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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,190 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:48 PM Jun 2018

You know, just after I give a preachy admonishment to DU about posting news too crazy to be true...

......reality apparently decides to turn everything on its head.

Yes, it really does look like Melania wore a jacket to visit separated immigrant children that bore the message "I Really Don't Care, Do U"?

I didn't believe it at first, and have always been a little leery of Daily Mail articles, but now you have an ABC reporter confirming it:






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NEW: @FLOTUS spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham when asked what message the first lady's jacket intends to send: "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope this isn't what the media is going to choose to focus on."

The $39 ZARA jacket the first lady wore as she boarded a plane to visit immigrant families in Texas read: "I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?"

11:40 AM - 21 Jun 2018


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You know, just after I give a preachy admonishment to DU about posting news too crazy to be true... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2018 OP
Horrible ass'd people uponit7771 Jun 2018 #1
I was convinced that was a photoshop job. WTF is wrong with these people???? Vinca Jun 2018 #2
Is there no one in the west wing that would say to her... Zoonart Jun 2018 #3
This! Phoenix61 Jun 2018 #12
Melania is probably the most picky wardrobe snob in existence lunatica Jun 2018 #30
And something that cost $39. Please. LOL. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2018 #34
Its intentional Saboburns Jun 2018 #19
Indeed. Anon-C Jun 2018 #23
Talk about tone deaf!! Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #4
No message? jcgoldie Jun 2018 #5
They claim there is no *hidden* message. That's obviously true, it's visible for everyone to see. Ezior Jun 2018 #36
Jacket link LiberalArkie Jun 2018 #6
I care that republicans can piss on families and children Achilleaze Jun 2018 #7
Fuck these lying shit heads. Image is EVERYTHING for office of president blake2012 Jun 2018 #8
That woman is one vile and disgusting pig of a creature. Squinch Jun 2018 #9
Lord - I keep expecting this to be debunked but . . . nt el_bryanto Jun 2018 #10
How stupid do you have to be to wear that on this trip, of all trips? ExciteBike66 Jun 2018 #11
It's not stupid. It is ON PURPOSE. Zoonart Jun 2018 #13
Showing her true colors. She is an awful person. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2018 #14
Seems strange, doesn't it?! demmiblue Jun 2018 #17
Why is she wearing a jacket? It's 82 degrees in DC. underpants Jun 2018 #15
Looks like a raincoat. Isn't it supposed to rain in that area of TX today? haele Jun 2018 #18
I briefly glanced at the blouse she was wearing before the jacket. displacedtexan Jun 2018 #22
People may not want to hear it but maybe she's as big a POS as he is Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #16
... "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, struggle4progress Jun 2018 #20
The Trumps ruin everything of course, but we should still avoid Daily Mail IronLionZion Jun 2018 #21
Confirmed by ABC News. Wednesdays Jun 2018 #24
I think folks should be thinking outside the box on this one....it's not about the kids. It is Trek4Truth Jun 2018 #25
You could be right. But if that were the case... Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2018 #26
I agree...it's caused confusion...but maybe she is not talking to him right now and really wanted to Trek4Truth Jun 2018 #27
up there with "let them eat cake" DBoon Jun 2018 #28
'Let them eat cake' 2.0.... revmclaren Jun 2018 #32
Maybe the throwaway line about exboyfil Jun 2018 #29
And Michelle Obama's... LenaBaby61 Jun 2018 #31
This is exactly what they want the media to focus on. Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #33
Except that's exactly what it does. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2018 #35
It takes the headlines off the effective visuals of real suffering and directs it towards ... Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #37

Zoonart

(11,875 posts)
3. Is there no one in the west wing that would say to her...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:54 PM
Jun 2018

Not this jacket?
Speaks volumes. The idea that the FLOTUS does not send any intentional message when wearing a MESSAGE garment is laughable on it's face.

There was no hidden message
NO hidden messgae at all...IT IS PRINTED ON THE JACKET!
FTA!

Phoenix61

(17,011 posts)
12. This!
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:02 PM
Jun 2018

She can wear anything she wants and she picked that. Like the mother of the groom wearing all black to the wedding and saying it doesn't mean anything.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
30. Melania is probably the most picky wardrobe snob in existence
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 04:40 PM
Jun 2018

She doesn’t stoop to wearing anything she hasn’t picked out herself.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
19. Its intentional
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:22 PM
Jun 2018

A wink to the base. To assure the base they still hate brown people.

Its what Republicans do. Like when VP Dick Cheney actually wore a "Staff" hat to the Auschwitz 60 year memorial in 2005. Yes, that's correct. VP of the United States wore an Auschwitz staff hat to a Holocaust memorial.

From ye archives... https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3024754

Ezior

(505 posts)
36. They claim there is no *hidden* message. That's obviously true, it's visible for everyone to see.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:13 PM
Jun 2018

Melania doesn't give a fuck about those kids. That's the not-hidden message, as I understand it.

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
6. Jacket link
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jun 2018

Melania Trump wears $39 jacket with 'I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?' scrawled across the back as she boards a plane to visit immigrant children being held at the Texas border
The first lady wore the khaki green Zara jacket upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland but changed before she disembarked the plane in Texas
Her jacket had the phrase written across the back in white graffiti-style writing
Melania, 48, visited a shelter for children in McAllen, Texas, the day after her husband signed executive order ending policy of family separation for illegals
Her spokeswoman said it was her idea to visit before the president signed his executive order and he supported her trip
It is unclear how many were separated from their families, but Melania spoke to officials first before touring facility to meet children
Visit comes after political firestorm over explosion in number of children separated from parents because of 'zero tolerance' at border







http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5871221/Melania-Trump-wears-jacket-REALLY-DONT-CARE-U-visit-immigrant-children.html

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
7. I care that republicans can piss on families and children
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:58 PM
Jun 2018

and the spouse of Dirty Donny* don't give a shit.


* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

 

blake2012

(1,294 posts)
8. Fuck these lying shit heads. Image is EVERYTHING for office of president
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 02:58 PM
Jun 2018

And First Lady. They definitely vet all of these things.

ExciteBike66

(2,371 posts)
11. How stupid do you have to be to wear that on this trip, of all trips?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:01 PM
Jun 2018

I mean, she is making the trip in order to show that she cares about something.

underpants

(182,866 posts)
15. Why is she wearing a jacket? It's 82 degrees in DC.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:08 PM
Jun 2018

I'd guess its at least that in Texas.

Is the plane THAT cold?

haele

(12,673 posts)
18. Looks like a raincoat. Isn't it supposed to rain in that area of TX today?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:19 PM
Jun 2018

And someone probably gave it to her to wear - and she, being clueless, just put it on. Like any model would when handed something to wear by staff.

Haele

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
22. I briefly glanced at the blouse she was wearing before the jacket.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:54 PM
Jun 2018

My initial reaction was that she thought she was going on a safari.

Bradshaw3

(7,526 posts)
16. People may not want to hear it but maybe she's as big a POS as he is
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:17 PM
Jun 2018

Americans want to love their first ladies but she did decide to marry the piece of shit knowing what he was like. Maybe she is every bit as fucked up in her way as he is.

struggle4progress

(118,323 posts)
20. ... "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas,
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:33 PM
Jun 2018

I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe," East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham told CNN in a statement ...
Melania dons jacket saying 'I really don't care. Do U?' ahead of border visit
By Betsy Klein, CNN
Updated 3:18 PM ET, Thu June 21, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/melania-trump-jacket/index.html

IronLionZion

(45,506 posts)
21. The Trumps ruin everything of course, but we should still avoid Daily Mail
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:48 PM
Jun 2018

and search for a more reputable source before posting.

Yes, the first family is stupid and crazy and obviously trolling us

 

Trek4Truth

(515 posts)
25. I think folks should be thinking outside the box on this one....it's not about the kids. It is
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 04:33 PM
Jun 2018

about the dotard. She doesn't really hide how much she is disgusted with him. This is a shout out to the trump-napper.

 

Trek4Truth

(515 posts)
27. I agree...it's caused confusion...but maybe she is not talking to him right now and really wanted to
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 04:37 PM
Jun 2018

send a public FU to him (again). On the other hand she is not "all in" with dissing dotard donnie either...so it's these little digs.

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
29. Maybe the throwaway line about
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 04:39 PM
Jun 2018

Cambridge Analytica having the DNC emails a month prior to Wikileaks actually has legs. This would sure distract from what would be solid ground for moving towards impeachment.

LenaBaby61

(6,976 posts)
31. And Michelle Obama's...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 04:42 PM
Jun 2018

Called an ape in heels, monkey, gorilla, man, transsexual, uppity and a N#@@%R for merely going sleeveless ....


Racism IS alive and well. Melanie proves that.


Tommy_Carcetti

(43,190 posts)
35. Except that's exactly what it does.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:08 PM
Jun 2018

By wearing a jacket with a message of callous indifference while traveling to see immigrant children detained at the border, it only furthers the focus of said immigrant children detained at the border.

This is not 8th Dimensional Chess.

This is....well, I have no idea what it is.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
37. It takes the headlines off the effective visuals of real suffering and directs it towards ...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:20 PM
Jun 2018

Whether Melania is giving her Cretin spouse the finger or bitching at the media or unaware of her wardrobe or is it photoshopped or she is being secretively...whatever.

It’s manipulative diversion.

In my eyes anyway.

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