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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 10:36 AM Aug 2017

DAY 2 of Melania's pledge to postpone Anti-CyberBullying campaign in favor of fighting Drugs



Given her husband’s penchant for using Twitter to lash out at his adversaries and criticize news reports he dislikes, Melania’s declared cause of cyberbullying raised more than a few eyebrows when she said she would focus on that issue as FLOTUS.

But she has apparently forgotten about her previous cause, having not commented on it since January. The first lady said she would be speaking with Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on drug addiction, in an unusual update on her activities at the White House.

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"Opioid abuse is an escalating health crisis affecting countless families across the country,” the statement said. “The well-being of children is a priority for the first lady, and this epidemic affects them in many different ways, so she requested to attend today's briefing.”

Asked why the first lady had not moved forward with her pledge to tackle cyberbullying, a spokesperson told The Daily Beast in June that Melania Trump was busy moving into the White House and had not had an opportunity to tackle campaigns yet.



http://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-cyberbullying-opioid-addiction-white-house-first-lady-648902
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DAY 2 of Melania's pledge to postpone Anti-CyberBullying campaign in favor of fighting Drugs (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2017 OP
So Melania is smart enough to get a spokesperson and listens to them. DK504 Aug 2017 #1
I can't stand her. Hope she just sits in the background livetohike Aug 2017 #2

livetohike

(22,121 posts)
2. I can't stand her. Hope she just sits in the background
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:11 AM
Aug 2017

instead of pretending she is doing something , or even slightly cares about anyone but herself.

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