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BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 01:44 PM Nov 2019

Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore

Source: CNN




(CNN)First lady Melania Trump took her "Be Best" initiative to the Baltimore area on Tuesday, where she was met with a chorus of boos from attendees at a youth summit aimed at raising awareness about the nation's opioid crisis. The heckling lasted for about one minute, according to CNN's Kate Bennett, who was in the room. But the audience remained raucous, audibly speaking over her remarks throughout her brief speech to the B'More Youth Summit. Undeterred, the first lady pressed on. "Thank you to all of the students who are here. I am so proud of you for the bravery it takes to share that you have been strongly affected by the opioid epidemic in some way," she said above loud, persistent talking in the audience in an auditorium at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Earlier in November, the first lady was met with protesters during a visit to Boston Medical Center, located in the city's South End. Protesters on a grassy area in front of the building held signs and chanted, most decrying the immigration stance and policies of her husband, President Donald Trump. Those in the crowd were primarily hospital employees, upset that Melania Trump's visit would create a public photo opportunity aligning members of the Trump administration with Boston Medical Center, 30% of whose patients don't speak English as a primary language, according to the hospital's website.

In Baltimore on Tuesday, the first lady touted her work with "Be Best," which focuses on children's well-being, online safety and opioid abuse. "Promoting education and awareness on these issues will always be one of my top priorities. I am in this fight with you and I am fighting for you. I encourage you, if you are struggling with addiction right now, reach out for support -- whether it's a teacher, parent, friend, grandparent, coach or pastor, talk to an adult in your life that you trust. It is never too late to ask for help," she told the crowd. She was again loudly booed, and also cheered, as she departed the stage at the conclusion of her speech.

This is the first time the first lady has been publicly booed at a solo event, though the Trump administration has had strained relations with the city of Baltimore. The President called Baltimore a "rat and rodent infested mess" in a July tweet, specifically referring to the late Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings' district, which includes parts of Baltimore, as a place where "no human being would want to live."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/politics/melania-trump-baltimore-youth-opioid-summit/index.html





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Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 OP
Be best! SoCalNative Nov 2019 #1
boo hoo kiri Nov 2019 #17
We need to keep this up. Loge23 Nov 2019 #2
only slightly mixed feelings about this not_the_one Nov 2019 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #32
Guess the soft brown Gestapo Fashion Look didn't go over well at the Fashion Show... Pachamama Nov 2019 #3
Yeah, I was wondering about her choice of outfit for this appearance. dhol82 Nov 2019 #4
Don't forget the "I don't care" jacket. At least this outfit doesn't have a billboard message. usaf-vet Nov 2019 #5
She just has it printed in the inside of the Jacket lining... Pachamama Nov 2019 #9
Just missed seeing her w/o the Nazi arm band! machoneman Nov 2019 #19
To me, this sounds like equal boooo and equal cheering. mysteryowl Nov 2019 #6
The audio clips that have been put out there sound like a mix BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #7
HAHAHAHAHA. ChiTownDenny Nov 2019 #8
as much as I hate tRump and have no respect for Melania I don't think booing or shouting anything yaesu Nov 2019 #10
Unfortunately, that's the nature of our media ck4829 Nov 2019 #21
Well, that Scarsdale Nov 2019 #38
True ck4829 Nov 2019 #41
I agree TexasBushwhacker Nov 2019 #30
I agree, this is setting a precedent that will continue Raine Nov 2019 #36
It'll come with the territory, they'll need to have thick skin ck4829 Nov 2019 #37
"Be Best" sure seems to have a very narrow scope.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #11
+1 Mersky Nov 2019 #12
Take it home Melania. Mz Pip Nov 2019 #13
Melania at the Youth Opioid summit reminds me of the old joke: CaptYossarian Nov 2019 #14
I don't care...do you? N/T bluecollar2 Nov 2019 #16
Sad state of affairs when a First Lady can't talk about a real crisis truthisfreedom Nov 2019 #18
She's a vapid silicone wasteland with DD kidneys. NurseJackie Nov 2019 #20
As she wrapped her speech and thanked the audience, @FLOTUS was again booed to a substantial degree riversedge Nov 2019 #22
location correction....... riversedge Nov 2019 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #33
Rumors say she is addicted to roxicondon Miigwech Nov 2019 #24
She would be wise to do some soul searching Politicub Nov 2019 #25
Plus she's on record with being a birther and has never apologized publicly badhair77 Nov 2019 #27
How long before they start throwing cabbages? Zoonart Nov 2019 #26
None of the enablers should be allowed in polite company. gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #28
Who says kids/young adults aren't smart?!? BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #29
P.S. Melania earned every single one of those boos that you are so upset about. Her silence is com riversedge Nov 2019 #31
Good. She is a birther and a disgrace. SunSeeker Nov 2019 #34
I want to feel bad for her because I'm a good person. TheFourthMind Nov 2019 #35
Is that tRump, or Scarsdale Nov 2019 #39
What do people expect? bobGandolf Nov 2019 #40

Loge23

(3,922 posts)
2. We need to keep this up.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 01:50 PM
Nov 2019

Any member of this administration or crime family should have no peace in public - ever.
Boo, shout at, disrupt (peacefully) - anything to let these cretins know that they are no longer welcome in our society.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
15. only slightly mixed feelings about this
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 04:35 PM
Nov 2019

Everybody makes choices they have to live with.

Melania chose to latch on to a disgusting pig (and got American citizenship for it), fuck him at least once (presto, Barron as an insurance policy) and have the bad luck of being set for life.

So Sad.

Barron (and to some degree, Tiffany) is the only one(s) who should have any degree of peace (my email is NOT a slap at Barron, he had no choice in the matter of being used as an insurance policy).

The rest of the treasonous spawn should be made to feel our disgust.

Civility is great in context. However, we MAY find ourselves tossing the last shovel of dirt onto the coffin in the grave of the Great American Democratic Experiment. At least we can hold our heads high and sniff, "at least we were civil and took the high road"...

Response to not_the_one (Reply #15)

mysteryowl

(7,323 posts)
6. To me, this sounds like equal boooo and equal cheering.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:33 PM
Nov 2019

This is a huge problem we have. There should not be only boooing.

BumRushDaShow

(127,259 posts)
7. The audio clips that have been put out there sound like a mix
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:41 PM
Nov 2019

but apparently people reporting on the scene were mentioning that it was significant (probably coming from certain sections of the auditorium).

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
10. as much as I hate tRump and have no respect for Melania I don't think booing or shouting anything
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:54 PM
Nov 2019

while she spoke is proper for any reason. They could get up & leave, silently protest. ect..., not the kind of behavior we should be promoting for our kids.

ck4829

(34,966 posts)
21. Unfortunately, that's the nature of our media
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 06:09 PM
Nov 2019

Last edited Wed Nov 27, 2019, 08:53 AM - Edit history (1)

People want to be acknowledged... it’s a basic social need. And acknowledgement won’t come from silent protest, thanks to the media, which will magnify the loudest and most scandalous person.

Case in point: Trump himself. He was the loudest and flashiest of the candidates, he offered nothing of substance and polarized Americans... it’s the only legitimate reason he’s potus right now.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,043 posts)
30. I agree
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 09:10 PM
Nov 2019

Remember Michelle Obama, "When they go low, we go high." We have to act better because we ARE better.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
36. I agree, this is setting a precedent that will continue
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 01:34 AM
Nov 2019

no matter who the is president and it will be directed at them and their family, it's not going to be pretty. I don't think that those who think this is great will feel that way when the next Democratic President and family members are loudly booed and heckled.

ck4829

(34,966 posts)
37. It'll come with the territory, they'll need to have thick skin
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 03:42 AM
Nov 2019

Nobody is forced to run for POTUS, if you've made the decision to run for an office that has been tainted, and will remain tainted for a long time to come at the least, by this administration, then you can expect to be heckled and booed.

I think that next Democratic President will be able to keep a stiff upper lip about it though.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
11. "Be Best" sure seems to have a very narrow scope....
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 03:02 PM
Nov 2019

They know big pharma's goose is cooked over the opioid abuse issue, so no loss there and any action against addiction will win a few votes.

However, if they really gave a shit about human misery and violation of human rights, Be Best would be speaking up against:

* separation of refugee children from parents and brutality toward migrants and refugees.
* the murder and abuse of thousands of Kurds in northern Syria.
* defunding and/or demeaning our public schools, a system upon which our entire future rests.
* defunding or marginalization of even basic government health care in America.

etc., etc. (that list could be a mile long)

Melania knows if she spoke up on any of those issues, her ass would be back on the street.

KY.....

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
14. Melania at the Youth Opioid summit reminds me of the old joke:
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 04:24 PM
Nov 2019

WIFE: The preacher was talking about sin today.

HUSBAND: Oh, yeah? Was he for or against it?

With this administration, you have to wonder.

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
18. Sad state of affairs when a First Lady can't talk about a real crisis
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 05:12 PM
Nov 2019

Because her no-good husband is hated so badly by more than half the country that they want him ousted immediately.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
20. She's a vapid silicone wasteland with DD kidneys.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 06:00 PM
Nov 2019

Can her face BE any tighter? Her features are so bizarre and disproportionate. Plastic.



And if she really does speak so many languages, then her English would be better... but it's not. She only speaks two languages and knows a few "travelers phrases" in French, German and Italian.

riversedge

(69,708 posts)
22. As she wrapped her speech and thanked the audience, @FLOTUS was again booed to a substantial degree
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 06:33 PM
Nov 2019



......Kate Bennett
@KateBennett_DC
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As she wrapped her speech and thanked the audience, @FLOTUS
was again booed to a substantial degree.
Show this thread
Kate Bennett
@KateBennett_DC
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In my three years covering @FLOTUS
at events, that was the worst booing she has received at a public event where she has given solo remarks.
Show this thread
Kate Bennett
@KateBennett_DC
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5h
Of course, @realDonaldTrump
has had a complicated and at times tenuous relationship with the city of Baltimore. There was certainly no love lost for @FLOTUS
by this group of about one-thousand young people in the arena @UMBC



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Response to riversedge (Reply #23)

Politicub

(12,163 posts)
25. She would be wise to do some soul searching
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 07:43 PM
Nov 2019

Last edited Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:33 PM - Edit history (1)

But I doubt she will. She’s part of the whole sick Trump machine and will blame everyone else except herself.

Feeling sorry for her robs her of agency and is also paternalistic. She has the ability and platform to do good yet decides to continue to support Trump’s awful policies.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
29. Who says kids/young adults aren't smart?!?
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:36 PM
Nov 2019

Those kids would get an A+++++++++ if they were in my classroom.

riversedge

(69,708 posts)
31. P.S. Melania earned every single one of those boos that you are so upset about. Her silence is com
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 09:25 PM
Nov 2019


Progress4Tomorrow liked
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I don’t blindly hate the President or the First Lady. I passionately resist them because I hate what they have done to our country. There is a difference.

P.S. Melania earned every single one of those boos that you are so upset about. Her silence is complicity. #MelaniaBooed


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TheFourthMind

(343 posts)
35. I want to feel bad for her because I'm a good person.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 10:29 PM
Nov 2019

I don't know that she's a bad person. I do know she makes bad decisions, particularly if she is a good person. However, if she is a bad person, then her decision making makes sense.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
39. Is that tRump, or
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 07:54 AM
Nov 2019

Kaitlyn Jenner? Hard to tell them apart these days. Do they have the same plastic surgeon, I wonder. I am of the opinion that someone who posed naked, worked as an escort, then married the vilest cretin on the planet can not be shamed by anything.

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