Ivanka Trump And Chelsea Clinton Are Defending Malia Obama After A Smoke Rings Video
The conservative website published leaked video of the former first daughter blowing smoke rings in private, sparking a massive outcry.
People are slamming conservative website the Daily Caller after they wrote about a video that appears to show former first daughter Malia Obama blowing smoke rings "in an undisclosed bathroom location."
The site said the video was originally uploaded to Instagram (then deleted) by Barstool Sports on Thanksgiving, but they included a YouTube version in their story.
The 19-year-old Harvard student has also had to endure tabloid attention recently after video emerged of her kissing a young man at a football game.
After the Daily Caller wrote about what appeared to be the leaked Snapchat video of Obama blowing smoke rings, many people attacked the conservative website.
@DailyCaller WATCH: The Daily Caller has nothing better to do than hassle a college student
They argued the children of presidents should be off-limits to the press, unless they actively insert themselves into politics.
@AnnieOakey222 @markyzaguirre @DailyCaller Nope. Unacceptable. Like I said, whether Republican or Democrat, adults… https://t.co/xSIudCyrjg
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They also pointed out that the Daily Caller has an entire section called "the Daily Vaper."
@StarvingWriter_ The Daily Caller has an entire section dedicated to the Alt-Right favorite pastime of Vaping but M… https://t.co/ggLLZXHIub
Current first daughter Ivanka Trump even stepped up to defend Obama on Twitter. "She is a young adult and private citizen, and should be OFF limits," Trump wrote.
Malia Obama should be allowed the same privacy as her school aged peers. She is a young adult and private citizen, and should be OFF limits.
And Chelsea Clinton was right behind her, writing that Malia Obama "should not be your clickbait."
Malia Obama’s private life, as a young woman, a college student, a private citizen, should not be your clickbait. Be better.
Many people argued that Obama's smoke rings paled in comparison to the alleged wrongdoings by Donald Trump Jr.
Saddened to wake up to the news that Malia Obama held secret meetings with Russians and subverted our democracy.
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Damn, The Daily Caller is desperate... #Sad Last time I checked Malia Obama is a private citizen and she didn't b… https://t.co/WqfjdbyNzx
But others were just impressed by Obama's mad skills.
*adds another thing to the list of ways Malia Obama is more talented than me*
The only thing I find offensive about about Malia Obama blowing smoke rings is that it confirms she’s so much cooler than I was at 19.
WATCH: Malia Obama is cooler than anyone at the Daily Caller will ever be https://t.co/3OHH6GTlT9
Hip hop artist Common had probably the best response to all of this.
Let Malia live.
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Nidhi Prakash is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York
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