It’s fair to ask this question now that Beau Biden, the son of the vice president of the United States, has been eulogized and laid to rest.
Why weren’t more Republican political leaders present at the Wilmington, Del., funeral of the son of a prominent Democratic politician?
I was struck by the news coverage this morning of the service, and by the link attached to this blog, by the virtual absence of any prominent D.C. Republican at Beau Biden’s funeral.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, was the only one mentioned. That’s it. He and the vice president are good friends, going back to their service together in the Senate. Indeed, the vice president served 36 years in the Senate and is known to have many GOP friends in both congressional chambers.
Where were they?
Hey, I’m just asking. These kinds of events almost always bring political foes together.
Almost always …
Now that I think of it, you know what would have been incredibly touching? I would have loved to have seen U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who made the crass and ill-timed joke about the vice president — only to apologize later for it — showing up to pay his respects in person.