“I can’t understand why the President would, once again, disparage a man as exemplary as my friend John McCain: heroic, courageous, patriotic, honorable, self-effacing, self-sacrificing, empathetic, and driven by duty to family, country, and God,” the Utah senator Mitt Romney wrote on Twitter.
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McCain continued to speak out against Trump until his death, delivering a speech in which he decried “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in a thinly veiled reference to the president.
Trump was not invited to McCain’s funeral last year, which featured speeches by former presidents, including George W Bush and Barack Obama. Trump was not mentioned by name, but a stark contrast was drawn to his brand of politics.
What does it mean to be a hero in 21st Century America? What does it mean to be a courageous politician? To Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez „John McCain’s legacy represents an unparalleled example of human decency and American service.“ Liberal media like The Guardian here without irony present George W Bush to argue John McCain’s nobility in counterpoint to Donald Trump.
Once the moorings have been lost, how are they to be regained?
