Headline Roundup • April 23rd, 2018
Clintons, Bushes, Obamas, and Melania Trump Attend Funeral of Barbara Bush
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The media celebrated the unique display of unity at Barbara Bush's funeral after a picture of the Clintons, Bushes, Obamas, and Melania Trump circulated online. However, the Left also highlighted President Trump's absence from the service, while the Right noted that Obama did not attend the funerals of Nancy Reagan or Betty Ford.
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The Guardian
Consider him the elephant not in the room, simultaneously absent from this picture and looming over it.
Several past residents of the White House came together to honor former first lady Barbara Bush on Saturday, and gathered for a photo shared by the office of former President George H.W. Bush on Sunday.
The funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday at the age of 92, was attended by many high-profile figures, including first lady Melania Trump and former President Barack Obama.
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