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Melania Trump's response to if she watched a report about US President Donald Trump's payment to Playmate

Posted by Pilgrim
Tags: politics, melania trump, playmate, television, donald trump, usa, first ladies, republican party, presidents, author.brian naylor, source.npr
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/25/632218411/trump-faults-cohen-after-release-of-tape-covering-payments-to-playboy-model

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Title
Trump On Recording Released By Cohen: 'What Kind Of A Lawyer Would Tape A Client?'
Authors
Brian Naylor
Published
Jul 25 2018
Word count
508 words

7 comments

  1. [7]
    Pilgrim
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    So posting this here, because it's not really all that newsworthy. Here's the response from her spokesperson when asked if the FLOTUS watched any of the media reports about the tape of POTUS...

    So posting this here, because it's not really all that newsworthy.

    Here's the response from her spokesperson when asked if the FLOTUS watched any of the media reports about the tape of POTUS talking about paying off the Playmate:

    Did you know that every 15 minutes a baby is born with [neonatal abstinence syndrome]?
    Maybe you'd like to talk about the 160,000 kids who skip school every day for fear of being bullied, or that 280,000 students are physically attacked in schools every month.
    Seems kind of silly to worry about what channel [Melania Trump] watches on TV (any channel she wants btw) or if she heard some recording on the news.

    Ok so what REALLY stuck out for me is this line:

    Seems kind of silly to worry about what channel [Melania Trump] watches on TV (any channel she wants btw) or if she heard some recording on the news.

    Especially this:

    (any channel she wants btw)

    WTF is that about? How controlled is Melania that her spokeperson needs to clarify that she can watch any TV channel she wants to? That's like something a child would say... "My dad let's me watch any channel I want!"

    Is this a response to some meme or some report going around that she cannot watch what she wants?

    6 votes
    2. [3]
      Archimedes
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      This sounds a lot like the fallacy of relative privation (appeal to worse problems / not as bad as) used as a deflection.

      This sounds a lot like the fallacy of relative privation (appeal to worse problems / not as bad as) used as a deflection.

      3 votes
      1. Pilgrim
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        Oh it certainly is, and it's a tired response used by bad actors and enablers when their actions are called out.

        Oh it certainly is, and it's a tired response used by bad actors and enablers when their actions are called out.

        2 votes
      2. MangoTiger
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        Interesting, I didn't know there was a term for this. Here is some more information about it in case anyone else was intrigued.

        Interesting, I didn't know there was a term for this. Here is some more information about it in case anyone else was intrigued.

        1 vote
    3. [2]
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      1. Pilgrim
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        That made me laugh. Thanks!

        jive ass orange allegedly stuck his wiener in

        That made me laugh. Thanks!

        1 vote