Ivanka Trump praised her father, the US president for being the first president to “host a meeting at the United Nations on religious freedom."
Taking to Twitter, she praised Donald Trump for the following:
Today @POTUS became the 1st President of the United States to host a meeting at the United Nations on religious freedom.
Ivanka followed up the tweet:
80% of the worlds population live in countries where religious liberty is threatened, restricted, or even banned.
While religious freedom is protected in the United States, sadly it is rare and under attack in many areas of the world.
80% of the worlds population live in countries where religious liberty is threatened, restricted, or even banned.… https://t.co/7LyQIkloxe— Ivanka Trump (@Ivanka Trump) 1569257102
Trump gave a speech to world leaders at the United Nations about why they should do more to protect people targeted for their religious beliefs.
He defended his controversial “Muslim ban,” which attempted to bar citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, saying “tens of thousands of people” were entering with “cell phones with Isis flags on them…I don’t think so.”
Actress Mia Farrow was one of the first people to point out the obvious
@IvankaTrump @POTUS Religious freedon? Not if we happen to be Muslim— Mia Farrow (@Mia Farrow) 1569262499
And others quickly followed suit, and brought attention to the irony of Ivanka praising her father for his dedication to "religious freedom" given his past attempts to ban Muslims from the US...
@IvankaTrump @POTUS When Republicans say "religious freedom" they mean freedom to use Christianity as excuse to dis… https://t.co/R9y1RScPZd— David Rothschild (@David Rothschild) 1569262100
@IvankaTrump @POTUS Your father tried to ban an entire religion from entering the US. He has about as much expertis… https://t.co/eioVZIsr4w— {{{The Lady Aye - The Lipstick Historian}}} (@{{{The Lady Aye - The Lipstick Historian}}}) 1569278535
@IvankaTrump Your father tries to destroy religious freedom. Remember the Muslim ban?— Ellan (@Ellan) 1569334090
@IvankaTrump @POTUS So, between us, just what kind of religious freedom was he supporting. The kind in the places h… https://t.co/AgocyQmI8N— David Rothkopf (@David Rothkopf) 1569263023
@IvankaTrump @POTUS Oh, please. https://t.co/hxwqYkKSPo— Ida Skibenes (@Ida Skibenes) 1569271089
Others said Donald Trump was not the main event at the UN anyway...it was 16-year-old Greta Thunberg
The young activist delivered a scathing takedown of world leaders and their inaction around climate change.
@IvankaTrump @POTUS The main event at the UN today was a 16 year old girl whose going to get the Nobel Peace Prize… https://t.co/mBmpl5XuNL— Pablo (@Pablo) 1569288924
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