Kim Kardashian faces criticism over apparent show of support for Melania Trump
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The reality star shared a picture of the First Lady of the United States at the inauguration. In the snap, Melania could be seen getting out of a car to attend the event wearing an overcoat and wide-brimmed hat. Although Kardashian didn’t include any other comments when sharing this picture, fans on X (formerly Twitter) quickly took it as a endorsement for the Republicans.
“Successful billionaire, Kim Kardashian, has posted Melanie Trump on her Instagram story,” one person wrote. “We know who she voted for.”. “She definitely voted for her husband,” another agreed. “Kim Kardashian is really not hiding that she voted for Trump,” a third wrote. In May 2018, Kardashian spoke to Trump in the Oval Office to specifically advocate for him to commute Alice Marie Johnson’s sentence.
Others said they had already assumed the Skims founder was a Republican. “Why are people shocked a billionaire is supporting the right??? That’s literally textbook,” one tweeted. The reality star does have a history with the Trumps. During Donald’s first presidency, Kardashian went to the White House to advocate for criminal justice reform.
Two years later, she also lobbied for the early release of three female prisoners jailed for drug-related and white collar crimes. In February 2020, Donald agreed to cut short the sentences of the women; Crystal Munoz, Judith Negron, and Tynice Hall. He also acknowledged that he helped “with prisoner commutation,” but “only if deserving, and much more so for Kanye West, Kim’s ex-husband, than for Kim, who probably voted for Crooked Joe Biden.”.
