Meghan McCain tells Stephen Colbert she's still mad at the Trumps. All of them. Forever.

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Stephen Colbert reminded Meghan McCain on Thursday's Late Show that he hadn't seen her since her father, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), died in August, and he wanted to "say I'm sorry for your loss and for the loss of our nation. He was a great man, and you spoke so eloquently at his funeral." He read part of her eulogy: "We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly." "That was somewhat pointed," he noted, "and I have to ask: Did you know that Jared and Ivanka Trump would be attending when you wrote this?"

"When we were working on it, I didn't actually think about who would be attending the funeral, strangely," McCain said. "And the answer is no, I did not know they would be attending his funeral. ... And I thought that my family had made it clear, at least I had, that the Trumps are unwelcome around me, and that my father had been sort of very clear about the line between the McCains and the Trumps. So I was surprised when they were there, and it made me uncomfortable, and I hope I made them uncomfortable, honestly, with everything."

McCain wanted to make this "very clear," she added. "The Trumps had beef with me then, and in the words of Cardi B, they're gonna have beef with me forever. And I'm not going to forget. ... It's sort of a strange element to my life now that they attended, and I wish they had chosen not to out of respect, if nothing more, for me." She went on to explain that her father insisted she join The View because of his strong friendship with Whoopi Goldberg, wished her grandmother Roberta — John McCain's mother — a happy 107th birthday, and said she hopes Joe Biden runs for president. Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.