A conservative congressional candidate from Oregon is under fire after he calledMelania Trumpa “hoebag” on Twitter Monday afternoon and implied that the first lady works as a prostitute. The tweet has since prompted several political figures to come to Trump’s defense and a spokesperson to fire back on the first lady’s behalf.
Earlier in the week, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy came to Trump’s defense, asking the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, to ban Roberts’ account. “Comments like these have no business on any platform,” McCarthy wrote.
Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel also spoke out: “This attack on @FLOTUS is disgusting and everyone should condemn this candidate and his candidacy.”
Fox News host Laura Ingraham tweeted at Jack Dorsey as well, with the same request as McCarthy, which prompted another response from Roberts.
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“It’s that whole 1st amendment thing,” he wrote and included a screenshot of a message from Twitter saying the content did not violate “Twitter rules or applicable law.”
Roberts responded with a reference to the 2000 movieDude, Where’s My Car?and tagged Bravo’sAndy Cohen.
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Her commitment to the cause has been questioned in the past, in part because of her husband’s own habit of name-calling on Twitter.
She addressed the criticism at a White House panel in March, saying, “I am well aware that people are skeptical of me discussing the topic … but it will not stop me from doing what I know is right. I am here with one goal: helping children and our next generation.”
source: people.com
