Melania Trump Draws Backlash for Her Statement on Capitol Riot
First Lady Melania Trump's Monday statement addressing the Capitol riot has landed her in the [...]
It quite a feat to twist the events of last week’s horrific attack to make oneself the biggest victim. But somehow, Melania Trump found a way.
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) January 11, 2021
Quite an official statement from First Lady Melania Trump - typos, deceased rioters’ names listed in the same sentence as Sicknick’s and listed first, complaints about how she is being treated... https://t.co/3XkQgFFJAb pic.twitter.com/C2YI3lvCVL
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 11, 2021
Wherein five days later @FLOTUS acknowledges what happened, but once against chooses to paint herself as victim. https://t.co/6koReyhcQR
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) January 11, 2021
Your first words about Wednesday’s attacks are about what people are saying about you?
— Artie Hartsell (@artiemhartsell) January 11, 2021
Somehow, some way, Melania managed to make herself the victim by the fifth paragraph - BEFORE condemning violence (in the most generic sense) and encouraging people to “look at things from all perspectives.” Wow. What a stunning lack of self-awareness.
— w.f. carolyn (@wfcarolyn) January 11, 2021
Donald Trump first told the insurrectionists “We Love You.”
Now, Melania Trump releases a statement praising “Most recently, my heart goes out to: Air Force Veteran, Ashli Babbit.”
Babbit was the insurrectionist killed while storming the Capitol to kill members of Congress.😳
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) January 11, 2021
Melania Trump, who wore a jacket saying she "didn't care" to the border crisis, and who was overseeing a photo shoot of the rugs at the White House during her husband's coup, is now saying she "implore[s] people to stop the violence."
What a joke. pic.twitter.com/epwpCSShHI
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) January 11, 2021
USA ... Today’s letter (fragment) by Melania Trump. My observations:
- The letter is equally sympathetic to friends and foes of our democracy.
- The letter is not representing the couple just her.
- The ultimate concern is what people think and say about her.UN (FUCKING) REAL! pic.twitter.com/wvtF9f5wrh
— Alfonso Rodriguez (@BraveNewWorld57) January 11, 2021
I can't believe
— DeeJay (@ZeroQuarksGiven) January 11, 2021
1. That you nane the insurrectionists as people " your heart goes out to," and
2. That you say their names before the police officers who died.
Melania Trump’s good-people-on-both-sides letter to the American people https://t.co/FXPJIFKsJ0
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 11, 2021
In a statement, the First Lady expresses sympathy for slain rioters, as well as slain police officers, in the same sentence. She then spends a paragraph speaking up for another victim: herself. https://t.co/8xBdlrAo4T
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) January 11, 2021
Melania Trump makes the Trump insurrection about her, talking about how shameful the personal attacks have been on her. She is just like her husband. https://t.co/fn9UXErXq3
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) January 11, 2021
Melania Trump says now is a time to focus on “healing” the country... Are you kidding me? You can’t shoot a person and go, “Your Honor, why are we focusing on me? We should place our attention on the gunshot wound. The bandages and the stitches are what’s important right now”...
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) January 11, 2021
Melania Trump also misspells the last name of Ashli Babbitt, even as she says “my heart goes out to” her, listing her before either of the USCP police officers who lost their lives https://t.co/F4kTHCnetI
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) January 11, 2021