Twitter Mob Bashes Ivanka Trump For Posting Photo of Son Amidst Reports of ‘Lost’ Migrant Children
My ♥️! #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/CN5iXutE5Q
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 27, 2018
Ivanka Trump posted a picture of herself holding her infant son today, and now her father’s critics are accusing her of being callous and tone-deaf considering the dire reports coming in from the U.S. Southern Border.
The HHS recently confirmed to Congress that they have lost track of more than a thousand children from migrant families who were detained while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump Administration policy allows border law enforcement to separate these children from their parents, but now, not only are there 1,475 children unaccounted for, there are also fears that some of them might’ve been snatched by human traffickers and other criminal elements.
Trump has tried to pin the blame for the policy on Democrats, but the fact is that the enforcement priority was authorized under his administration. As a result, a lot of people on Twitter are panning Ivanka’s photo as insensitive — with some even going to far as to suggest it was deliberate:
Dear @IvankaTrump,
No doubt you posted this while feeling the great joy of motherhood.But every mother is our sister & right now there are many in https://t.co/ysrzRfxJx8 are in a position to help.#WhereAreTheChidlren?Taking action will result in a lot more likes than this post https://t.co/hoKUBF1GPT— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) May 27, 2018
How would your Sunday morning be if this child was forcefully separated from you and thrown to the wolves, to abuse or trafficking or simply LOST because of the horrific policies put in place by your father? https://t.co/IvRbw1qJnT
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) May 27, 2018
she really out-champagne popsicled herself this Memorial Day huh https://t.co/n3TmUBAJKi
— JV Squash Participant (@morninggloria) May 27, 2018
Imagine posting this on the day the top news story is 1500 children ripped from their parents who have no idea when they’ll see them again. https://t.co/0aKvOe3B8F
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) May 27, 2018
As news emerges that @RealDonaldTrump is allowing federal agents to pry children out of the arms of their (undocumented) mothers and take them away, @IvankaTrump posts this https://t.co/cuWmuwQ1vK
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) May 27, 2018
Isn’t it the just the best to snuggle your little one — knowing exactly where they are, safe in your arms? It’s the best. The BEST. Right, Ivanka? Right? https://t.co/X79r8aWInc
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 27, 2018
This is so unbelievably tone deaf, given that public outrage is growing over young kids being forcibly ripped from the arms of their parents at the border — a barbaric policy that Ivanka Trump is complicit in supporting. https://t.co/Hy1FVjLoZV
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 27, 2018
And 1500 children are missing after being ripped from their familes. Instead of saying one thing about them, you pose for this picture — seems like you’re doing it on purpose to taunt them, Princess @IvankaTrump. #WhereAreTheChildren https://t.co/pqrEb2spVQ
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) May 27, 2018
Sure would be tough to have that child ripped from your arms, housed in a government facility, lost track of, and inadvertently turned over to human traffickers, wouldn’t it? https://t.co/utjXfPa3hH
— David Roberts (@drvox) May 27, 2018
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