Melania Trump: ‘Our Culture Has Gotten Too Mean’

In her first speech since the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump railed against cyber-bullying and lamented a culture that has become “too mean,” all without a hint of irony (considering her husband Donald’s track record of lobbing insults at others). “Technology has changed our universe, but like anything, it can have a bad side,” she said during a rally in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Teenage bullying on the internet, she continued, can “make life hard and can force [victims] to hide and retreat,” because “they are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence.” She then declared: “Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough... [W]e have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other.” Her husband, however, has become well-known for insulting both the looks and intelligence of his rivals—from mocking former GOP primary rival Carly Fiorina’s face to mimicking a disabled reporter’s hand movements to calling countless commentators, journalists, and public figures “dummies.”