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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:22 PM Jul 2019

First lady Melania Trump in West Virginia for opioid talk

Source: Associated Press

Updated 2:34 pm CDT, Monday, July 8, 2019

Photo: Andrew Harnik, AP
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, left, first lady Melania Trump, center, and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, right, listen as Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial, foreground, speaks during a roundtable on the opioid epidemic at Cabell-Huntington Health Center in Huntington, WVa., Monday, July 8, 2019.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump visited West Virginia on Monday to learn how a city at the center of the nation's opioid epidemic is grappling with the crisis.

She met with federal, state and local officials in Huntington and heard how the area's police, schools and health care centers are trying to fight the opioid scourge.

"I am here to give you my support," Trump told participants in the roundtable discussion.

West Virginia has the country's highest fatal opioid overdose rate and has struggled, like many other states, to confront the many aspects of the problem. Huntington Mayor Steve Williams characterized it as a grim task.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/First-lady-visits-West-Virginia-for-opioid-talk-14079390.php#photo-17820071

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First lady Melania Trump in West Virginia for opioid talk (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2019 OP

What could she possibly add to this discussion? CurtEastPoint Jul 2019 #1

About as much... atreides1 Jul 2019 #4

Hey! Ivanka had meaningful interactions. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #16

Gimme a fucking break n/m RhodeIslandOne Jul 2019 #2

What a joke. She looks spaced out 99% of the time and the other livetohike Jul 2019 #3

Someone have mercy on us. Polly Hennessey Jul 2019 #5

Melania giving her full support equals attending in full makeup for the obligatory media pics Freethinker65 Jul 2019 #6

+1,000,000 fierywoman Jul 2019 #11

How obscene. 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2019 #7

And she is relevant to any serious conversation how? ananda Jul 2019 #8

Good question. In no way is she prepared to handle a "big assignment" like that. Judi Lynn Jul 2019 #9

Screw West Virginia! How about getting the dope out of Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #10

... Kali Jul 2019 #12

DUzy! JudyM Jul 2019 #22

Figured it was a safe place to score ? lunasun Jul 2019 #13

In all fairness, if I were married to Dolt 45, I'd need chemical assistance to get through the day. Jedi Guy Jul 2019 #20

Will she be wearing her area51 Jul 2019 #14

Pro or con? keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #15

She has to fly to W. Va. to buy drugs? KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2019 #17

Why? paleotn Jul 2019 #18

My reaction exactly. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #19

she's so fucking creepy Skittles Jul 2019 #21

CurtEastPoint

(18,652 posts)

1. What could she possibly add to this discussion?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:22 PM

Jul 2019

atreides1

(16,079 posts)

4. About as much...

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:25 PM

Jul 2019

As Ivanka added to the conversations at the G-20 summit...nothing, absolutely nothing!!!

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)

16. Hey! Ivanka had meaningful interactions.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 06:08 PM

Jul 2019

Hey! Ivanka had meaningful interactions.

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

2. Gimme a fucking break n/m

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:24 PM

Jul 2019

livetohike

(22,147 posts)

3. What a joke. She looks spaced out 99% of the time and the other

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:25 PM

Jul 2019

1% she looks annoyed. I can’t imagine she has anything intelligent to say since we’ve never really heard her speak at any length.

Polly Hennessey

(6,799 posts)

5. Someone have mercy on us.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:30 PM

Jul 2019

This woman brings zero to any discussion. She looks sooooo intelligent. Graduated from the best universities, I bet. She should stay in the swamp.

Freethinker65

(10,024 posts)

6. Melania giving her full support equals attending in full makeup for the obligatory media pics

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:32 PM

Jul 2019

fierywoman

(7,686 posts)

11. +1,000,000

Reply to Freethinker65 (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 05:12 PM

Jul 2019

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,013 posts)

7. How obscene.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:34 PM

Jul 2019

ananda

(28,867 posts)

8. And she is relevant to any serious conversation how?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:50 PM

Jul 2019

????

Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)

9. Good question. In no way is she prepared to handle a "big assignment" like that.

Reply to ananda (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:56 PM

Jul 2019

Of course, she could do as well as Trump, when you think about it.

Anyone could.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

10. Screw West Virginia! How about getting the dope out of

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 04:58 PM

Jul 2019

The White House?

Kali

(55,014 posts)

12. ...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 05:13 PM

Jul 2019

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

22. DUzy!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 08:57 AM

Jul 2019

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

13. Figured it was a safe place to score ?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 05:21 PM

Jul 2019

Sorry but she often looks buzzed on something

Jedi Guy

(3,194 posts)

20. In all fairness, if I were married to Dolt 45, I'd need chemical assistance to get through the day.

Reply to lunasun (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 09:49 PM

Jul 2019

It's tiresome enough dealing with his bullshit from a distance. I can't imagine what it'd be like to be in close proximity to him on the daily. Wouldn't surprise me a bit if she were nicknamed "Mother Superior" around the White House, on account of the size of her habit.

area51

(11,912 posts)

14. Will she be wearing her

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 05:42 PM

Jul 2019

"I really don't care, do U?" jacket?

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)

15. Pro or con?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 06:05 PM

Jul 2019

Pro or con?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)

17. She has to fly to W. Va. to buy drugs?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 06:19 PM

Jul 2019

........... ........
.

Not making light of a grim situation in W.Va., KY, IN and many other states but there's nothing she can add to the solutions.

We're delighted to see the drug companies that have flooded rural areas with opioids hauled into court and prosecuted.....

paleotn

(17,931 posts)

18. Why?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 07:47 PM

Jul 2019

What's the point?

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

19. My reaction exactly.

Reply to paleotn (Reply #18)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 08:56 PM

Jul 2019

This woman is completely useless. Stop insulting our intelligence by pretending that she is actually out there in the world doing "good for humanity". She is worthless and the laziest "first lady" in the history of this nation. She can't even fake it very well. I can't wait until she is out of our White House.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

21. she's so fucking creepy

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 11:15 PM

Jul 2019

ugh

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