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When the Daily Caller goes low, Chelsea Clinton goes high

As 11-year-old First Son Barron Trump boarded Air Force One on Sunday wearing a T-shirt and shorts, conservative news outlet The Daily Caller decided it was time to publish an article by the title of, "It's High Time Barron Trump Starts Dressing Like He's In the White House."

Author of that article, Ford Springer, didn't stop there, as he also said this:

"...while the president and first lady traveled in their Sunday best, young Barron looked like he was hopping on Air Force One for a trip to the movie theater," adding, "What am I missing here? Is Barron just better than I ever was at rebelling against my parents? His dad is always looking dapper and his mom has become a worldwide fashion icon since becoming first lady. The youngest Trump doesn't have an responsibilities as the president's son, but the least he could do is dress the part when he steps out in public."

Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton then fired back, tweeting, "It's high time the media & everyone leave Barron Trump alone & let him have the private childhood he deserves."

This wasn't the first time Ms. Clinton stood up for young Barron, as she tweeted the day after Trump's inauguration, "Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does-to be a kid. Standing up for every kid also means opposing @POTUS policies that hurt kids."

She wasn't done there, as in April, she wrote, "I've repeatedly said and will keep saying Barron should be afforded the right and space and privacy to be a kid."

To all this, I say shame on Ford Springer and kudos to Chelsea Clinton. The one thing I'll give Donald and Melania Trump credit for in the first 6+ months of the president's tenure is they've appeared to try and keep their youngest child, Barron, out of the limelight as much as possible and allow him to be a "normal" 11-year-old kid. The kid is 11 years old. Who cares if he wears a T-shirt and shorts? That's what my 65-year-old father would wear every day if it were allowed. Give the kid a break. It bothers me to no end Republicans' seeming obsession with symbolism and appearance. To them, standing up for the flag literally is of greater importance than standing up for what it represents. Saying you support the troops through a bumper sticker is more illustrative of said support than donating money to and/or volunteering for a cause dealing with our soldiers and veterans. Wearing a cross around one's neck proves he or she is a Christian more than practicing the teachings of the Bible. Then here, 11-year-old Barron Trump's normal attire is somehow more embarrassing and insulting than his father's angry, hateful, prejudiced, inaccurate, divisive rhetoric and actions. Stop criticizing Barron Trump and let him try to live as normal of a childhood as is possible in his position. If you're going to criticize anyone, let it be his father. No matter how classy Donald is dress, his words and actions say anything but class; they say ass.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/22/chelsea-clinton-defends-barron-trump-after-conservative-website-bashes-his-clothes/?utm_term=.cfae563b1b54

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