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blue-wave

(4,356 posts)
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 04:48 PM Nov 2016

Melania Trump Is Very Upset By People Who Bully Others On The Internet

Source: huffingtonpost.com

Mrs. Trump wants to #stopbullying.


BERWYN, Pennsylvania ― Melania Trump returned from political exile on Thursday by making a rather eyebrow-raising claim: as first lady, she would combat bullying. That anti-bullying campaign, however, likely wouldn’t extend to her husband.

“Our culture has gotten too mean and too violent,” the wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a crowd here in the suburbs of Philadelphia. “It is never OK when a 12-year-old girl or boy is mocked, bullied or attacked. It is terrible when that happens on the playground and it is unacceptable when it’s done by someone with no name hiding on the internet.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-bully-speech_us_581b8cf8e4b0d9ce6fba96c8



Am I living in the twilight zone here? I really don't know what to say (I am speechless at this and shaking my head) other than with all due respect to you Melania, please start with your husband.
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Melania Trump Is Very Upset By People Who Bully Others On The Internet (Original Post) blue-wave Nov 2016 OP
Not Trump voters and their Russian troll buddies tho BeyondGeography Nov 2016 #1
You would think people would be puking by now from the overdose of phoniness world wide wally Nov 2016 #2
Does her campaign not extend to the adult deplorables? bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #3
Mind blown. cheapdate Nov 2016 #4
She's right, of course. Let's hold her and her family (and party) TO it, elleng Nov 2016 #5
I'm so sick of this projection by the Trump campaign. RAFisher Nov 2016 #6
The Obamas as First Family not fooled Nov 2016 #32
"Class and dignity that we haven't seen in the last 8 years"? area51 Nov 2016 #40
She can't stop her own husband's bullying. Doesn't she read his insulting Tweets? Doodley Nov 2016 #7
I think trump keeps her locked in a room and only lets her demigoddess Nov 2016 #10
Has she ever visited her husband's Twitter feed? Warpy Nov 2016 #9
Gold with a tinge of pink! MsMAC Nov 2016 #11
She is not allowed. Mrs Trump doesn't even know the White House has a 4 year old anti-bully program. Sunlei Nov 2016 #18
Is that not a "world Goal" Cryptoad Nov 2016 #12
the republican hypocrasy is a threat to our civilization. They have to be destroyed. patsimp Nov 2016 #13
Is it just me? Lulu KC Nov 2016 #14
" ... it is unacceptable when it’s done by someone with no name hiding on the internet.” Yonnie3 Nov 2016 #15
I have to laugh. My brother--a Trump voter--lived in Berwyn for some years mnhtnbb Nov 2016 #16
Perhaps Mr. Trump will allow Mrs. Trump to participate on Twitter. Shes not allowed to tweet or chat Sunlei Nov 2016 #17
It would be better if you could understand what she was saying gopiscrap Nov 2016 #19
The Trumps are the complete and utter definition of the word "clueless". Not one of them OregonBlue Nov 2016 #20
Really? MontanaMama Nov 2016 #21
You might start with your husband Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #22
Your concern is noted, wife of the biggest bully Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #23
If Melania said it, who said it first? keithbvadu2 Nov 2016 #24
2 words.... paleotn Nov 2016 #25
She stole the bullying stuff from Michelle and the children/families stuff from Hillary. MADem Nov 2016 #26
I think I know how this is going to work, and it's not pretty jmowreader Nov 2016 #27
Her maggot of a husband is one of them. She is even more stupid than she looks. onecaliberal Nov 2016 #28
Is this from The Onion? chelsea0011 Nov 2016 #29
Twitter much, Melania? spiderpig Nov 2016 #31
Mail-Order Melania Frogg Nov 2016 #33
Wow, it's super offensive to call an immigrant a mail order bride Taitertots Nov 2016 #44
I am deeply offended by Melania Trump Frogg Nov 2016 #45
Mocking immigrants for being immigrants is deplorable Taitertots Nov 2016 #47
Don't Lecture Me Frogg Nov 2016 #48
Stamp! The other side makes immigrant derogatory comments - that's not what we do. n/t moonscape Nov 2016 #46
It's not about Trump's victims for her DeltaLitProf Nov 2016 #35
She always appears like she is posing for a model shoot womanofthehills Nov 2016 #36
The tweets are coming from inside the house.. Cha Nov 2016 #37
OMG! blue-wave Nov 2016 #38
LOL~ You're not that new, blue-wave! Cha Nov 2016 #39
You know she is talking about US. Taitertots Nov 2016 #41
Trump bought the clueless robot for one reason dalton99 Nov 2016 #42
Irony is lost on these people. nt dflprincess Nov 2016 #49
I wonder if she is upset by Donnie cheating on her? roamer65 Nov 2016 #50
Me so sorry RWW Nov 2016 #51
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RAFisher

(466 posts)
6. I'm so sick of this projection by the Trump campaign.
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:02 PM
Nov 2016

Looks at what these assholes in the crowd had to say:


“I think she’s going to bring a class and dignity that we haven’t seen in the last eight years,” McFadden added. “She comes off to me as very honest and very sincere.”


The deplorables think Obama is classless but Trump has class. This is all code words for just saying Obama is black and they don't like that. Absolutely insane.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
32. The Obamas as First Family
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 10:35 PM
Nov 2016

Exemplify class. I haven't always agreed with President Obama's policies but the Obamas are a model first family.

The Trumps?

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
9. Has she ever visited her husband's Twitter feed?
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:05 PM
Nov 2016

Has she ever attended one of his rallies?

What color is the sky on her planet?

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
18. She is not allowed. Mrs Trump doesn't even know the White House has a 4 year old anti-bully program.
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:37 PM
Nov 2016

Lulu KC

(2,566 posts)
14. Is it just me?
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:23 PM
Nov 2016

--or does anyone else kind of feel like they're losing their mind when they read headlines like this? Is it starting to feel like mass gas lighting?

Five more days--

Yonnie3

(17,442 posts)
15. " ... it is unacceptable when it’s done by someone with no name hiding on the internet.”
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:25 PM
Nov 2016

How about just straight up non-anonymous bullying like your husband does?

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
16. I have to laugh. My brother--a Trump voter--lived in Berwyn for some years
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:32 PM
Nov 2016

before moving back to California.

His wife is a Trumpista, too. Berwyn. That's too funny.
Four of their five kids are Dems.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
17. Perhaps Mr. Trump will allow Mrs. Trump to participate on Twitter. Shes not allowed to tweet or chat
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 05:36 PM
Nov 2016

I agree with Mrs. Trump, the 8 year old boy at the Republican rally yelling "Hang the Bitch" was deplorable.

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)
19. It would be better if you could understand what she was saying
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 06:07 PM
Nov 2016

you would think she would learn to speak English better after all these years in the US. I did. I spoke German, French and Urdu before coming to the US and I don't have an accent. It can be done!

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)
20. The Trumps are the complete and utter definition of the word "clueless". Not one of them
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 06:30 PM
Nov 2016

seems to have any idea how ugly and selfish and stupid they appear to the rest of the world.

MontanaMama

(23,319 posts)
21. Really?
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 06:36 PM
Nov 2016

Did anyone in the MSM cover this with a straight face?

Melania is a tool among tools. Teetering on being a deplorable. Oops. scratch that. After defending her racist rapist of a husband - she fell into the basket.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. She stole the bullying stuff from Michelle and the children/families stuff from Hillary.
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 09:18 PM
Nov 2016

AND she quoted--word-for-word-Marla Maples!!!

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
27. I think I know how this is going to work, and it's not pretty
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 09:23 PM
Nov 2016

Anyone who calls out her dangerous husband will be branded a "bully" and brutally lambasted in the media.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
31. Twitter much, Melania?
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 10:11 PM
Nov 2016

While people aren't responsible for the acts of their spouses, you knowingly signed a pact with this demon when you were in your 30s and he was nearly 60.

Is your garish penthouse worth knowing your spouse is a psychotic, vindictive, racist, xenophobic, sexist liar and conveniently turning a blind eye?

You both make me ill.

Frogg

(365 posts)
33. Mail-Order Melania
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 10:55 PM
Nov 2016

Best touch of hypocrisy yet! Now I am sure Mail-Order Melania can't read English...she needs to get a new speech writer...me thinks there's a mole in that campaign...

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
44. Wow, it's super offensive to call an immigrant a mail order bride
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 01:49 PM
Nov 2016

It's super offensive to insult an immigrant as having problems with English.

Frogg

(365 posts)
45. I am deeply offended by Melania Trump
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 04:04 PM
Nov 2016

First of all, I am extremely offended by the blatant hypocrisy of her taking such a stance when her family has ridiculed, smeared and bullied innumerable people throughout this campaign. Why didn't she just go all the way and choose to make her platform about sexual assault against women. If you read my post correctly, my inference is that she does not grasp the disgusting implications of what she is saying and that whoever is writing this material for her cannot be doing
this in her best interest. If you are offended that I have pointed this out, then so be it. I find the entire Trump family disgusting.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
47. Mocking immigrants for being immigrants is deplorable
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 04:18 PM
Nov 2016

You could easily have said everything you stated in your post without resorting to xenophobic slurs against her for being an immigrant. If you did, more people would interpret your posts the way you feel they should be interpreted. You're discrediting yourself.

DeltaLitProf

(769 posts)
35. It's not about Trump's victims for her
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 01:09 AM
Nov 2016

It is about how bullied *she* feels. Her body language is always that of the beauty queen who thinks she's doing us a favor by condescending to speak to us. The body held still and tense. The side-to-side head movement according to each section of the audience the favor of looking their way for an equal period of time. She's not worried at all about the people her husband targets. She's been reading the comments about her and feeling deeply aggrieved.

womanofthehills

(8,712 posts)
36. She always appears like she is posing for a model shoot
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 02:05 AM
Nov 2016

and is aware of how she photographs best. I don't get the feeling of condescending - I get the feeling she is feeling very uncomfortable.
Anyone with good self esteem would not find themselves in her situation - it's like she sold her soul to the devil for money.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
41. You know she is talking about US.
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:33 PM
Nov 2016

There is no shortage of people attacking her and her husband. We can say "but our attacks are true", but it's still bullying to go after them.

RWW

(13 posts)
51. Me so sorry
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 02:31 AM
Nov 2016

You mean her own lawyer's letter exonerating her without any documentation didn't actually exonerate her? What is Donald's money good for????????

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