Melania Trump’s Spokeswoman Calls For Boycott Of T.I. Video
Written by Sam Mr on October 17, 2018
Melania Trump’s spokeswoman has called for a boycott of T.I. after the rapper released a “disgusting” music video featuring a look-alike of the first lady stripping in a fake Oval Office.
“Like it or not, she is the first lady and this is the White House,” Melania Trump’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, told CNN in a statement. “It’s disrespectful and disgusting to portray her in this way simply because of politics. These kinds of vulgar attacks only further the divisiveness and bias in our country ― it needs to stop.”
The woman in the video, who has a clear resemblance to Melania Trump, then proceeds to strip off the jacket and dance atop the desk.
On Friday, T.I. tweeted the video with the accompanying statement: “Dear 45, I ain’t Kanye.”
The reference to rapper Kanye West comes on the heels of West’s visit to the White House last week where he elaborated on his support for Trump.
While T.I.’s video doesn’t depict violence against the First Family, this critique of Melania as a slut is certainly a regressive and lazy way of protesting Trump politics and the First Lady’s complacency. There are far more beneficial ways of using art to challenge the Trump Administration’s policy beyond shock value.