Congressional Candidate Posts Crude Slur Aimed at Melania Trump

Congressional Candidate Posts Crude Slur Aimed at Melania Trump
First Lady Melania Trump at the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 2, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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A House candidate from Oregon is facing mounting criticism after he referred to First Lady Melania Trump with an obscene term on Twitter.

Mark Roberts, who describes himself as an “independent conservative” on his website, responded to a Tweet that was outlining how fewer staff members were working for the first lady compared to under Obama. His response included two distasteful hashtags.
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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