Twitter users clap back at Ivanka Trump after her attempt to distract from her father’s divisiveness
As her fury-filled father raises the tension in this country to new levels of divisiveness, Ivanka Trump is playing the calm and collected card, tweeting out inspirational Bible verses like Senator Marco Rubio on a bender and with likely just as much sincerity.
Having converted to Judaism when she married her husband Jared Kushner, it’s only natural that Ivanka chose a selection from the Old Testament to respond to the nation-wide protests and unrest in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd.
Her tweet this morning was a follow-up to a post she made on the situation on Friday.
People in Minneapolis are hurting for a reason. Justice is how we heal.
My heart goes out to George Floyd‘s family and all Americans who are hurting.— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 29, 2020
In her tweet this morning, the president’s daughter switched from “justice” to “the Lord” as the healing element that can help solve the pain that decent Americans feel after watching the video of four Minneapolis police officers presiding over the deliberate killing of an unarmed black man.
“This is what the Lord said: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you.” 2 Kings 20:5
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 31, 2020
If Ivanka thought that her display of piety would earn her or her father much sympathy or credit, Twitter denizens proved her atrociously wrong.
Many replied to her post with dueling Bible verses.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits”
Matthew 7:15-16
— Tina -#BlueWave2020 (@trcfwtt) May 31, 2020
— DW King (@Kingwoman) May 31, 2020
— Sonya Andrews (@SAndrewsw) May 31, 2020
https://twitter.com/egheitasean/status/1267126228349186051?s=20
“When the wicked rule, the people groan.” Proverbs 29:2
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 31, 2020
Line 16-17 . “Hear the word of the Lord: 17 The time is coming when all that is in your house, everything that your ancestors have stored up until this day, shall be carried off to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the Lord.
— Tired of Crap (@njgypsyg) May 31, 2020
“never trust a shiksa” (My Grandmother, 4:23-67)
— Moscow Mitch's Shell Corporation Is People Too (@opus17) May 31, 2020
Others replied with plain old snark.
https://twitter.com/James_Beasley/status/1267157822753603590?s=20
— my name is Rain (@RoydYure) May 31, 2020
and take the rest of the #trumpcrimefamily with him!
— CMMorgan #NeverAgain (@SoCallls) May 31, 2020
Go fuck yourself.
Tony 5:31
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 31, 2020
— RDK (@KolodyRussell) May 31, 2020
P.S. Bring me a few buckets of KFC too
— Trumpy Trumpy (parody) (@outofcontroljb) May 31, 2020
P.S. Bring me a few buckets of KFC too
— Trumpy Trumpy (parody) (@outofcontroljb) May 31, 2020
https://twitter.com/MonicaLogallmon/status/1267151657860816896?s=20
Where was g*d when the pandemic started & your father decided hate rallies, golf, and calling it "the new democrat hoax" Where is g*d while more than 100,000 Americans have died? Where was g*d when a reporter got her eye shot out by a copy while she was doing nothing but her job
— Zoe "Proud Human Scum" (@DeepInTheHills) May 31, 2020
The unelected White House fixture got more than she bargained for when she sent her tweet, but sympathy was not part of the deal.
It’s difficult to make allowances for the entitled child of one of the most reviled men in America — someone with whom she shares half her DNA — particularly when her false piousness contrasts so heavily with the everyday behavior of her family.
Luckily, Since Ivanka is just an unofficial political appointee in the Oval Office, the nation can eject her from the White House simultaneously with her father by the simple act of voting for the Democratic candidate in November’s election.
As they say in the Book of Nike: Just do it!
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