First Lady Melania Trump broke her silence after last week’s violent uprising at the U.S. Capitol by releasing a statement in which she memorializes the very people who carried out the attack and claims personal victimhood in the aftermath. Nowhere in the lengthy message does she mention her husband’s role in instigating the event.
Naturally, it isn’t going over so well.
Trump, in the typo-laden communication (does she have any staff left to proofread?), mentions the fallen Capitol police officers and the insurrectionists who lost their lives in the same sentence, saying her “heart goes out to” them all.
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“Most recently,” she writes, “my heart goes out to: Air Force Veteran, Ashli Babbitt, Benjamin Philips, Kevin Greeson, Roseanne Boyland, and Capitol Police Officers, Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood. I pray for their families comfort and strength during this difficult time.”
Then she somehow turns the statement over to her own, personal suffering. “I find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me – from people who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda. This time is solely about healing our country and its citizens. It should not be used for personal gain.”
Here’s some of the initial reaction:
Whoever wrote that Melania statement must LOATHE her.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 11, 2021
Melania’s statement on the Capitol attack was difficult, since Michelle Obama never had to write a statement on that topic.
— Tgage (@tgagemurphy) January 11, 2021
Really, we should all take a moment out of our busy days to think about how the insurrection has affected Melania. These must be difficult times for her. https://t.co/bQJkJPjZQR
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 11, 2021
New: It appears @FLOTUS has copied parts of her statement today from … herself. Significant similarities between statement today and her RNC speech from August: pic.twitter.com/S2V8YHIcuZ
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) January 11, 2021
Has Melania given a statement about how this impacts her work on the much-needed tennis pavilion
— Julie Cantor (@juliedcantor) January 11, 2021
I hope CNN doesn’t lose their current level of petty. “I guess we can take it as seriously as her cyber bullying campaign at the beginning of the term” CNN on how to take Melania’s statement
— a (@a_spindle) January 11, 2021
Not a PR specialist but that Melania statement is shockingly awful.
— devin (@devincf) January 11, 2021
Goforit
Melanoma’s version of “Let them eat cake”.
michael_totzke
As usual, it’s all about H E R … Disgusting.
jcool
in her defense, they don’t teach you how to write press releases in escort school
Cam
So she talks about the treasonous rioters BEFORE mentioning the Capitol Hill officer they murdered, and then cries that she’s the real victim.
Also, can we talk about the fact that her makeup has gotten even more orange than her husband. She looks like a ridiculous clown.
CurtisIsTheOne
CAM, Please stop insulting all clowns by comparing them to First Lady Melanoma.
Cam
@CurtisIsTheOne
That was insensitive of me. 😉
WSnyder
Can you imagine the horror of having to interrupt, yet again, her writing and taking photos for her upcoming book on how she redecorated and restored some White House furnishings? The NERVE of the Media to expect her to take time to address such petty issues as Insurrection and Rioting just a few blocks away [that her husband actually caused BTW].
I hope her book does as well as her Rose Garden Do-Over. [Dies out in just 2 days]. Her Publisher should drop the Project NOW.
Heywood Jablowme
It’s worth mentioning how exactly the traitor Kevin Greeson died at the Capitol.
This stable genius was carrying a Taser. Somehow in the mayhem, the Taser went off uncontrollably… and electrocuted Greeson’s testicles.
Goforit
And if reports are correct, another one was trampled to death by her fellow traitors.
Kangol2
I guess the Don the Con Terror gang can say Traitor Greeson had balls…until he didn’t!
Openminded
Great balls of fire, that sounds painful!
Roy Moss
Why would anyone be surprised. She’s a whore who married her golden goose and she has picked up the Trump family mantra. It only makes sense, she’s way too old to go back to her previous profession except to give $2 blowjobs in back alleys so she has to ride her golden goose as long as possible.
Robert-in-Seattle
You mean her “orange” goose, or her “cooked” goose…don’t ya?
GentlemanCaller
How is anyone shocked by anything this vile creature does?
radiooutmike
It’s somehow is all about her misery?
tjack47
I found it amusing there was a typo where Queerty wrote about her typo. Be best. I don’t really care. Do you?
amanwithanedge
she ugly.
Fahd
Omg, just shamefully awful. She, her husband, and her step children have dragged this nation down and through the mud. If Baron can still be saved, he should immediately start an emancipation proceeding with court.
Pepper1dancer
I always thought to myself that they were fighting behind closed doors about their own views. Now it seems they have always thought the same. Ugh. Once a Trump, always a Trump. Going down in History as losers. The whole lot of them.
Cam
Trump is such a failure, he couldn’t even get a real model as a trophy wife. He had to get someone who lied about being a model as a cover.
And what did that plastic surgeon do to her? From the cheeks up she’s starting to look like Jocelyn Wildensten.
Goforit
I was thinking Liberace. Eyes can no longer close all the way.
Max
@Goforit
necessary when Donald is in bed next to her.
Celiene_T
I always think that, too!
Prowelsh56
I REALLY don’t care. She has been the most absentminded woman.
Essie
Poor Mel . . . life is so HARD! Luckily she had her RNC speech to help her out with this statement. I’m sure things will get better in a couple weeks. Then everything can truly be about HER.
deztiny0005
PERFECT example of the old saying, “You can put lipstick on a PIG, but it’s STILL a PIG”.
renzinthewoods
What more can you expect from a First “Lady” who is a prostitute?
Liquid Silver
Poor whore. Well, it’s almost over.
nathan
Even when surrounded by supposedly competent ‘advisers’, this idiot still manages to screw up what should have been a simple expression of condolence to innocent victims of her mad-man husband and his treasonous enablers. But then what more can we expect from un uneducated, barely literate, ‘model’? They barely have one brain between the two of them – this ‘first couple’. Better for them to just shut up and fade away into their jail cells along with the rest of the ‘first corrupt family’.
Celiene_T
She is SO UTTERLY VILE! She mentioned the traitors FIRST, then the cops!
Celiene_T
Whoever told her that look was sexy hated her. I STILL hope she serves him with divorce papers Jan 21. Hit him while he’s down. WHY does she stay? The whole family hates her.
Poor Barron. That kid hasn’t a chance with parents like them.
enlightenone
That would “be best” for him if he isn’t already DAMAGED though I can’t imagine that he is growing up unscathed!