{"id":366326,"date":"2018-06-22T07:52:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T06:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/do-u-melanias-jacket-sparks-fresh-outrage-amid-immigration-row-rt-us-news-2\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T07:52:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T06:52:53","slug":"do-u-melanias-jacket-sparks-fresh-outrage-amid-immigration-row-rt-us-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/do-u-melanias-jacket-sparks-fresh-outrage-amid-immigration-row-rt-us-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Do u?\u2019 Melania\u2019s jacket sparks fresh outrage amid immigration row \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.06\/thumbnail\/5b2c33e3dda4c8287b8b462c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        When is a jacket not just a jacket? When it says \u201cI really don\u2019t care, do u?\u201d and is worn by First Lady Melania Trump on a surprise visit to a Texas shelter for illegal immigrant children, driving the media crazy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The first lady flew out to McAllen, Texas, on Thursday morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/430472-trump-reunification-families-mexico-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to visit a shelter<\/a> for children who crossed the border illegally and had been separated from their jailed parents. The Trump administration came under widespread criticism over the separations, which it said were necessary under the existing laws barring the jailing of children.<\/p>\n<p>All the media could talk about, however, was Melania\u2019s jacket, a $40 olive green raincoat from Zara that had the strange message written on the back.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a jacket. There was no hidden message,\u201d<\/em> Melania\u2019s spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement to the press. <em>\u201cAfter today\u2019s important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn\u2019t going to choose to focus on her wardrobe. (Much like her high heels last year).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last August, on a visit to Texas following Hurricane Harvey, Melania had boarded Air Force One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/401384-harvey-trump-critics-heels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wearing stilettos<\/a>. She changed into sneakers before landing, but the heels captured a disproportionate amount of media attention.<\/p>\n<p>The regular chorus of President Donald Trump\u2019s critics wasn\u2019t buying Grisham\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s like Marie Antoinette ripping a piece of bread from a starving baby and spitting on it,\u201d<\/em> said Eugene Gu, a doctor who recently sued to have Trump unblock him on Twitter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thought this was photoshopped but no, this is real. While visiting children thrown into internment camps, Melania Trump actually wore a jacket saying, \u201cI don\u2019t really care, do U?\u201d That\u2019s like Marie Antoinette ripping a piece of bread from a starving baby and spitting on it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8njYXtNs7\">pic.twitter.com\/B8njYXtNs7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eugenegu\/status\/1009880424565301248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today a crisis actress was spotted &amp; confirmed at a Texas Detention center for separated children<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the actress came wearing a khaki jacket which read &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Really Care, Do U?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She read a script &amp; then returned home to her big White House &amp; Orange Husband<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krassenstein\/status\/1009907812556607488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Melania Trump wore a jacket that says \u201cI really don\u2019t care. Do u?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because she doesn\u2019t care. This was intentional.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Dworkin (@funder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funder\/status\/1009898951959564289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The same people who are dismissing Melania Trump&#8217;s jacket wanted Barack Obama impeached for wearing a tan suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laurie Crosswell (@lauriecrosswell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lauriecrosswell\/status\/1009884635692720128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amnesty International declared it was <em>\u201cshook by the blatant lack of empathy\u201d<\/em> and offered to send the First Lady a &#8216;This is What a Human Rights Defender Looks Like&#8217; T-shirt to wear instead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are shook by the blatant lack of empathy in Melania Trump\u2019s jacket she wore to visit children in detention in Texas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PtWOJSMk8z\">pic.twitter.com\/PtWOJSMk8z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amnesty International (@amnestyusa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amnestyusa\/status\/1009884330171289600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNN editor Chris Cillizza was also not persuaded by Grisham\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cShe wanted to send a message. To who? Her husband? Her detractors? The media? I don&#8217;t really know\u00a0\u2013 and don&#8217;t even want to speculate. But she has lots and lots of jackets. LOTS. She picked this one for a reason,\u201d<\/em> he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday afternoon tweet, the president agreed that there was a message, and said it was aimed at one of Trump\u2019s favorite targets, the <em>\u201cfake news media.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMelania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI REALLY DON\u2019T CARE, DO U?\u201d written on the back of Melania\u2019s jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1009916650622251009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several of his supporters agreed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liberals latest fake outrage about Melania Trump jacket<br \/>Let&#8217;s be perfectly clear<br \/>Its YOU she doesnt care about<br \/>She cares deeply about the children at border <br \/>SHE influenced Trump to change policy&#8230;.not YOU<\/p>\n<p>Now get over your delicate little jealous snowflake self&#x1f37c;&#x2744;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u054f\u15e9\u144e\u15ea\u1587\u15e9 (@SandraTXAS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandraTXAS\/status\/1009918525148925954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Melania Trump wore that jacket today. <\/p>\n<p>Those words were for the left. Basically she was telling them to f\u2014k off. She was speaking for us all.<\/p>\n<p>Melania\u2019s cool. She always comes through. She\u2019s a Trump. She\u2019s the real deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Words (@unscriptedmike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unscriptedmike\/status\/1009915454629040129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The media have obsessively scrutinized Melania\u2019s every move, from whether or not she holds hands with her husband to her absence from the public eye following a kidney surgery in April, when some speculated she had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/428833-melania-trump-body-double\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">replaced by a body double<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Melania alerted the Secret Service to a Twitter rant by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/430330-peter-fonda-twitter-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actor Peter Fonda<\/a>, who, among other things, said her son Barron should be ripped <em>\u201cfrom his mother\u2019s arms\u201d<\/em> and put <em>\u201cin a cage with pedophiles.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Unlike actress Roseanne Barr, whose sitcom was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/428165-roseanne-canceled-racist-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">canceled by ABC<\/a> last month over a <em>\u201cracist\u201d<\/em> tweet, Fonda was not disavowed by Hollywood or banned by Twitter for posting insults or calls for violence.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/430350-trump-signs-immigration-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed an executive order<\/a> on Wednesday to suspend the practice of separating children of illegal border crossers from their parents and start detaining them together. \u00a0Democrats and civil rights groups say that is not good enough, and demand the return to a former practice known as <em>\u201ccatch and release,\u201d<\/em> whereby the migrants who enter the US with minor children are effectively immune to arrest.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/430501-melania-jacket-texas-immigrants\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is a jacket not just a jacket? When it says \u201cI really don\u2019t care, do u?\u201d and is worn by First Lady Melania Trump on a surprise visit to a Texas shelter for illegal immigrant children, driving the media crazy. The first lady flew out to McAllen, Texas, on Thursday morning to visit a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}