Earth To Ivank Trumpa: Your Dad Invented Vicious
Twitter responded to Ivanka Trump’s sad complaints about the “viciousness” of attacks on her father with a shrug of “give me a break.”
“It is hard, and there’s a level of viciousness that I was not expecting,” the first daughter said in an interview on “Fox & Friends” Monday. “But this isn’t supposed to be easy,” she added bravely, speculating that rough politics should be expected because her father is so “transformative.”
Lots of people — including “Star Trek” actor George Takei and some reporters — just didn’t buy it, since President Donald Trump conducted one of the most vicious presidential campaigns in recent history. Trump called women “pigs,” Mexican immigrants “rapists,” and Meryl Streep a “loser.” He mocked a disabled reporter and urged people at his rallies to “knock the crap” out of protesters.
The Washington Post deadpanned: “Irony is dead.”
This “seems to be a talking point for the White House now. And it is ridiculous,” wrote Aaron Blake in “The Fix.” “Not because politics in Washington isn’t vicious — it certainly can be and is — but because Ivanka and Eric Trump’s father’s political rise was marked by probably the nastiest and most bare-knuckled brand of public campaigning that we’ve seen in modern history.”
One of the most stinging criticisms of Ivanka’s lament came from John Podhoretz, columnist in the usually Trump-friendly New York Post, who called the first daughter a “filthy liar” in a tweet for saying she was shocked by ugly attacks in politics.
Her father said Ben Carson was a psychopath and Ted Cruz's father killed JFK and she wasn't expecting viciousness. She's a filthy liar. https://t.co/8srNXVNTyA
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 12, 2017
Perez Hilton said simply: “We cannot make this shit up.”
Michael Martin of The Metro, in a piece titled “Ivanka Trump: Everybody’s Being Mean To Us,” said it was an example of the Trump crew “dishing it out but declining take it.”
Plenty of tweeters threw Donald Trump’s words back at him from his own tweets or from video clips as examples of viciousness.
"There's a level of viciousness I wasn't expecting" in DC - Ivanka, today
Here's some of the language that Trump used while campaigning pic.twitter.com/75Glm4tqLx— Colin Jones (@colinjones) June 12, 2017
At the Republican National Convention people dressed in orange jump suits shouted "lock her up." That should have
given Ivanka a heads up. https://t.co/tYoOxeg4ua— Katty Kay (@KattyKayBBC) June 12, 2017
Ivanka Trump, who apparently hasn't met her father, is shocked people in DC are "vicious" https://t.co/ZaQ3Cz59hV pic.twitter.com/D1vV3IKbuC
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) June 12, 2017
Your father attacked the Khan family, women, reporters...you brought it with you to my town. You should feel free to leave at any time https://t.co/jVwg7Y8mTu
— Moira Whelan (@moira) June 12, 2017
Yes, Ivanka, by all means, you're the victim here. Persecution complex clearly runs in the family. https://t.co/p5HSKPDN9w
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 12, 2017
#Ivanka Trump
I was horrified by the viciousness of your campaign. pic.twitter.com/SqerQuYg5t— Ella Mario (@marioella1) June 12, 2017
Critics — including Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) — also said the president’s policies cutting health insurance for millions and eliminating environmental protections are plenty vicious.
Dear Ivanka: Your father's Muslim Ban is pretty damn vicious. As is Eric Trump saying Dems are not people. So please stop your hypocrisy. https://t.co/50ue1exdNN
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 12, 2017
If Ivanka Trump wants to see an unimaginable level of viciousness, She should read the American Health Care Act.
— Jessie Lahr (@JessieLahrr) June 12, 2017
Level of Viciousness? Do you know what doesn't look good on you, #Ivanka? Fake outrage.U know damn well who your father is. You're complicit pic.twitter.com/7QUmSDoSfW
— Take Ivanka to Work (@IvankaToWorkDay) June 12, 2017
CORRECTION: This article previously misidentified actor George Takei as having appeared in “Star Wars.” Takei appeared in “Star Trek” films and the original television series.
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