CNN Spreads Nasty Rumor About Melania, So FLOTUS Shuts Them Up For Good
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CNN has been spreading a nasty rumor about First Lady Melania Trump which isn’t based on any sort of fact and which isn’t even remotely true. Sadly, this is what passes for “journalism” these days. However, you’ll be happy to know that Melania just shut her haters up for good, silencing the liberal mainstream media.
CNN is officially moving into conspiracy theory territory when it comes to the network’s coverage of the “disappearance” of Melania Trump. Any rational observer would attribute Melania’s recent hiatus from the public eye to the emergency kidney surgery she underwent in mid-May. However, the so-called “journalists” over at CNN believe that the fact that Melania is resting up must mean that there is something nefarious going on.
On May 14, 2018 First Lady Melania Trump underwent kidney surgery at Walter Reed Medical Medical Center in Washington D.C.
“This morning, First Lady Melania Trump underwent an embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition. The procedure was successful and there were no complications,” her spokesperson released in a statement at the time. “Mrs. Trump is at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and will likely remain there for the duration of the week. The First Lady looks forward to a full recovery so she can continue her work on behalf of children everywhere.”
While the First Lady’s condition was “benign,” it was serious. She spent nearly a week in the hospital recovering.
“The First Lady returned home to the White House this morning. She is resting comfortably and remains in high spirits. Our office has received thousands of calls and emails wishing Mrs. Trump well, and we thank everyone who has taken the time to reach out,” her spokesperson said. [Source: Townhall]
Faux-conservative pundit David Frum speculated that perhaps President Trump has been physically abusing his wife, insinuating that this is what put her in the hospital, not an emergency kidney surgery.
“Suppose President Trump punched the First Lady in the White House (federal property = federal jurisdiction), then ordered the Secret Service to conceal the assault,” Frum tweeted. “POTUS has Article II authority over Secret Service. Is that obstruction? Under Sekulow/Dowd, apparently NO.”
Of course, the usual crazies on Twitter agreed with this bogus theory. One woman even claimed that when Melania told an audience at a rally that “Donald hits back hard,” it was actually a Freudian slip in which she had admitted her own abuse at his hands.
“As someone who is a survivor of abuse, was thinking this but hoping I was wrong,” tweeted a woman using the handle Donna Snowflake. “Either @FLOTUS can’t be seen publicly because of only 2 things that I can conclude 1. Plastic surgery 2. Predator beat her. I’m truly hoping it’s 1. I can absolutely see him physically harming her.”
“Being an abuse survivor, I can tell (so can you) that she is an abused wife,” echoed another Twitter user. “Emotional for sure, and probably physical as well. He is incapable of self control. Remember, she said, ‘Doald [sic] hits back hard.’”
Of course, if any of that were even remotely true, we’d already know about it. The doctors and nurses who treated Melania would’ve recognized the evidence of physical abuse and leaked it to the press. That would’ve been the biggest story of the year. But no one leaked any information to the press because it didn’t happen. That doesn’t seem to matter to anyone, though, least of all the host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Brian Stelter, who has also become a Melania-truther:
Melania Trump has officially gotten the last laugh, though, because Stetler neglected to doublecheck when she had been last seen. As it turns out, a very “reliable source” saw Melania in the West Wing of the White House just last week. As it turns out, she hasn’t “disappeared” after all. If a tree falls in the woods, but CNN didn’t see it happen, it still fell.
“Hey @BrianStelter — @CNBC’s Washington correspondent @EamonJavers — who I would call a Reliable Source — says he saw @FLOTUS in the West Wing on May 29th, yet the graphic you shared claims that she was last seen on May 10th. You are sharing Fake News right now. Delete your Tweet,” tweeted Judicial Watch’s Jerry Dunleavy.
Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time that CNN neglected to do the proper amount of fact-checking before running with a story as irresponsible as this one. In fact, their sloppiness is becoming so commonplace that you’re better off assuming the opposite of what they report is true. How pathetic.