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Showing Original Post only (View all)Trump Sparks Social Media Backlash After Telling a Little Girl She Is too Short For Volleyball [View all]
A White House ceremony meant to celebrate Americas most physically active young people somehow turned into one of those did that really just happen? moments.
During the Presidential Physical Fitness Youth Challenge signing ceremony in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump told a young girl, in front of a room full of people, that her height would stop her from ever playing volleyball. Yes, at an event literally designed to hype kids up.
The exchange was caught on video and quickly made its rounds across multiple channels. What should have been a wholesome, gold-star kind of day took a sharp detour into viral clip territory. And that was only the beginning of how strange things got.
Link to tweet
The girl at the center of the moment has not been publicly identified, but she was among several kids invited to the South Lawn to play sports in celebration of the initiative's announcement. So were talking proud parents, big smiles, and a once-in-a-lifetime Oval Office visit. When she mentioned she liked volleyball, the conversation could have gone in a dozen encouraging directions. But it did not.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sparks-social-media-backlash-141458061.html
So what? Trump is too stupid to be president but that hasn't stopped him.
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Trump Sparks Social Media Backlash After Telling a Little Girl She Is too Short For Volleyball [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
11 hrs ago
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I just imagined Barack Obama or Joe Biden in that situation. It melted my cold cold heart.
Walleye
11 hrs ago
#2
Me, too! Obama or Biden would have encouraged her! Neither of them would EVER say something like that!
CTyankee
10 hrs ago
#21
He should invite Spud Webb to the White House and tell him he's too short to play basketball.
jls4561
11 hrs ago
#7
Just be thankful that POS didn't try to demonstrate by spiking a volleyball into her face.
tanyev
11 hrs ago
#9
I'm sorry. This made me think of another little girl who was slapped by trump
erronis
10 hrs ago
#16
He's like a senile perverted old grandpa. His staff should dissuade people from bringing children around him.
ChicagoTeamster
9 hrs ago
#27
And He's Too Fat and Dishonest to Play Golf with Honest Golfers, But He Claims
The Roux Comes First
2 hrs ago
#48