First Daughter Tiffany Trump has found herself the target of an online mob after claiming that the nation’s lockdown, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, should be over in a week.
Earlier today President Trump retweeted Tiffany’s claim that the nation has “eight days to slow the spread” of coronavirus. The retweet came as the president is receiving harsh criticism for suggesting that the current lockdown could be lifted as soon as Easter.
We must all do our part to #SlowTheSpread [1]! #TogetherApart [2] #SocialDistancing [3] #StayAtHome [4] #WorkFromHome [5] #StopTheSpread [6] #FlattenTheCurve [7] #COVIDー19 [8] #covid_19 [9] #Coronavirus [10] pic.twitter.com/qju3gxbEjd [11]
— Tiffany Ariana Trump (@TiffanyATrump) March 24, 2020 [12]
Tiffany shared an image from the CDC which shows ’15 days’ crossed out and replaced with ‘8’, despite health experts warning that it could be a matter of months before social distancing measures can safely be lifted.
President Trump yesterday said that he will reconsider the nation’s social distancing policy within a matter of days, and America would be open for business ‘very soon’.
The US coronavirus death toll surpassed 500 on Monday as the total number of cases went past 43,000 and fifteen states went into various forms of lock-down. [Daily Mail [13]]
The reaction to Tiffany’s tweet–and Trump’s decision to re-tweet it–was harsh and swift.
Too late @realDonaldTrump [14]. The US is screwed because of you
— Natalie (@NATty_l1ght) March 24, 2020 [15]
Do your part as well Tiffany tell the truth about your corrupt family
— Sharon (@sharon_a29) March 24, 2020 [16]
hey donnie
100 AMERICANS DIED TODAY FROM COVID-19
RESIGN NOW!
— Deb (@debnotmypres) March 24, 2020 [17]
Thanks Tiffany! How are you going to be able to keep @EricTrump [18] from eating crayons if you follow these rules??
— A. Lincoln Jr. (@ALincolnJr1) March 24, 2020 [19]
pic.twitter.com/bn3f4eCFKj [20]
— dreamwithfaith™ (@dreamwithfaith) March 24, 2020 [21]
You no longer get a pass. You’ve now joined your father’s cult. We’ll have no pity.
— Michelle T (@Divinity11) March 24, 2020 [22]
Oh look America…it is rich-girl #TiffanyATrump [23] chiming in with expert advice. No doubt..
we will do our part, especially when we vote out your pathological lying, corrupt criminal father #donaldtrump [24] on Nov.3rd. #TrumpLiesPeopleDie [25]#CoronavirusPandemic [26]— Miles Q Black (@MilesQBlack1) March 24, 2020 [27]
This piece was written by Objectivist Staff on March 24, 2020. It originally appeared in Objectivist.co [28] and is used by permission.