Ugly Melania Conspiracy Theory Surfaces After Visit to Tornado Victims
You’ve heard them before: “Not my president!” countless leftists shrieked after Donald Trump won the White House. That nonsensical declaration has shown up on protest signs across the country, as a number of liberals still refuse to accept the results of the 2016 presidential election.
But there’s an even more wild delusion being spread by some liberals. Forget “Not my president” — try “Not my first lady,” or more accurately, “Not even Melania.”
On Friday, March 8, the president and first lady made a somber visit to Alabama. They were there to pay respects to 23 Americans who were killed when tornadoes devastated the region.
But apparently, nothing is sacred: Twitter quickly lit up with a left-wing conspiracy theory that the woman standing next to Donald Trump wasn’t actually his wife.
“A conspiracy theory that first lady Melania Trump uses a body double has resurfaced after her latest appearance with President Trump in Alabama,” reported The Daily Mail.
“Almost as soon as they arrived in Alabama, Twitter was alight with the hashtag #FakeMelania as conspiracy theorists fed the baseless claims that Melania had a stand-in,” the outlet continued.
Indeed, a search on Twitter for that hashtag reveals hundreds of tweets all pushing the bizarre theory that the president of the United States is using a body double to pose as the first lady. Thousands of users “liked” many of those posts.
The recasting of Melania is the worst I’ve seen since they recast Aunt Viv in Fresh Prince #fakemelania pic.twitter.com/HDIMi7FDAh
— James Corscadden🇮🇪🇪🇸 (@jamescorscadden) March 9, 2019
Some users posted photos of Mrs. Trump in full makeup at past formal events, versus her more serious look during Friday’s trip as “proof” that a stand-in was being used, rejecting the logic that people’s faces don’t look identical years apart in different circumstances.
When you order something online vs when it arrives… #FakeMelania pic.twitter.com/G1JBYsDzMD
— Chris Dmytriw (@chrisdmytriw1) March 9, 2019
I’m the First Lady, yes I’m the Real Lady
All you other First Ladies are just imitating.
So won’t the real First Lady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up? #FakeMelania pic.twitter.com/Qsqn8BR8gA— trevor beattie (@trevorbmbagency) March 9, 2019
Questions:
1) Does Donald realise that’s not Melania?
2) Do the American media realise that’s not Melania?
3) Is Melania dead? #FakeMelania https://t.co/XTRfXQrTxZ— Chris H (@Chris_CPH) March 9, 2019
It’s not the the first time this unhinged speculation has come up, either. Back in 2017, the same conspiracy theory was widely shared online after Melania visited hurricane victims in Puerto Rico.
Last August, the speculation rose again. “The conspiracy theories are often renewed when Melania appears alongside her husband wearing sunglasses or whenever a grainy photo of her emerges,” Daily Mail noted.
This would all just be yet another silly thing on the Internet except for a few key points. First is the double standard, especially at a time when Twitter is under fire for perceived lenience toward the left and bias against conservatives.
While spreading a conspiracy theory probably shouldn’t get anybody banned from social media, it’s difficult to imagine liberals taking the same joking and cavalier attitude if, say, conservatives were spreading a false rumor about a “fake Michelle Obama” going around the country.
It doesn’t take much of a stretch to imagine all the digital ink that would be spilled at The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and all the rest, calling such a thing insulting and probably racist. Yet when it’s the wife of a Republican being mocked, crickets.
And that brings up the second point: There’s an appalling lack of human decency from the oh-so-tolerant left within this conspiracy theory.
They’re talking about a real woman, a wife and a mother who has the frequently thankless job of speaking for important causes while being scorned by critics who despise her entire family.
The fact that so many on the left are eager to throw tomatoes if she happens to look tired on camera — while at a site where children died, for crying out loud — shows just how out of control leftist derangement has become.
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