Ivanka Trump calls mob ‘American patriots’ in now-deleted tweet
Ivanka Trump is heavily criticized following a controversial tweet calling those that infiltrated the US capitol as "patriots".
By SHIRA FEDER/JTAU.S. President Donald Trump and White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump attend a women's empowerment event during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (photo credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS)
As a mob of pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol, Trump’s children took to social media to talk to the mob. His Jewish daughter Ivanka Trump is getting particularly hammered for one of her tweets, in which she referred to the violent rioters as “patriots.”“American Patriots, any security breach or disrespect to our law enforcement is unacceptable,” she wrote Wednesday.The backlash was immediate, as many on Twitter pointed out that Ivanka is Jewish and many of the rioters sported anti-Semitic symbols and sayings on their clothing. At least one man wore a shirt that read “Camp Auschwitz.”
