Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., declared “decency wins” in a tweet Saturday afternoon, including a screenshot photo of former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush sitting alongside their wives at the late John McCain’s funeral.
The tweet is a clear jab at President Trump. Flake, who attended the service for his fellow Arizona Republican, is a staunch critic of the president and his rhetoric.
Decency Wins pic.twitter.com/7DkX1vNG4i
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) September 1, 2018
Trump was not invited to attend any of the memorial services held for McCain throughout the week. McCain’s funeral was designed to send a clear rebuke of the president, who spent his day golfing and tweeting out threats to Canada.
During their tributes to McCain at the funeral service, Obama and Bush hailed McCain as someone who believed in “honest argument” and “courage and decency.”
“So much of our politics, our public life, and public discourse seems small and mean and petty,” said Obama, in a clear critique of President Trump. “It’s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough but in fact is born in fear. John called on us to be bigger than that, he called on us to be better than that.”
The two former presidents were joined in the front row by a third, President Bill Clinton, who did not speak at the service.
