The Trump campaign has made it clear that they’re pushing hard to win the state of Minnesota in November after losing it by just one point to Hillary Clinton in 2016. Yesterday, both Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump visited the North Star State in hopes of courting new voters.
During her visit, Ivanka popped into Fleet Farm, a regional chain of discount department stores (sorta like a Midwestern version of Walmart but with slightly emphasis on outdoor supplies), for a photo op to do a little shopping for her kiddos.
Clad in her designer shoes, designer coat, and a cheetah print face mask, the first daughter perused the empty aisles of goods made in China. Afterwards, she posted a picture of her everyman shopping excursion to Twitter, along with the caption, “When in the Midwest!” and an emoji of a John Deere tractor to make sure she hit on every possible Midwestern stereotype.
When in the Midwest! ? pic.twitter.com/CgByMGRRrF
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) September 25, 2020
Generally speaking, when staging a photo op trying to appeal to voters in a certain region, it’s usually a good idea to include at least one or two actual people who live in that region so it doesn’t look like they all dispersed the moment they saw you step in through the sliding glass doors.
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Whatever Ivanka was hoping to accomplish with the stunt, she clearly wasn’t successful because nobody on Twitter seems to be buying what she’s selling.
What the actual fuck is this photo op? This feels like some Hannibal Shit
— Bertmern (@cdavis703) September 25, 2020
Pretty stereotypical representation of who you think lives in the Midwest.
— Dr. Cosmopolitan 🌊🇺🇲 #biden2020🇺🇲🌊 (@hotdiggityDR) September 25, 2020
Very dystopian. Empty shelves, empty parking lot. Your outfit probably cost 100 yodas alone.
— PJLM (@PJLM) September 25, 2020
Are we not supposed to notice the empty shelves that are due to the ongoing COVID pandemic that this administration has failed to address?
— Miss Aja (@brat2381) September 25, 2020
She takes a picture in front of empty shelves with a toy made in China and what looks like @TWIZZLERS. When in Rome! pic.twitter.com/bjfRE0QlR0
— Toan Loak (@WordsWithJoe) September 25, 2020
“The Midwest, that’s farmers, right? It’s all farmers, no cities, no Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Louis, no culture, no world class universities and symphonies, no industry, no tech, just farmers! I wanna be president tee hee!”
— Ohm (Unit of Resistance)🆘️ (@HereToResist) September 25, 2020
Empty shelves, broken supply chains.
Great job!
— Bumble Bee brand shark (@zmud) September 25, 2020
Taxpayer money shopping night
— Exploding Tree Singh, MD 🌊 (@LabyrinthWeaver) September 25, 2020
The aliens have landed. Is she photoshopped to look taller? pic.twitter.com/zRd3d5VYVD
— johnjoe (@johnjoe) September 25, 2020
Empty shelves and airborne viruses are definitely highlights of MAGA.
— Republican’t (@areyougreatyet) September 25, 2020
Everything has to be a photo op. Where’s the Midwest people and why those shelves are empty?
— Unarmed & Dangerous (@TesaChambers) September 25, 2020
I always fly to homeland farm communities to buy …Chinese-made merchandise
— Mike 😷 Hamm (@mike_hamm) September 25, 2020
Early voting is already underway in Minnesota. Five separate polls find Biden leading Trump in the state by an average of 9 points. His biggest advantage is a 16-point lead in the ABC News/Washington Post poll released last week.
Related: Ivanka tweeted a video of Jared on a commercial flight and, of course, he’s not wearing a mask
Cam
Apparently they don’t sell Twizzlers or baby Yoda’s on the Easy Coast.
dustychiffon
Oh, and her media people need to learn how to use that photo stretching app better, as she looks freaky tall. The Kardashians are a little better at using that app.
You know anatomy and proportion does still kind of matter people. (Sigh)
barryaksarben
This AFTER her father insulted a proud member state of the UNION by asserting his protecting of Robert E Lee statues. I am from Iowa and we had family die fighting the southern traitors led by Mr Lee. His ignorance of history continues to astound. Simple historical facts that children know are beyond him. And this female thinks we will want her as president. INSANE
MISTERJETT
her whole family is cheap crap.
missvamp
Exactly. Who buys their kids Xmas presents & posts it on Twitter for them to see? A dumb, fake blonde.
gothvixen
If she marketed a vagina candle it would smell of daddy.
alex1435
The clueless liar and all around idiot daughter of the idiot prez.
Georgeiv2
Trying to legitimise her and daddies Chinese made crap Good job there !!
Fname Optional Lname
omg why doesn’t she and Don Jr. just get t-shirts made that say “Daddy did I do good?”
randy_sanchez
The time stamp says 8:42 pm. Did she make those people stay open later so no one would bother her for the photo op. There is no one inside the store, no one in the parking. She copied daddy’s photo op handbook guide and had everyone around removed so as to not be touched by the common folk. This twerp is as bad as her father.