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In reply to the discussion: Melania Trump has no problems with her husband attacking Greta Thunberg [View all]Gothmog
(144,876 posts)4. trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time's Person of the Year
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The rush among Trump allies to bash Thunberg marked a striking contrast to their professed outrage last week when Pamela Karlan, a Stanford University law professor, had invoked Barron Trumps name during her testimony before the House Judiciary Committees impeachment hearing. In making a point that Trump is not a dictator, Karlan quipped that while the president can name his son Barron, he cant make him a baron.
Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering, and using a child to do it, the first lady wrote in a tweet.
Yet on Thursday, Melania Trump and others who had scolded Karlan, including White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham and several GOP lawmakers, were silent about the presidents attack on Thunberg. White House officials, including Grisham, did not respond to a request for comment, and messages to the House offices of Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Mike Johnson (R-La.), who denounced Karlans remarks, went unanswered. A Trump campaign spokeswoman also did not respond to an email.
Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering, and using a child to do it, the first lady wrote in a tweet.
Yet on Thursday, Melania Trump and others who had scolded Karlan, including White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham and several GOP lawmakers, were silent about the presidents attack on Thunberg. White House officials, including Grisham, did not respond to a request for comment, and messages to the House offices of Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Mike Johnson (R-La.), who denounced Karlans remarks, went unanswered. A Trump campaign spokeswoman also did not respond to an email.
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Melania Trump has no problems with her husband attacking Greta Thunberg [View all]
Gothmog
Dec 2019
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trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time's Person of the Year
Gothmog
Dec 2019
#4
Can you imagine how the GOP would have responded if Michelle Obama had instituted
politicaljunkie41910
Dec 2019
#16