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struggle4progress

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Sat Jul 1, 2017, 03:06 AM Jul 2017

Silence over dads tweets

By Catherine Lucey 
AP June 30 at 6:39 PM

... Ivanka Trump did not respond to questions about the president’s tweet or how it affects her policy efforts ...

“Moments like this make it much harder for advocates that have spent decades fighting gender stereotypes and discrimination and advancing women’s equality to view her as a potential ally,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.

Said Emily’s List President Stephanie Schriock, “She’s never been one who stood up when it mattered most” ...

Despite Donald Trump’s history of offensive comments about women, Ivanka Trump has defended her father as a supporter of women. Speaking on a panel at a women’s conference in Berlin earlier this year, she described her father as “a tremendous champion of supporting families” — a statement which drew groans and hisses ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-moment-of-silence-speaks-to-ivanka-trumps-tight-spot/2017/06/30/8d89af18-5de4-11e7-aa69-3964a7d55207_story.html?utm_term=.8287e9664cee

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Silence over dads tweets (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2017 OP
i wonder how melania and ivanka feel about the plastic surgery insult JI7 Jul 2017 #1
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