Leftists viciously attacked first lady Melania Trump on Wednesday after she defended her 13-year-old son, Barron Trump, from a swipe that he took from a Democrat impeachment witness during the Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing.
Stanford Law School Professor Pamela Karlan, a witness for the Democrats, said while talking about the differences between kings and presidents, “So while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.”
The remark drew widespread criticism from many who thought that it was inappropriate to drag President Donald Trump’s youngest child, who is a minor, into the highly polarizing political circus.
Melania Trump wrote on Twitter: “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering, and using a child to do it.”
Tony Posnanski tweeted: “Your son isn’t a baron. His name is Barron. You’re a dumbf**k birther racist a**hole if you couldn’t figure that out. Eat s**t.”
The attacks on a child for the perceived sins of the father are unconscionable. pic.twitter.com/9pU084r9eo
— Matthew Kolken (@mkolken) December 4, 2019
Benjamin Dreyer wrote on Twitter: “I swear, the faster she’s working behind the front desk at a Motel 6 in Dubrovnik, the happier we’re all going to be.”
https://twitter.com/BCDreyer/status/1202363558350209025
Jaremi Carey tweeted: “Oh now you wanna speak up for children….but you cool with them dyin’ in cages?! Shut the f**k up.”
Oh now you wanna speak up for children….but you cool with them dyin' in cages?!
Shut the fuck up. https://t.co/fuF464qFfK
— Jaremi (@JustJaremi) December 4, 2019
A Twitter user who only goes by “Jason” wrote: “hahaha this entire fucking family is fucking trash”
hahaha this entire fucking family is fucking trash https://t.co/Rhhg5F7SG4
— Jason (@longwall26) December 4, 2019
CNN opinion host Chris Cuomo, who once threatened to throw someone down a flight of stairs because they called him “Fredo,” appeared to suggest on Twitter that it was not a big deal that Barron was brought up because the president mocks people.
Cuomo tweeted: “Two obvious points: Going after kids is rightly a nono in politics; and this first point would have more weight here, if not for the obvious: the husband of Melania who rightly calls for us to #BeBest, is too often at his absolute worst, disrespecting everyone and anyone.”
Two obvious points: Going after kids is rightly a nono in politics; and this first point would have more weight here, if not for the obvious: the husband of Melania who rightly calls for us to #BeBest, is too often at his absolute worst, disrespecting everyone and anyone. https://t.co/6cXD5aghzF
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) December 4, 2019
Others, like former Obama speechwriter David Litt, tried to draw and equivalence between people mocking Barron Trump and Trump mocking Greta Thunberg.
To suggest that the two are on the same playing field is inaccurate at best. Thunberg, who is old enough to drive, has voluntarily put herself in the political spotlight and has aggressively attacked world leaders and advocated for radical policies in speeches at the United Nations while drawing tons of dazzling media coverage from the mainstream media.
Barron Trump just became a teenager, has shown no interest in being in the public spotlight, and has no known social media presence unlike Thunberg, who has 3 million followers on Twitter.
Litt wrote: “President Trump mocked a minor child, Greta Thurnberg, less than three months ago.”
President Trump mocked a minor child, Greta Thurnberg, less than three months ago. https://t.co/y6DmDOV8sT
— David Litt (@davidlitt) December 4, 2019
MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance wrote: “@FLOTUS You too need to be held accountable for your hatred & cruelty towards other children. You too helped do this to Children when you helped turn them over to be slaughtered by Russia & Assad. #PleaseSitDown”
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1202378997373579265
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway’s husband, George Conway, wrote: “So therefore you’re amplifying what was a nothingburger reference a hundred-thousand-fold. Got it.”
So therefore you’re amplifying what was a nothingburger reference a hundred-thousand-fold. Got it. https://t.co/MMSBhMWQE4
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 4, 2019
