Melania Trump Condemns Bullying in U.N. Speech, Twitter Explodes at the Hypocrisy
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In a speech at a United Nations luncheon on Wednesday, First Lady Melania Trump called on the international community to help her end cyberbullying. Ironic, when you consider one of her husband’s pastimes is retweeting GIFs of himself hitting a woman—Hillary Clinton to be exact—with a golf ball.
“It remains our generation’s moral imperative to take responsibility for what our children learn,” Trump said in her speech. “We must turn our focus right now to the message and content they are exposed to on a daily basis—social media, the bullying.”
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In her speech Trump said that we need to teach children right and wrong with “our own example.” She added, “We must remember that they are watching and listening…. As adults, we are not merely responsible. We are accountable.”
Before Trump’s speech even ended, social media users, including former presidential candidate Jill Stein, couldn’t help but point out the apparent deep division of ideas between Melania and her husband, President Donald Trump.
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As The Washington Post listed, beyond his golf ball tweet, Trump has also called Clinton “crooked Hillary,” referred to Senator Marco Rubio as “little Marco,” and recently called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “Rocket Man” in front of the entire United Nations.
Even Clinton herself finds the First Lady’s cause of choice both a little off—and largely ignored.
“I think it’s a really important issue, and if she were serious and able to follow through on it, I bet there would be so many people who would be willing to try and help her out on that,” Clinton told Mic in a recent roundtable discussion.
When asked by reporters how Trump can present her cyberbullying platform with a straight face alongside her husband’s vicious tweets, Stephanie Grisham, her communications director, said that Trump “will not avoid doing what she knows is right, because others think it is a bad idea.”
She added, “This is not about politics. This is about using her role as First Lady to help as many children as she possibly can.”