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Melania Trump performs stony reading of children’s book for Easter, brings joy to no one

Well, it was another disastrous Easter at the White House.

Obviously, the annual Easter Egg Roll couldn’t happen because of coronavirus, so to make up for it, First Lady Melania Trump decided to spare a few minutes to read an Easter story to all of the 4 to 6-year-olds who follow her on Twitter.

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Yesterday, Mrs. Trump posted a video of herself sitting next to a basket of colorful eggs in the White House tennis pavilion, where she “The Little Rabbit” by beloved children’s author/illustrator Nicola Killen.

“I want to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy Easter,” she says at the top of the four-minute video, “and read one of my favorite children’s books.”

She then proceeds to spend three minutes giving a cold and emotionless performance of the modern Easter classic.

In a second tweet, FLOTUS issued an Easter message to grown-ups, telling them she hopes they’ll forgo social distancing for the day and “come together to reflect on the importance of family and faith.”

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This Easter Sunday,” she tweeted. “I send greetings to all Americans and their loved ones as we come together to reflect on the importance of family and faith. May God bless our great nation!”

And now, the responses….

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