Get Ready: The Twitter Responses to Melania Trump’s Speech About Women Are Coming
Today, First Lady Melania Trump addressed a crowd at the International Women of Courage Awards. There, she mused about what happens when a society diminishes women.
“Wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them.” Melania Trump, speaking at the State Dept pic.twitter.com/KvRQHX3Uff
— Mark Landler (@MarkLandler) March 29, 2017
On Twitter, people got busy musing about what happens when a President like her husband Donald Trump diminishes women. (This isn’t the first time the Trumps have been Twitter trolled with the president’s old statements about women)
Melania Trump just gave a good speech on women’s rights and fighting for justice, that we are all equal. Has she met her husband?
— dhdesigns (@dhdesigns) March 29, 2017
Melania Trump speaking at the International Women of Courage Awards but isn’t she married to…? Didn’t get grab women by the.. ? Shameful. pic.twitter.com/8Q88iA3hkN
— Awella (@Cheers_from_Lu) March 29, 2017
brutal subtweet of her husband’s entire campaign https://t.co/eBv75xDh4s
— Chris Vermilion (@ChrisVermilion) March 29, 2017
Melania Trump is fighter for equality. She believes that women tax payers should pay the same amount as male tax payers to keep her in NYC.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) March 29, 2017
Everything Melania Trump says is a script she doesn’t believe
Everything Comrade Donald says is part of a con
They?Are?Conning?You?— Emanuel Zbeda (@therealezway) March 29, 2017
@MarkLandler @Fahrenthold pic.twitter.com/waDk2qe39T
— JerseyCraig (@CJPatruno) March 29, 2017
Melania Trump presents women of courage awards, yet Trump fired Sally Yates for having courage to stand up to #UNCONSTITUTIONAL bans. IRONY pic.twitter.com/RDSBAdIPgJ
— Julian Vidal (@vidalexperience) March 29, 2017
@CNN how ironic when her husband thinks women are dirt . The women she’s honoring are women trump wants to deport.
— Mony (@monye36) March 29, 2017
Good speech, Melania. Wish your husband and his cronies would listen.
— ((( Rachel Sklar ))) (@rachelsklar) March 29, 2017
There’s an Access Hollywood bus you should probably check out. https://t.co/3AagowghTq
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) March 29, 2017
“Wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them.” – Melania Trump today.
.@realDonaldTrump on women: pic.twitter.com/MCEDyC7yqa— Bros4America (@Bros4America) March 29, 2017
The Daily Show‘s Anthony De Rosa kept it simple by linking to this:
Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
There was even a little bit of jabbing at the administration:
Melania Trump: “Wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them.”
Earlier: pic.twitter.com/q7aluM6pbv
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) March 29, 2017
@MarkLandler @Fahrenthold Might want to convey that sentiment to Spicer.
— Lois Childs (@L01SC) March 29, 2017
The photo shows a widely-panned shot of men making decisions about women’s healthcare last week. The other reference is to press secretary Sean Spicer, whose interaction with veteran reporter April Ryan has gotten serious — very serious! — blowback from those saying it was racist, sexist, and condescending.
Twitter reactions: predictable, yet always thought-provoking.
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