Ivanka Trump was met with a wave of criticism after she tweeted in support of Oprah Winfrey’s impassioned speech at the Golden Globes awards.
Just saw @Oprah's empowering & inspiring speech at last night’s #GoldenGlobes. Let’s all come together, women & men, & say #TIMESUP! #United https://t.co/vpxUBJnCl7
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) January 9, 2018
Winfrey said at the weekend: “For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.”
Ivanka Trump used the #TimesUp hashtag, referencing the campaign launched this month by women in Hollywood to fight sexual harassment. The initiative includes a $13m (£10m) legal defence fund for women in blue-collar jobs.
Social media users pointed out that Ivanka Trump’s father, the US president, was facing multiple accusations of sexual harasment – all of which he denies. Last year a leaked recording from 2005 emerged in which Donald Trump said he felt able to grab beautiful women “by the pussy”.
Alyssa Milano, star of the US series Charmed and Who’s the Boss?, said on Tuesday Ivanka Trump should make a financial contribution to the Time’s Up campaign.
Great! You can make a lofty donation to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund that is available to support your father's accusers.https://t.co/A8HCVa715v
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) January 9, 2018
Jennifer Rubin, author of the Right Turn blog in the Washington Post, described Ivanka Trump’s tweet as a “hypocritical, clueless statement”, citing the president’s support for Roy Moore, whose run for Alabama’s special Senate election was dogged by accusations of sexual misconduct with four women, one of whom was 14 when the incident was alleged to have occurred. Moore denies the allegations.
This is the most hypocritical, clueless statement in her regrettable time in the WH. Your father has a trail of victims and supported Roy Moore, Ivanka. YOU are indeed part of the problem Ivanka. #complicit
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 9, 2018
Christine Teigen, a model and the wife of R&B singer John Legend, asked Ivanka Trump to go away.
ew go away
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 9, 2018
Many other social media users reacted with disbelief.
Um. Who's gonna tell her?
— She Bougie (@ThisIsWhoWeBe) January 9, 2018
She was talking about your dad. How is this not clear to you?
— Carla Elvidge (@BlissBunny) January 9, 2018
.@IvankaTrump your dad's a predator https://t.co/psoYjAkbGf
— Natasha Rothwell (@natasharothwell) January 9, 2018
So you'll ask your father to resign?
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) January 9, 2018
Winfrey gave the speech after accepting the Cecil B DeMille award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.
