When criticism became deafening, Team Trump circled the wagons. A White House spokesperson for Ivanka responded that the first daughter had not, in fact, violated federal ethics standards for White House employees, which say that they may not use their government positions to endorse products, saying that “only the media and the cancel culture movement would criticize Ivanka for showing her personal support for a company that has been unfairly mocked, boycotted and ridiculed for supporting this administration.” The statement went on to detail Ivanka’s right to express her personal support for a company and tout what she says is the administration’s commitment to the Hispanic community. Poor bean lover, unjustly maligned.
- IVANKA STEPS TO THE CANCEL-CULTURE BARRICADES, HOLDING A CAN OF BEANS, VanityFair.com, July 15, 2019.
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