Reports of First Lady Melania Trump’s activities after Democrats were grounded by the president triggered a liberal meltdown on social media.
Fresh off their embarrassing bus tour after their planned “excursion” to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan was “postponed” by President Trump on Thursday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and a Democratic delegation were treated to news that the president’s wife was on her way to Palm Beach, Florida… on a government plane.
Maybe Melania took Nancy’s plane?
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) January 17, 2019
Reports came in Thursday afternoon that Mrs. Trump was en route to the couple’s Florida resort aboard a U.S. Air Force plane.
I am listening to air traffic control
EXEC1F appears to be headed to Palm Beach. ATC just said they will have to do some serious vectoring to get the plane in line with the rest of the Palm Beach traffic.
EXEC1F is typically the callsign for a plane with the first lady on it.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 17, 2019
NEW: @NoahGrayCNN @KateBennett_DC @ElizLanders report @FLOTUS is currently in the air on her way to Florida for a pre-scheduled trip… on a government plane.
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) January 17, 2019
EXEC1F – #MelaniaForceOne climbing out from Joint Base Andrews
?? US Air Force
C-32A 98-0001 https://t.co/BlmOXELhxJ pic.twitter.com/kgGWuEiiGV— CivMilAir ✈ (@CivMilAir) January 17, 2019
The plane, marked the EXEC1F, landed at Palm Beach International Airport while back in Washington, D.C., angry Democrats reacted to the president pulling the plug on the use of U.S. military planes for their travels.
EXEC1F – Descending for Palm Beach, Florida
?? USAF C-32A 98-0001 pic.twitter.com/FgH6408iRe
— CivMilAir ✈ (@CivMilAir) January 17, 2019
and she’s landed in West Palm Beach pic.twitter.com/nLCNfq6QKc
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) January 17, 2019
It’s a callsign reserved for the FLOTUS. It’s not a civilian or commercial plane. It’s a USAF plane. Honest answer.
— CivMilAir ✈ (@CivMilAir) January 17, 2019
The House Speaker and the group of Democrats were already aboard the bus that would shuttle them to the airfield for the trip as Trump’s cancellation was announced Thursday following Pelosi’s letter suggesting he delay his State of the Union address until the government full re-opens.
The president didn’t exactly cancel the trip, just the mode of transportation.
“Your trip to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan has been postponed…if you would like to make your journey by flying commercial, that would certainly be your prerogative,” Trump wrote.
Photos surfaced of Pelosi’s luggage sitting in the office hall in Congress as reaction poured in to Trump’s latest move in the battle of the border wall funding. The first lady’s travel amid the brouhaha created another wave of reaction from the triggered left.
WHAAATTTTTT?????? With all those 800,000 folk working and not getting paid…now they have to put another plane in the air that they have to protect and not get paid to do….does she really need to go…is it an emergency that @FLOTUS travels. REALLY!!!
— Sharman (@retiremanny) January 17, 2019
So to recap: NO to military planes for Afghanistan CODEL and economic summits, but YES to military plane for First Lady trip to Palm Beach (per sources to @NoahGrayCNN @ElizLanders).
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) January 17, 2019
Shame on @realDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS for disrupting commercial air traffic in Palm Beach and making ATC – who aren’t getting paid – work hard to accommodate her. Too bad they don’t have any sense of #Shame. #TrumpShutdown #MelaniaForceOne
— Eben Pelcyger (@mrCLEANqs) January 17, 2019
But amid the predictable hate-filled attacks against the first lady for flying out to Palm Beach, others on Twitter pointed out the flaws in the arguments.
If the First Lady was needed to end the shutdown then no she shouldn’t go. The issue here is they were netting off for 7 days while so many are suffering. Dems have lost their way
— al bodden (@albodden) January 17, 2019
The dullards in the press seem to be missing the point. The issue at hand is people who possess the power to vote to end the impasse were set to leave DC to go out of the country. WTF are they doing leaving DC when they could vote to end the shutdown
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) January 17, 2019
Starving? Really? It’s the Dems that won’t go to the table and negotiate, It’s the Dems that are traveling to Puerto Rico catching up on their sun, Its the Dems that agreed to the wall and now they don’t, NO Nancy should not fly anywhere on the taxpayer dime.
— John Salamone (@JohnSalamone14) January 18, 2019
The speaker of the house should be more focused on ending the shutdown then vacations and foreign relations. Sorry if her own people are not her first concern. #PelosiShutdown #lostmyvote #wth #Pelosi #dowenotmatter #selfish
— Doll Face (@strwbryNscream) January 17, 2019
Yes. But why would Nancy Pelosi leave the COUNTRY during a government shutdown???? She is the Speaker of the House. Number 4 in line for the Presidency. Does she ever work. Off to Hawaii. Off to San Juan. Now off to Egypt????
— Barry Butler (@barrybutler2008) January 18, 2019
She will gladly spend millions of dollars going to Afghanistan, but won’t pay $100 to go to the S. Border. Priorities are not in order. Just saying.
— Latino Reject (@LatinoReject) January 18, 2019
i didn’t know melania was a member of congress. when did that happen?
— ben iv (@b4nbtnL) January 17, 2019
The first lady is not responsible for securing the southern border per the US Constitution.
— Wyatt (@wyleafy) January 18, 2019
Exactly, speaker of the house should be focused and available to open the government. Not go to Hawaii for a week, then a week in Puerto Rico for a week to party with Lobbyist thrown vacation….cancel state of the union and then try to take off to the Middle East for a week. Nah
— Ordinary Sensible American (@KorVetSon) January 18, 2019
The First Lady plays NO role in keeping the government open. The Congress does. THAT’s the difference.
— Ardeagold (@Ardeagold) January 18, 2019
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