WATCH: Melania Trump Says ‘Our Culture Has Gotten Too Mean and Too Rough’
Stunning, Blind Hypocrisy From Wife of Billionaire Bully
Melania Trump lamented America’s “mean” and “rough” culture in her first campaign speech since the Republican National Convention in July. The wife of the GOP presidential nominee has barely hit the campaign trail and never without her husband until Thursday afternoon, when she addressed a crowd of Trump supporters in suburban Pennsylvania.
“Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough,” Trump said, adding, “especially to children and to teenagers.”
“It is never okay when a 12-year-old girl or boy is mocked, bullied or attacked,” she continued. “It is terrible when that happens on the playground and it is unacceptable when it’s done by someone with no name hiding on the internet. We have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other,” the 46-year old who was born in Yugoslavia, as she shared with the crowd.
Trump told the audience that if she becomes First Lady she will make cyber-bullying, especially of children, one of her main focuses.
“Social media is a centerpiece of our lives,†Trump also said. “But like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. We have seen this already. As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. Children and teenagers can be fragile. They are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence.”
The Keystone State is a critical state for the GOP nominee, but he has been trailing Clinton there for months.
Melania Trump on online bullying: “Our culture has gotten too mean & too rough, especially to children & teenagers†https://t.co/QgO6iPIUnU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 3, 2016
Donald Trump is the undisputed king of bullying – both online and in person – and many on social media called out Melania Trump’s incredible and blind hypocrisy immediately.
Some responses via Twitter:
Melania Trump says she’ll end cyber bullying as First Lady. The wife of the world’s most notorious cyber bully will end cyber bullying.
— Ari Rufino (@AriRufino) November 3, 2016
“Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough,” says Melania Trump, wife of THE vilest and most brutal bully out there: @realDonaldTrump.
— CeeLee (@CeeLeeMusic) November 3, 2016
Dear Melania, have you met Donald Trump? Your husband is the penultimate bully. Look it up.
— Pat Fuller 5 days! (@bannerite) November 3, 2016
Clueless. Melania Trump just gave an anti-bullying speech while speaking in support of the biggest bully in America.
— Frank Moher (@frankmoher) November 3, 2016
It’s rich out of all things Melania Trump wants to do she said her priority is cyber bullying and her husband is Trump the bully🤔
— PhenomenalWoman (@1nePhenomenalMe) November 3, 2016
When Hillary heard #Melania say as FLOTUS she would work to stop Internet bullying …@KellyannePolls pic.twitter.com/hgJ5FSCR7N
— Archivist1000 (@Archivist1000) November 3, 2016
Melania Trump is married to arguably the biggest internet bully and yet her big cause is preventing social media bullying?? Riiiiigghht
— Chad Kimrey (@TheChoons) November 3, 2016
Melania Trump just said that ending social media bullying would be a focus of hers as First Lady. Anyone else see the irony in that?
— Eric Michael Wilson (@Redbeard_Wilson) November 3, 2016
Melania Trump condemns anonymous bullying while supporting a serial sexual predator. Is it a language thing?
— drhug (@drhug) November 3, 2016
Melania Trump will tackle cyber bullying as First Lady starting with her husband’s tweets, then his Facebook page, then his mouth.
— Aღanda (@GrnEyedMandy) November 3, 2016
Melania says she’d fight online bullying as First Lady. Does she read what her husband & his followers post?
— Scott Broussard (@scb0212) November 3, 2016
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