Ivanka Trump faces a new set of criticisms from netizens after slamming the country's lockdown protocols on Tuesday. She took her opinions to social media, wherein she retweeted a video of a business owner arguing with public health inspectors.
The tense-filled arguments came after the inspectors issued a citation to the owner, Anton Van Happen of the Nick The Greek, for staying open despite the protocols urging them otherwise. The Daily Express covered the whole debacle on Twitter, revealing how Twitter users reacted to the First Daughter's post.
Ivanka said that the lockdown, which she described as a "blanket," are "not grounded in science." She added that the "rules imposed by callous politicians are destroying lives."
Her comments sparked fury among netizens, who immediately slammed and mocked her on the platform. The majority of them pointed out that none of these would have happened if only she, alongside her father's administration, listened to actual scientists.
Executive Director of NYC Media Lab Justin Hendrix responded to Ivanka Trump's post and said that she should not "blame them for the chain of events" she and her father started. He, also, quipped that the statements were laid by the "noted scientist, Ivanka Trump."
Several netizens echoed Hendrix's arguments toward the First Daughter's tweet. "Small businesses would be in a lot better shape if you did not f*** up the response to the pandemic," one critic added.
"Maybe, if your daddy did a better job at containing the virus," another Twitter user said. Donald Trump and "his entourage not wearing masks or social distancing is, also, not grounded in science," a different netizen countered.
Ivanka, as what she always does, did not make further statements about the matter. She remained active, however, in sharing updates about her recent movements weeks before their exit from the White House.
The day after the debacle centering on Ivanka Trump's post on Twitter, PolitiFact released a report and declared that the "lie of the year" goes to the downplaying and denial of the deadly coronavirus. Katie Sanders, who wrote the piece, stated that Donald Trump "fueled confusion and conspiracies from the earliest days" of the pandemic crisis. Apart from these things, he, also, "undermined public health guidance."
CNN followed suit and released a brief report as to how Ivanka's father "orchestrated" the said "lie of the year." As early as January 22, he insisted that the virus would not be a big problem, and the downplaying of the crisis continued for months. But, what made it all worse was Trump, reportedly, knew that COVID-19 was "far more dangerous than he was letting on."
