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First Lady Melania Trump caused a stir with the liberal media on Thursday when she wore a questionable jacket with “I really don’t care. Do you?” written on the back. She headed off to visit the children at the border who were separated from their parents. Of course, the gossip-prone media spend a considerable about of time trying to divine the secret meaning of the wardrobe choice and there were those who suggested she was saying that to the kids. CNN’s The Lead had both.
“The First Lady's office is pushing back against reporters who asked about the First Lady's jacket of choice as she boarded Air Force One headed for Texas today,” announced host Jake Tapper. “The First Lady's communications director told CNN, quote, ‘It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe,’ unquote.”
Tapper then turned the discussion over to his all-female panel who wasted no time in tearing the First Lady down. “[W]hy does she wear this jacket? It doesn't -- I mean, it was raining today. You imagine she could have used an umbrella,” whined CNN senior political reporter, Nia-Malika Henderson.
Henderson was perplexed by why the First Lady would want to wear such a jacket given how she knew the media would be there and suggested, “I just don't think it really passes the smell test here.” The CNN reporter then went to a petty level and knocked Melania’s ability to pick her clothes. “I'm sure she has lots of jackets. It’s like a $39 jacket from ZARA from 2016 I think. It’s an old, old jacket,” she declared.
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