An official White Home social media channel has responded to Selena Gomez’s emotional video concerning the looming surge in deportations ― nevertheless it didn’t win the general public assist it was in all probability hoping for.
In Gomez’s authentic video, which she posted to Instagram on Jan. 27 and later deleted, the singer and actor expressed her sorrow over the Trump administration’s aggressive push to deport undocumented migrants.
“All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand,” Gomez, who was born in Texas and is of Mexican heritage, stated tearfully. “I’m so sorry. I wish I could do something, but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise.”
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4 days later, the White Home posted its personal video in response, that includes testimonials from Alexis Nungaray, Tammy Nobles and Patty Morin — each the father or mother of a lady or girl who was killed, or suspected to have been killed, by somebody who was not within the U.S. legally.
“Seeing that video, it’s hard to believe that it’s actually genuine and real, because she’s an actress,” Nungaray says of Gomez within the White Home’s clip. “There’s many other children whose lives were taken due to people who cross here illegally.”
However many individuals on social media have expressed confusion over the White Home’s resolution to publicly interact with a personal citizen.
One individual on X, the previous Twitter, wrote: “There’s no way this is what yall are up to. Beefing with a pop star for what??????????”
One other individual declared the Trump administration to be “the most pathetic administration in history.” Nonetheless others took a stronger tone, with one individual writing: “Holy shit this administration is run by a knuckle dragging troglodyte.”
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Former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tom Homan, who now serves as President Donald Trump’s border czar, additionally weighed in, providing sharp remarks for Gomez.
“It’s all for the good of this nation and we’re gonna keep going,” Homan stated on Fox Information. “No apologies. We’re moving forward.”
On Jan. 27, Sam Parker, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Utah in 2018, declared on X: “Deport Selena Gomez.”
Gomez responded with a easy message in a now-deleted Instagram story.
“Oh Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker. Thanks for the laugh and the threat,” she wrote, in response to a screenshot taken by Individuals.
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In a put up on X on Jan 27, rapper Taste Flav got here to Gomez’s protection.
“Team Selena Gomez. Again,” he wrote. “That woman is always so brave to share her truth,,, and so many are quick to bully her.”
