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Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton Just Stuck Up for Malia Obama in a Huge Way


Despite the prominence of social media, maintaining a private life is something that’s incredibly important—even more so if you’re a celebrity or a public figure, who to be in the spotlight way more than the rest of us. But everyone need spaces to make their own decisions—especially if they’re someone like Malia Obama, who spent eight incredibly formative years in the White House because her dad was leading the world. Now on her own—and on her own as a private citizen—the 19-year-old Harvard freshman has been the subject of a few articles lately after two videos of the former President’s daughter circulated around the Internet.

In one, she was kissing a young man who seemed to be a fellow student at a tailgate party; in another she appeared to be blowing smoke rings. Neither of those are entirely unusual behaviors for a college student—but she’s not getting the same kind of slack as those of us who weren’t raised by the former commander-in-chief. Instead, gossip sites rushed to post the videos.

Luckily, she’s had a few people stick up for her—and one of the more suprising duos have been Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton. Despite coming from opposite sides of the aisle, they also had to contend with growing up under the spotlight thanks to famous parents—a position none of these three women ever asked for. Trump and Clinton took to Twitter on Friday to defend Obama’s right to choose to live as a private citizen—and enjoy college!—now that she’s out of the White House.

Ivanka Trump tweeted: “Malia Obama should be allowed the same privacy as her school aged peers. She is a young adult and private citizen, and should be OFF limits.”

Chelsea Clinton also spoke out against those sharing the videos: “Malia Obama’s private life, as a young woman, a college student, a private citizen, should not be your clickbait. Be better.”

Clinton also tweeted earlier this year asking the public to give Barron Trump his privacy as well. She said, “It’s high time the media & everyone leave Barron Trump alone & let him have the private childhood he deserves.”

It’s pretty great that these two ladies—among many, many other users—came to bat for Obama. Now if everyone else could just do the same.

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A Little Girl Wore a Pantsuit to Meet Hillary Clinton and Now We're Crying


Name a more iconic duo than Hillary Clinton and this pint-sized fan who came to meet her. We’ll wait.

At an event in Brooklyn promoting her children’s book, It Takes a Village, Clinton came face to face with a little girl in an incredible white pantsuit—an homage to the former presidential candidate’s signature campaign outfit. If you’re prepared to cry out an ocean of tears, feast your eyes on the photo:

Clinton shared the tweet on her own timeline, writing, “Great to be back in Brooklyn sharing #ItTakesAVillage with readers of all ages!”

It Takes A Village is a 28-page picture book adaptation of Clinton’s 1996 book of the same name. In it, a group of people set out to build a playground on an empty plot of land. “We all have a place in the village, a job to do, and a lot to learn,” Clinton writes in the book.

It was released the same day as Clinton’s much-anticipated election memoir, What Happened.

If this photo is any indication, one thing is certainly clear: Clinton may have lost the race for the White House, but her fans are still as supportive as ever.



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Michelle Obama Says Any Woman Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton Voted 'Against Their Own Voice'


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Former First Lady Michelle Obama has some pointed words for women who voted for Donald Trump. During a conversation with author Roxanne Gay at Boston’s Inbound marketing conference on Wednesday, Obama told the audience that “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice.”

Despite assuring America that he would be terrific for women, Donald Trump attitude, actions, and comments toward women throughout his pre-presidential life seem to contradict his claims. And since taking office, the President has taken numerous steps to roll back women’s rights (case in point: last month he reversed an Obama-era policy meant to promote equal pay).

Nonetheless, the former first lady made clear that both she and Barack are still hoping for the best when it comes to Trump. “We want him to be successful,” Obama said. “He was elected.”

And as someone who has first-hand experience living in the White House—and whose husband dealt with Congress that was determined to make his time in office as unproductive as possible—Obama understands the stress that comes with the job.

“We’ve chosen to be supportive of this administration,” she added. “There was an entire party that didn’t support my husband.”

Moving on from Trump, Obama hit back at Republicans in Congress who have repeatedly tried—and failed—to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

“The Affordable Care Act isn’t Barack’s legacy,” she said. “It’s the country’s legacy.”

She also told the crowd that, despite missing “the people and the work” in the White House, she does not miss being first lady. Saying the experience was like “being shot out of a cannon…with a blindfold and the spotlight on you,” Obama said that being out of the office feels like she and her family are “breathing for the first time.”

As the Q+A drew to a close, the first lady’s conversation with Gay ended on a lighter note. When asked what her favorite song on Beyonce’s Lemonade is, Obama answered “all of them,” before adding that “Love Drought” was the one she played “over and over.”



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Hillary Clinton Says Her 'Skin Crawled' When She Was Debating Donald Trump


We’re still a few weeks out from the release of Hillary Clinton‘s election memoir What Happened, due out September 12, but a newly-released excerpt from the book has us revisiting the unprecedented campaign of 2016—specifically, last October’s town hall debate.

On Wednesday morning, MSNBC’s Morning Joe shared a portion of the book in which the former secretary of state described what it was like to stand on stage with an opponent who skulked behind her the entire night. As a quick reminder: This was the second of the presidential debates and was held just days after Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood tape was released and the country heard a presidential candidate brag about grabbing women “by the pussy.” As the two candidates debated one another, Donald Trump spent the evening stalking Clinton on the stage—standing ominously in the background as she answered each of her questions.

“This is not OK, I thought,” Clinton wrote. “It was the second presidential debate, and Donald Trump was looming behind me. Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. Now we were on a small stage, and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces.”

She continued, saying:

“It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my
neck. My skin crawled. It was one of those moments where you wish you
could hit pause and ask everyone watching, ‘Well, what would you do?’
Do you stay calm, keep smiling, and carry on as if he weren’t
repeatedly invading your space? Or do you turn, look him in the eye,
and say loudly and clearly, ‘Back up, you creep! Get away from me! I
know you love to intimidate women but you can’t intimidate me, so back
up!’ I chose option A. I kept my cool, aided by a lifetime of dealing
with difficult men trying to throw me off. I did, however, grip the
microphone extra hard. I wonder, though, whether I should have chosen
option B. It certainly would have been better TV. May I have over
learned the lesson of staying calm—biting my tongue, digging my
fingernails into a clenched fist, smiling all the while, determined to
present a composed face to the world.”

Listen to the entire excerpt below:



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Melania Trump Thanks Chelsea Clinton for Defending 11-Year-Old Barron


As her husband riled up supporters during an unrestrained rally in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday night, First Lady Melania Trump offered a personal and heartfelt thank you to former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton for standing up for her son, Barron, after the 11-year-old was criticized for his clothing choices.

“Thank you @ChelseaClinton—so important to support all of our children in being themselves!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Earlier this week, the conservative site The Daily Caller published a critique of the T-shirt and shorts Barron Trump wore on Sunday as the First Family returned to Washington from the President’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Taking issue with how the 11-year-old was dressed, the article said it was time that Barron began “dressing the part” of a president’s son.

“While the president and first lady traveled in their Sunday best, young Barron looked like he was hopping on Air Force One for a trip to the movie theater,” wrote Daily Caller entertainment reporter Ford Springer.

Chelsea, who faced her own share of criticism during her childhood in the White House, soon sprung to Barron’s defense.

“It’s high time the media and everyone leave Barron Trump alone and let him have the private childhood he deserves,” Clinton wrote in a Tweet Monday night.

And when various Twitter users were all-too-ready to criticize the 11-year-old, Chelsea was there ready to fire back:

This, of course, isn’t the first time that Chelsea’s stood up for the President’s youngest son. When Barron was criticized on social media during the inauguration in January, Chelsea slammed those who ridiculed the young boy (while also offering a subtle dig at his father’s administration): “Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does-to be a kid,” she tweeted. “Standing up for every kid also means opposing POTUS policies that hurt kids.”



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