14-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor Lauren Hogg asked the First Lady why she hadn’t spoken to her step-son Donald Trump, Jr about putting a target on Lauren Hogg and her family by liking a conspiracy theory.
“Hey @FLOTUS you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying, well then, don’t you think it would have been smart to have a convo with your step-son @DonaldJTrumpJr before he liked a post about a false conspiracy theory which in turn put a target on my back & created a safe space for people all over the world to call me and my family horrific things that constantly re-victimizes us and our community,” Lauren Hogg wrote.
“I’m 14 I should never have had to deal with any of this and even though I thought it couldn’t get worse it has because of your family,” Hogg finished.
Hey @FLOTUS you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying, well then, don’t you think it would have been smart to have a convo with your step-son @DonaldJTrumpJr before he liked a post about a false conspiracy theory which in turn put a target on my back
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— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) February 23, 2018
&created a safe space for people all over the world to call me and my family horrific things that constantly re-victimizes us and our community. I’m 14 I should never have had to deal with any of this and even though I thought it couldn’t get worse it has because of your family.
— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) February 23, 2018
Hogg is referring to Trump Jr liking a post suggesting that her brother was a crisis actor.
When that got quickly debunked, the Right then started accusing their mother Rebecca Boldrick of working at CNN, as if that somehow means the it’s okay for the NRA to kill children for profits. But of course, Boldrick doesn’t work at CNN, she is in fact a teacher.
They also tried to discredit the David Hogg by saying his father was an FBI agent, as if somehow being an FBI agent means a person is a liar (it is never a good sign for a movement when they are against gun massacre survivors, the mainstream media and law enforcement). Yes, Hogg’s father Kevin was an FBI agent, but he retired because he had been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s Âdisease.
Hogg’s father is also a Republican.
Lauren’s family have received death threats since the shooting based on these conspiracies. “The wild allegations online have also taken on a more dangerous tone,” Boldrick said, telling the Washington Post that her family has received death threats online.
David Hogg responded to the wildly desperate and depraved accusations by saying, “Am I an actor? No. Am I a witness? Yes.â€
Conservatives squeal loudly and accuse of targeting without evidence so much that it seems to escape notice that they are actually doing the targeting themselves. There is no bigger source of power than the White House. From that power center, the president’s son is targeting survivors of the Florida shooting.
First Lady Melania Trump said her issue was going to be cyber bullying, yet her husband and step-children are arguably the most powerful cyber bullies on the planet right now and she has said and done nothing.
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