Melania Trump listens during an Oval Office announcement September 11, 2019 at the White House in Washington. Photo / Getty Images
Melania Trump listens during an Oval Office announcement September 11, 2019 at the White House in Washington. Photo / Getty Images
As turmoil continues in the US, the current First Lady of the country, Melania Trump, has taken to Twitter to celebrate her cyberbullying campaign "Be Best" — but she was met with backlash, as Twitter users pointed out the legacy of her role.
In a video posted to Twitter, Melaniabegged Americans to "give a voice to our Nation's children & the issues that impact their lives".
"It's the values & spirit of the American people that inspired Be Best," she wrote in the post.
As the legacy of #BeBest comes to a close at the @WhiteHouse, we must continue to give a voice to our Nation's children & the issues that impact their lives. It's the values & spirit of the American people that inspired Be Best & it's those values that will carry on its mission. pic.twitter.com/fRBTWphmlj
The post was met with swift backlash as users pointed out her husband, Donald Trump, has been the perpetrator of cyberbullying himself, among other things.
"What legacy? Your husband demonstrated to children all over America that bullying wasn't just okay, it was something the President of the United States does. He modeled [sic] childish temper tantrums and insults for four years. That's your legacy, lady," one Twitter user responded.
What legacy? Your husband demonstrated to children all over America that bullying wasn't just okay, it was something the President of the United States does. He modeled childish temper tantrums and insults for four years. That's your legacy, lady. https://t.co/d0wNRT5hRv
"Melania Trump is married to one of the nastiest bullies on the planet and was an active participant in the incredibly racist birther movement against Obama. #BeBest was nothing more than a smokescreen. Be better, Melania. Be much better," another person said.
Melania Trump is married to one of the nastiest bullies on the planet and was an active participant in the incredibly racist birther movement against Obama. #BeBest was nothing more than a smokescreen. Be better, Melania. Be much better. https://t.co/8DVyS5MSWA
You have been complicit in everything your traitorous husband has done. You have no legacy except being criminal along with your husband. What did you care about the most? Not being on Vogue? https://t.co/dvxAn4jElM
A few Twitter users took the opportunity to point out that Melania's own legacy is not the best one, either.
Yeah. I remember your "I don't care" jacket that you wore to see kids your husband ordered into cages w/no adult care just guarded, not allowed to be comforted, not allowed soap & water, no bathing, clean diapers so feces ran down their legs over dried feces. Voice to kids? STFU https://t.co/Y3kGwFqju0
— 🗽⚖Noelle pour la Résistance et l'égalité 🕊🏛 (@NReveillee) January 15, 2021
A few Twitter users opted for responding to Melania's #BeBest tweet with a different hashtag: #BeGone.
Hello, Mrs. Birther. You are delusional. You are complicit with your shameful husband. Your family’s legacy is corruption, destruction, division, and death. Oh, and our next First Lady loves Christmas.#BeGonehttps://t.co/hGd0o8Y8Xd
Your legacy is racism as a birther, callous indifference to the suffering of immigrant children, hypocrisy for a laughable program to supposedly address bullying when you’re married to Trump, hating Christmas and building tennis courts as people died of #COVID19
