Ivanka Mocked for Claiming Americans Don’t Want Guaranteed Minimum Wage: ‘Mascot of Cloistered Nepotism’

Ken MeyerFeb 26th, 2019, 10:49 am

Ivanka Trump is catching grief from political observers on Tuesday for what they view as a lack of self-awareness in her most recent comments about the minimum wage.

The First Daughter and White House senior adviser gave an interview to Fox News’ Steve Hilton recently where she was asked about the Green New Deal championed in Congress by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). In her response to the part of the deal that promises a major jobs and infrastructure program, Trump spoke of how most Americans don’t want a guaranteed minimum because they’d rather have increased opportunity for upwards mobility.

“I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something,” Trump said. “People want to work for what they get. So, I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want. They want the ability to be able to secure a job.”

Despite Trump’s comments about Americans being able to pull themselves up, the Twitterverse is expressing significant disapproval over the insinuation that a fair living wage amounts to a handout. More than that, a lot of people find it interesting for Trump to be making these types of comments when she’s spent most of her life working for her father while under the premise of inheriting plenty of money from her family’s business empire.

Has Ivanka Trump ever had a job that her father did not give her? https://t.co/J3ST0eAix1

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) February 26, 2019

I forget, can someone remind me what elected office the presidents daughter wife holds? https://t.co/PdEilKzXOQ

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 26, 2019

Here is Ivanka Trump’s financial disclosure as a White House staffer, full of royalties from dad’s businesses. You decide how true a believer she is in working for what you get. https://t.co/LxxuYUDD6n

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) February 26, 2019

love to get insights into bootstrapping average Americans from the mascot of cloistered nepotism https://t.co/yLJ7LIesAZ

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) February 26, 2019

“People want to work for what they get. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to return to the job I only have because my dad is president.” https://t.co/XxtE2P99nW

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 26, 2019

Ma’am, you’ll need to speak up. Nobody can hear you over all your inherited wealth. https://t.co/mGGGBIjhKT

— Raychelle Burks (@DrRubidium) February 26, 2019

I’m not a big fan of AOC but the last person I look to for guidance on what most Americans want is a spoiled brat nepotism hire who has never had to worry about her next paycheck or getting a job. https://t.co/kFo2qyVKjO

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) February 26, 2019

Ivanka Trump is of course the very first name that comes to mind when you try and think of prominent people who have ‘worked for what they got’ in life. https://t.co/AF3R54PwQy

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 26, 2019

Woman Whose Entire Lifestyle Is Financed By Her Dad Is Convinced People Hate Free Money https://t.co/FevvKbSkRB

— Kashana (@kashanacauley) February 26, 2019