Meghan made me cry and her eulogy reflects truly the qualities of her father’S character, devotion to family and country, goodness and heroism, all around a decent being. She is right when she said, they were woven in her too. WOW. She made me yearn for the same America where people were decent, civil and willing to live with each other.

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She alluded to President Trump in an emotional speech

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In an emotional eulogy sharing her memories and love for her father Saturday, Meghan McCain made sure to make her opinions on President Donald Trump very clear.

John McCain “was a great man,” she said. “We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness — the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served.”

It was an obvious reference to President Trump, whose campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again,” and who got four draft deferments to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.

Later, Meghan McCain was even clearer: “The America of John McCain is generous and welcoming and bold. She is resourceful and confident and secure. She meets her responsibilities. She speaks quietly because she is strong. America does not boast because she has no need. The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.” Applause followed.

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Meghan McCain, in an emotional and deeply personal eulogy of her father, took a tacit swipe at President Trump several times during her remarks.

But the most pointed was when she said, “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again, because America was always great” — a reference to Trump’s campaign slogan. Rare for such a solemn gathering, applause rippled through the cathedral for several long seconds, passing over an audience which included Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who sat stone-faced.

Trump, a frequent antagonist of McCain, was not invited to the memorial service.

Meghan McCain, daughter of the late senator John McCain speaks during a memorial service for her father at the Washington National Cathedral. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Earlier in her speech, she also referenced her father’s “greatness,” saying his was the “real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly.”

She listed all of her father’s many titles: “He was a sailor. He was an aviator. He was a husband. He was a warrior. He was a prisoner. He was a hero. He was a congressman. He was a senator. He was a nominee for president of the United States.”

“The best of John McCain, the greatest of his titles and the most important of his roles, was as a father,” she said.

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