Melania Trump was booed by middle and high school students on a drug awareness event in Baltimore last Tuesday.
During her address, the audience gave a totally disapproving response and kept hooting throughout her time on the stage.
The B’More Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness was held as a part of Melania’s “Be Best” initiative – which aims to address issues like bullying and create awareness about the dangers related to the misuse of opioids.
Melania’s walk from her seat to the stage was welcomed by boos and hooting which converted into constant noise.
The hooting continued during her five-minute speech. On her way back from the stage, she again received negative comments.
According to CNN, Melania had never been booed at any speech before this event.
Earlier in 2019, President Trump was booed for giving racist remarks against Baltimore when he described the city as “a disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.”
Trump also passed some negative comments for Elijah Cummings, one of the famous representatives of Baltimore who died a month ago. In response, the Baltimore Sun referred to Trump as “vermin” in their editorial.
The Tuesday event has not yet been stated by the White House officially.
When asked about the booing she received, the first lady reportedly said: “We live in a democracy and everyone is entitled to their opinion, I remain committed to educating children on the dangers and deadly consequences of drug abuse.”
The Tuesday event was arranged by DEA and Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation. Both of the sponsors have not yet said anything about the booing incident.
UMBC student Nate Stewart, who’s also the president of UMBC Chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), arranged a protest outside the event venue.
Stewart said the students who were invited for the event chanted “F**k Trump” following the suit of UMBC protesters outside the venue.
“[The students] repeated the ‘F**k Trump’ chant quite a bit,” Stewart said.
“I was bit worried about them because that’s a very aggressive chant and there were cops and Secret Service folks around.” But he said no one reprimanded them.
“What really made me proud was after that after we had stopped chanting for a bit, [the students] kept up the chanting,” Stewart added.
Stewart said he was not aware of the booing plan until when it happened.
“But we got a feeling they would be pretty rowdy… rowdy in a way we like of course,” he said. “I’d like to think we played a small part in invigorating these and encouraging them to stand up to authority.”
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