March 23, 2016

In Defense of Mrs. Trump

Well, sort of.

“Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!” So blustered Donald Trump on Twitter — his regular refuge for hurling insults at the chosen victim of the day. But this time, Trump had good reason to be angry, though it wasn’t Ted Cruz’s fault. Make America Awesome, a PAC run by Liz Mair, released an ad complete with a nude photo of the Slovenian-born Melania Trump, shot in 2000, and the text “Meet Melania Trump, your next first lady. Or, you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.” The implication was that we shouldn’t want someone like Melania as first lady. Leaving aside the actual merit of that argument for voters to decide, the ad was in poor taste — even if the woman did in fact have her picture taken in said pose, and even if she is Trump’s third wife. No other prospective first lady would be treated that way, nor should they be.

Obviously, any man is going to — and should — stand up for his wife, as Trump did. Cruz didn’t mess around, either, responding, “Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought. #classless”

It’s not new for the first lady to be politically targeted, especially given that it’s often a politicized role. Think Michelle Obama and her nanny state school lunch program, or Hillary Clinton and health care. But any of those criticisms should be rooted in substance, not fluff. Melania Trump’s photo shoots have nothing to do with anything in this campaign. The fluff is precisely why Trump is such a frustrating candidate to us, but attacking him with fluff doesn’t work. Just ask Marco Rubio.

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday and Alexander’s column on Wednesday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!


The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray also for the protection of our Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please lift up your Patriot team and our mission to support and defend our Republic's Founding Principle of Liberty, that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Copyright © 2024 The Patriot Post. All Rights Reserved.

The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.