'Just don't': Ivanka and Melania Trump blasted for their 'hypocritical' Black History Month tweets
In light of President Donald Trump's history of controversial statements and policies, many blasted their tweets as hypocritical and "complicit".
Ivanka and Melania Trump took to Twitter this week to commemorate the first day of Black History Month on Thursday (1 February), but were both immediately eviscerated, triggering swift and furious backlash. In light of President Donald Trump's history of controversial statements and policies during his first year in office, many blasted their tweets as hypocritical and "complicit" in Trump's "racist" behaviour and agenda.
"During #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate heroes like Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who were sojourners for freedom – and we resolve to continue to bring greater equality, dignity, and opportunity to all Americans, regardless of race or background," Ivanka tweeted.
Trump's daughter and White House adviser Ivanka has frequently drawn criticism for failing to speak up against Trump's policies and standing up for issues she claimed to believe in.
While many slammed Ivanka's post as "empty words", some questioned whether she used the word "sojourners" in the right context.
"Lady, you and your family, particularly your father, @POTUS hardly have a proven track record of success with "freedom for All Americans", let alone African-Americans," one Twitter user wrote. "You tried it though. #LivingInAnAlternativeReality".
"As long as they don't practice their right to protest and free speech, right?" someone else questioned.
"Irony is dead," Joe Pap added.
Unless they live in Puerto Rico. Right Ivanka??
— Hamilton Gibbons (@HamiltonGibbons) February 1, 2018
Or any “shitholeâ€
— Pretty Punk (@EchoVoxx) February 1, 2018
Your dad is a racist that thinks White Supremacists are very fine people.
— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) February 1, 2018
You are complicit.
So thanks for your tweet, but honestly, you can keep that shit for yourself.
Your whole family is going to jail, chica. pic.twitter.com/SOI3wvJwVw
Did Ivanka just make #BlackHistoryMonth about ALL Americans? What is wrong with her? Plus, did she use "sojourners" in the correct context 🤔
— Sonya 🌻â„♊ðŸ·ðŸŒŠ (@suiteplat) February 1, 2018
Maybe tag your father, I don't think he knows...
— Daniel Danger Marin (@dangermarin) February 1, 2018
"[white supremacists] are very fine people"
Your father said Nazis were "very fine people" - how can you even put these American heroes names in your mouth? You should be ASHAMED. You have NO RIGHT to even talk about this. You are as disgusting as him, perhaps more because you're pretending to be something that you are not
— Stefanie Iris Weiss 🧚â€â™€ï¸ (@EcoSexuality) February 2, 2018
me to Ivanka pic.twitter.com/kOByOoRxhc
— Nurse LoveHandles (@AgentBigButt) February 2, 2018
Wow, you just whitesplaid all over #BlackHistoryMonth
— Kel ☕ (@Kel_inthecube) February 2, 2018
Do you even know what the word “sojourner†means? It is not apparent in your statement, but then again you did not know the meaning of complicit.
— Mary St George (@MaryStGeorge2) February 2, 2018
who wrote this for you? cause I KNOW you don't believe a word of it.
— scott poulson-bryant (@SPBPHD) February 2, 2018
Ivanka, let me say, the thought was a "nice try", Your message does not read sincere. #BlackHistoryMonth Your tweet simply frustrates me.
— Venise L. Eldridge (@venise_eldridge) February 2, 2018
Are you high?
— Ω¯_(ツ)_/¯soSUme (@Black2thBone) February 2, 2018
April Fool's Day is on April 1st. February 1st is the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth
"– and we resolve to continue to bring greater equality, dignity, and opportunity to all Americans, regardless of race or background." pic.twitter.com/j1ZyCq7tHK
Meanwhile, First Lady Melania Trump tweeted: "Today marks the start of #BlackHistoryMonth Let this be a time to come together in a celebration of diversity."
Twitter users immediately questioned whether her husband will be "joining in on the celebration".
"Have you met your husband?" someone asked. Another said: "Tell him to quit using African Americans as a statistic to help him get praise."
"Like you really care," one user wrote.
— Caro (@carogonza) February 2, 2018
When will your Husband join in on this celebration? Just wondering...
— Brian Krassenstein🬠(@krassenstein) February 1, 2018
Hum,,,, pic.twitter.com/BXb5qg00ZI
— Be Bosworth-Cooper (@Bezephead) February 1, 2018
— ScanMyPhotos.com Now 50%* Off (@ScanMyPhotos) February 2, 2018
It’s good that you have social media people to post things like this. But your husband’s actions run contrary to this sentiment.
— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) February 1, 2018
