John McCain to Lie in State at Capitols in Washington and Arizona (NYT)

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/us/politics/john-mccain-funeral.html

John McCain to Lie in State at Capitols in Washington and Arizona
By Emily Cochrane
Aug. 25, 2018

WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain, who died on Saturday at age 81, will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and receive a full dress funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral.

Mr. McCain, who served for two decades in the Navy after graduating from the Naval Academy and who represented Arizona in Congress for 35 years, will also lie in state at the Arizona Capitol before his burial in Annapolis, Md., a Republican official involved in the planning said.

The senator’s office said an official memorial schedule would be announced once funeral arrangements were finalized.

Two Republicans familiar with the planning said that Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have been asked to offer eulogies at his funeral. Under initial plans for Mr. McCain’s funeral, Vice President Mike Pence was to attend, but not President Trump, who clashed repeatedly with Mr. McCain.

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the top Senate Democrat, said on Saturday that he would introduce a resolution to rename the Russell Senate Office Building — currently named for Senator Richard Russell of Georgia, who often opposed civil rights legislation — in honor of Mr. McCain.

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[DURHAM D]

1. The Orange Man will turn green. nt

[nolabear]

2. Joe Biden will also give a eulogy. I suspect the undercurrent will be impressive.

DC will be mourning not only him but everything he stood for.

[MiniMe]

3. Anybody want to take bets that tRump will try to stop or prevent him from lie in State in the Capito

Nothing that man does would surprise me

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. He can't. All those arrangements are under the control of Congress.

It's likely he'll do something obnoxious to be sure he gets the attention he craves, but he can't interfere with these events.