Meghan McCain had not even concluded her heartfelt and passionate eulogy for her father, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, before people began pouring out their opinions, their beliefs, their anger and their outrage on Twitter over some of the embedded swipes she took at President Donald Trump during her remarks Saturday at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

The assembled crowd included three former presidents — Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton — plus members of Congress, the Trump Cabinet, and scores of friends, family, and associates of the deceased senator.

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First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, were also in attendance.

Meghan McCain’s politicization of the eulogy for her deceased father shocked many people who were watching the funeral services on Saturday on live television — or watching it on livestreams on the internet.

But social media users also blasted President Trump for comments he made during Sen. McCain’s lifetime that attacked the senator’s military service and questioned his status as a war hero.

At one point Meghan McCain said during her eulogy on Saturday: “John Sidney McCain III was many things. 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 nominee for president of the United States. These are all of the titles and roles of a life that’s been well-lived. They’re not the greatest of his titles nor the most important of his roles. He was a great man,” she said.

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She continued and then took this swipe: “We gather to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice, those that live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served.”

And she said this, a bit later on in her eulogy: “The America of John McCain is generous and welcoming and bold. She’s resourceful, confident, secure. She meets her responsibilities. She speaks quietly because she’s strong. America does not boast because she has no need to. The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great. That fervent faith, that proven devotion, that abiding love — that is what drove my father from the fiery skies above the Red River delta to the brink of the presidency itself.”

(Trump, by the way, tweeted out on Saturday morning and then again after that, “Make America Great Again!”)

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Here’s a sampling of some of the vitriol on social media on this topic — aimed at both Meghan McCain and at President Trump after what was a very moving and beautiful ceremony on Saturday overall:

And check out this video clip containing a pointed piece of Meghan McCain’s remarks on Saturday:

(photo credit, homepage and article images: Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Cropped/Cut Out/Collage, by Gage Skidmore)