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November 4, 2016

Melania Trump Would Tackle Cyberbullying as First Lady
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This comes as Donald Trump's wife, Melania, has given her first major
speech since the Republican National Convention. In her remarks in
Berwyn, Pennsylvania, she said that, as first lady, she would focus on
decreasing cyberbullying and toxic social media culture.

Melania Trump: "We have to find a better way to talk to each other, to
disagree with each other, to respect each other. We must find better
ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children, especially
in social media. It would be one of the main focuses of my work, if I'm
privileged enough to become your first lady."

Melania Trump did not mention in her speech the frequent social media
attacks launched by her husband, Donald Trump, whose combative Twitter
use over the years has included attacks on journalists, women-whom he
has called "dogs"-and other presidential candidates, including Hillary
Clinton, once tweeting, "If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband
what makes her think she can satisfy America?" Meanwhile, despite
Melania Trump's expressed concern over social media bullying, she did
not come to the aid of a journalist earlier this year who faced a
barrage of death threats, Holocaust references and other anti-Semitic
attacks on social media after writing a profile about Melania for GQ.
Instead, Melania said in an interview that journalist Julia Ioffe, who
is Jewish, had "provoked" the harassment.
Topics:Donald Trump Social Media2016 Election

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