Melania and Ivanka hosted military moms today. Update and correction.

[nolabear]

Last edited Fri May 11, 2018, 12:37 PM - Edit history (1)

Update: This is not what I thought it was. It’s going around as the Mother’s Day event but in reality it is an event for Navy officers’ wives. My apologies.

Link to tweet

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[Generic Brad]

1. That is not representative of our military

It looks more like a Daughters of the KKK gathering. Someone in the a White House was responsible for only inviting white women. This had to have been done consciously.

[PaulX2]

29. Only Whites Matter

In Trumpworld.

Where have you been?

[a kennedy]

2. Yup.......ALL WHITE.

[TheRealNorth]

3. Blinded by the White

[Rorey]

4. They don't even try to hide their racism anymore NT

[BigMin28]

5. Where is Melania?

nt

[underpants]

6. Ivanka is there

[SunSeeker]

22. Why is ivanka there? She has no military in her family.

[Scurrilous]

12. For a second there I thought you wrote "where is melanin?"

[oasis]

13. lol

[BigMin28]

16. Either way would be correct

Sadly.

[AllyCat]

27. Ha!

[populistdriven]

65. LOL

[unblock]

7. I guess there wasn't enough room *in* the restroom....

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. 40% of active duty military are racial or ethnic minorities

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/13/6-facts-about-the-u-s-military-and-its-changing-demographics/

I strongly suspect that military wives are about the same proportion.
The odds that 45 random spouses would all be white is something like 1 in 10,000,000,000

[Old Vet]

42. I was thinking the EXACT thing as you posted these numbers...........

its like a person would have to try to find all white families in the military????

[flibbitygiblets]

9. Actually, this was a hosting of the "mayonnaise moms". Easy mistake.

These people make me embarrassed for my race. NO ONE noticed the lack of er, melanin in the room???

[flibbitygiblets]

11. yikes, the one two places to the right of Vonkers needs to lay off the Botox

Her forehead pretty much has it's own atmosphere.

[Cha]

10. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden pic hosting Military Moms

https://www.defense.gov/Photos/Photo-Gallery/igphoto/2001186271/

[Blue_true]

47. Kids and black people. Something the Trump picture had zero of. nt

[Cha]

48. So weird.. Not the wh of the people anymore..

can't wait until a Dem of the People not only WINS but gets into Office.

[sarcasmo]

14. KKK

[marble falls]

15. Looks like the Fox network newsroom.

[Brother Buzz]

17. Um, that's not the White House

I don't know when or where that lily white crowd was photographed, but it was not today in the East Room.

[TeamPooka]

19. and I don't see Melania either. One of them might be Ivanka, maybe. Had to go to Twitter and look

at the large version of the pic.
Didn't see Melania anywhere.
If I'm wrong please someone point her out.
Buzz is right.
This was taken at some convention center in front of the restrooms.

[Hekate]

31. Ivanka is front and center in a black dress with white collar

[TeamPooka]

35. I saw her but if melania hosted this she would be in the picture too

[Hekate]

60. Says something about Ivanka, doesn't it?

[doc03]

18. It appears everyone is white. Seems unusual considering the military has

has a large percentage of non-white members.

[Old Vet]

43. A large percentage you say, How about close to half on most bases Ive been to...........

And trust me Ive been all over the damn place with the military. This is just wrong and total bullshit....

[EffieBlack]

20. Because there are no black people in the military?

Or maybe black military personnel all have white mothers?

Or maybe - and I would like to think this is the case - no self-respecting black woman would accept an invitation to the White House.

[Sam McGee]

21. All white . . . not by accident

The fact that these military wives are all white cannot be an accident. I have no idea how military wives were picked to be in this group, however, I served 30 years in the Army and any selection of wives would include white, black, Hispanic, Asian, and mixed-race. This had to have been a purposeful selection of all white wives.

[Old Vet]

44. Like you Sam I spent a great deal of my life in the Army, The chances of getting all white.......

moms in this number is no doubt by design............

[Marty Marzipan]

23. Before I even saw the photo...

... I knew they were all white. This is becoming routine now.

[nolabear]

24. So did I.

[McKim]

25. Another Thing Wrong with This Picture

Another thing wrong with this picture is that neither Ivana's nor Melania's sons will ever be in the military and harms way! That is for the sons and daughters of the little people.

[lostnfound]

38. Her dad is undercover Russian military... nt

[AllyCat]

26. Lookin' pretty whitewashed?

[sandensea]

28. I see a few brunettes though.

(how did they get through!?)

[Hekate]

30. I'm going to be sick. The racism is utterly naked.

[LenaBaby61]

32. IF this picture is correct, and The Third Lady DID host Military Mom's on Thursday ...

WHOSE surprised?

I don't nor have I EVER had one ounce of sympathy for Third Lady Birther.

[Duppers]

34. What an idiot.

And apparently another racist to boot.

Makes me ashamed to be an American. I've already written all my friends in other countries to tell them I didn't vote for this idiot and I apologized for my countrymen who did.

[dreamland]

49. I have only one sentiment for her.

[SeattleVet]

33. How did they let that one Asian woman through??

(Back row, about 5th from the right).

Someone will probably get canned for this!

[onetexan]

37. She was put there on purpose

She fulfills the affirmative action position

[SergeStorms]

36. Not a woman of color in the bunch.

Lily white gathering, as usual for the Trump WHITE House.

[Hav]

39. Probably a good thing

We all know how these things end these days. The police are called for being "strange" and they don't really belong there, right?

[roscoeroscoe]

40. Well, that one lady might be Italian

This has to be fake news... right?

[Vinca]

41. I can see a couple of overweight moms . . . that's something.

Trumps integrate slowly. First you accept the brunettes, then the short women, then the slightly pudgy (no 600 lb. moms here) and maybe . . . maybe . . . they will graduate to a nonwhite woman.

[Achilleaze]

45. Be Best Whitest

republicans* piss all over the spirit and the promise of America.


* including freaky KGOP furriners like Mrs. Comrade Casino**

** aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[Blue_true]

46. Did POC serve coffee and donuts? How dense of them. nt

[Javaman]

50. the massive snowstorm from all the white. nt

[B2G]

51. Not the same event.

As was pointed out in another thread.

https://www.afoscdc.com/jafowl.html

[LanternWaste]

62. Sounds about wight...

Sounds about wight...

[stonecutter357]

52. K&R !

[spanone]

53. Melania and Ivanka hosted caucasian military moms today.

they wear their racism on their sleeves.

[Demsrule86]

54. White military MOM...make America White again... Ivanka and Melania?

[Phoenix61]

55. Yes, they are all white

They are also all Trump supporters. Why else would they be there? If you were invited to the WH would you go? How many sports teams/athletes have declined their invitations?

[jrthin]

56. Oh god! this is too sick. No black sons and daughters

in the military? I loathe HIM, his wife, and his whole disgusting grifter family.

[B2G]

57. PLEASE update your OP

This was not taken at the event you stated.

This is the kind of shit that gives the other side fake news ammunition.

[Queen of the Iceni]

59. You are correct. They are navy officers wives.

[nolabear]

61. My apologies. I saw it in so many places I trusted it.

[B2G]

63. Thanks!

[nolabear]

64. You bet. It's important to be as accurate as we can. I fall for things sometimes.

[Queen of the Iceni]

58. How do they know the race of the mothers when they are writing the invitations?

.........and the women are not all white in the picture - that is if you are always looking at people’s race.

[marble falls]

66. There are exactly two PoC in the audience if you look real hard. PoC make up almost 40% of....

US armed forces. If you think that filling a room with a better than 98% white audience and entertainment is a coinkydink you had better stay away from bridge salespeople.

I smell pizza.