Melania Trump To Address Cyberbullying Summit. 'That's A Joke, Right?'
Melania Trump will address a government summit next week on cyberbullying — days after her husband tweeted that his former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman is a “dog,” a “crying low life,” a “loser,” “wacky,” “deranged,” and “crazed.”
The first lady will discuss the “positive and negative effects of social media on youth” on Monday, the White House announced. She also plans to attend a panel discussion with representatives from social media platforms, though the White House didn’t identify those platforms.
The cyberbullying summit is being organized by the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention in Rockville, Maryland. The first lady is appearing as part of her “Be Best” campaign that seeks to improve the lives of children.
.@FLOTUS is attending a Bullying Prevention Summit in Rockville on Monday pic.twitter.com/Li84YIMFjm
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) August 16, 2018
The annual summit was started in 2010 to create a national strategy to reduce cyberbullying, according to education officials.
The federal government’s “Stop Bullying” website warns children that cyberbullies post “negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. Some cyberbullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal behavior.” The site warns that “hurtful comments” can create a “permanent public record” of a poster’s views and behavior that can destroy a poster’s reputation — as well as the reputations of those the poster attacks.
When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018
The first lady has been called out in the past for her anti-bullying campaign that ignores her husband’s bullying.
Predictably, people on Twitter had a thing or two to say about the first lady’s upcoming appearance:
Will $he be di$cu$$ing why $he cho$e to marry one?
— MaryMac (@marymac3333) August 16, 2018
With or without the jacket?
— Marcia Zaninetti🖇💙 (@MarcitaZa) August 16, 2018
these summits really seem to be working well for the trumps
— engineer (@nutnumbs) August 16, 2018
It's going to take place in #Trump s bathroom, while he tweets and dumps on everybody! @FLOTUS@POTUS@realDonaldTrump#CyberBullying#CyberBullyingSummit
First Lady Melania Trump plans cyberbullying summithttps://t.co/kOASbUNTuu— Michael van Mind (@MichaelvanMind) August 16, 2018
First breakaway session: When it is okay to refer to females as dogs in a tweet to the world.
— JP71 (@Jpru30Rush) August 16, 2018
— Jane Valere (@MJValere) August 16, 2018
— Whinging Welshman (@WhingeEl) August 16, 2018
The tweet is coming from INSIDE the house!
— Renee (@DrEvil2003) August 16, 2018
If they have "Show and Tell". maybe she could bring someone with her.
— Darryl Evans (@Tempotrainer) August 16, 2018
— Emily Schaffhausen 🥂 (@silly_emily3) August 16, 2018
DJT need to be her +1
— Beau Forney (@BeauForney) August 16, 2018
Cyberbullying Summit and any Trump, is some kind of oxymoron, certainly!
— DC C (@CoeD1972) August 16, 2018
good lord.
— Megan Newman (@tristanspeak) August 16, 2018
"Just remember, kids: Don't be a Donal-- oh, hello, Mrs. Melania."
— Nope. (@AlphaAmino) August 16, 2018
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