Ivanka Trump was met with a wave of criticism after she tweeted in support of Oprah Winfrey’s impassioned speech at the Golden Globes awards over the
Ivanka Trump was met with a wave of criticism after she tweeted in support of Oprah Winfrey’s impassioned speech at the Golden Globes awards over the weekend. Winfrey said at the weekend: “For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.”
Ivanka Trump used the #TimesUp, referencing the campaign launched this month by women in Hollywood to fight sexual harassment. The initiative includes a $13m (£10m) legal defense fund for women in blue-collar jobs.
Social media users pointed out that Ivanka Trump’s father, the US president, is himself facing multiple accusations of sexual harassment, all of which he denies. Last year a leaked recording from 2005 emerged in which Donald Trump said he felt able to grab beautiful women ‘by the pussy’.
Alyssa Milano, star of the US series ‘Charmed’ and ‘Who’s the Boss?’, said that Ivanka Trump should make a financial contribution to the #TimesUp campaign. Jennifer Rubin, author of the Right Turn blog in the Washington Post, described Ivanka Trump’s tweet as a “hypocritical, clueless statement”, citing the president’s support for Roy Moore, whose run for Alabama’s special Senate election was dogged by accusations of sexual misconduct with four women, one of whom was 14 when the incident was alleged to have occurred. Moore however denies the allegations.
Chrissy Teigen, model and the wife of R&B singer John Legend, who is a well known savage on twitter with her acerbic responses asked Ivanka Trump to go away. Winfrey gave the speech after accepting the Cecil B DeMille award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.
