an exception made by Cindy McCain for Pete's sake. The stupid. Need a fire extinguisher.

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