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September 4, 2018

Funerals Held for Aretha Franklin and John McCain
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In recent days the nation paid tribute to the legendary singer Aretha
Franklin and Senator John Mc Cain. On Saturday, former Presidents Barack
Obama and George W. Bush gave eulogies to Mc Cain at his funeral at the
Washington National Cathedral. President Trump was not invited and spent
the day golfing. Speakers at Aretha Franklin's funeral in Detroit
included former President Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al
Sharpton, who hailed her as "the soundtrack to the civil rights
movement," and Georgetown sociologist Michael Eric Dyson.

Michael Eric Dyson: "And then this orange apparition had the nerve to
say she worked for him. You lugubrious leech, you dopey doppelganger of
deceit and deviance, you lethal liar, you dimwitted dictator, you
foolish fascist, she ain't work for you. She worked above you. She
worked beyond you. Get your preposition right!"



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