In 2014, Republican congressional staffer Elizabeth Lauten resigned after she posted comments on Facebook that sharply criticized Malia and Sasha Obama for their appearance as their father conferred the traditional presidential pardon upon a turkey at Thanksgiving.Īfter Trump took the oath of office on Friday, those who came to Barron Trump's defense over the weekend included Chelsea Clinton, who wrote, 'Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does - to be a kid. In the era of social media, that convention has been tested more frequently in recent years. On Monday, media news site Deadline was the first to report that Rich had been suspended from her job writing for the 'Weekend Update' news segment on Saturday Night Live, the NBC show that's often traded barbs with President Trump.īy trying to make a joke about Trump's son, Rich broke a longstanding convention that places the children of politicians - and especially those of presidents - off-limits to ridicule or attacks. The tweet prompted an online campaign calling for Rich to be fired. 'I deeply regret my actions & offensive words. 'I sincerely apologize for the insensitive tweet,' Rich wrote Monday. I don’t want my Mom to get raped, but if she does I hope it’s by Barron Trump - small pp & would be painless and we’d win lots of money in court. It was inexcusable & I'm so sorry.- Katie Rich January 23, 2017 SNL writer suspended for Barron Trump tweet, offers apology: ‘It was inexcusable’. I deeply regret my actions & offensive words. It was inexcusable & I’m so sorry,” she wrote.I sincerely apologize for the insensitive tweet. Katie Rich is now benched indefinitely from her gig, writing for Weekend Update. “I sincerely apologize for the insensitive tweet. Saturday Night Live suspended a writer who made fun of Donald Trump’s youngest son on Twitter. Monday afternoon, Rich restored her Twitter account and tweeted an apology, though all of her other tweets have been deleted. Rich has been suspended indefinitely from “SNL” in the wake of the tweet, according to a person familiar with the situation. Nearly 29,000 people signed a petition for her to be fired. Rich, an improv comedian who has written for NBC’s “SNL” since December 2013 when she was hired to work on “Weekend Update,” deleted her account in the wake of the backlash. Standing up for every kid also means opposing POTUS policies that hurt kids. On Friday afternoon, “Saturday Night Live” writer Katie Rich tweeted that “Barron will be this country’s first homeschool shooter.” It immediately triggered a flood of angry tweets. Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does-to be a kid. There was a particularly harsh reaction toward those in the entertainment industry. Barron Trump, 10, is the only son of Trump with his wife. A popular meme compared Barron to King Joffrey, a much-despised villain on “Game of Thrones.” People immediately took such jokes to task, considering they involved a kid who didn’t ask to be in the spotlight, and children in the first family are supposed to be off-limits. SNL announced earlier Monday that Alec Baldwin, who has been playing the now-president all season long, will host the Feb.

President Donald Trump’s 10-year-old son attracted a lot of attention Friday when he appeared on TV, frequently captured on camera as he sat behind his father at the inauguration ceremony at the U.S Capitol. Twitter lit up with off-color jokes and memes during inauguration weekend, but there was one topic that really sent social media into a frenzy: Barron Trump.

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