Thread by @dermotfeenan

The sooner Plastic Ivanka and her family of whitewashing nepotists are removed from the White House the better.

#PlasticIvanka #CancelIvanka #ByeIvanka

via @YouTube

The video excerpts come from a speech she released via the White House, 6 June, after Wichita State University & WSU Tech dropped her from their commencement address.

The decision to drop her followed statements from her father and actions by the White House in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and consequent protests.

Plastic Ivanka blamed 'cancel culture’ & ‘viewpoint discrimination’ for the decision to drop her. I sacrificed part of my sanity & 9 mins 25 secs of life I will never get back, dear Tweeps, to listen to this vacuous speech on your behalf.

Plastic Ivanka claims the speech was recorded on 18 May, a week before the killing of George Floyd. She might have reflected, however, on the wisdom of releasing it on 6 June, two weeks after the homicide,

consequent protests & backlash against the brutality towards peaceful protestors so that she could accompany her father & his largely white entourage to do a photo op outside St John’s Church, 1 June.

She could have taken time to do a new video, or edit that video... or even add a supplementary video to refer to the killing of George Floyd and the accompanying US systemic, racialised homicide and brutality.

She could have addressed the historical harms and the contemporary pain, hurt and disadvantages experienced by African-Americans and the solidarity expressed towards them by vast numbers of people worldwide.

She could have done so. But she did not. Wichita State University & WSU Tech were right to drop her. Subsequent events vindicate that decision.

Plastic Ivanka: in such circumstances we all should cancel your indifferent whitewashing.

#PlasticIvanka #CancelIvanka #ByeIvanka