Overview
- Former President George W. Bush delivered a eulogy, with attendees including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dan Quayle.
- President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance were not invited and did not attend, according to multiple reports.
- A front-pew tableau featuring Bush, Biden, Harris and Pence, plus widely shared images of Rachel Maddow seated beside Anthony Fauci with James Carville nearby, fueled attention to the event’s optics.
- Liz Cheney’s tribute framed her father’s devotion to the Constitution over party, reinforcing his and his daughter’s estrangement from Trump’s GOP.
- Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were invited but did not attend, as reported by the Associated Press.