Conservative Twitter Blasts Librarian For Rejecting Melania Trump’s Dr. Seuss Gift
-Left librarian rejects “cliche” Dr. Seuss books from @FLOTUS
-Calls them “racist propaganda”?
-U CAN’T MAKE THIS UPpic.twitter.com/Llva38aPyq— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) September 29, 2017
A librarian at a school in Cambridge, Massachusetts is under fire for rejecting a gift from First Lady Melania Trump.
In honor of National Read a Book Day, the First Lady sent 10 Dr. Seuss books to a school in every state, including such classics as The Cat in the Hat, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, but Liz Phipps Soeiro of Cambridgeport Elementary School wrote an open letter rejecting the books. Not only did she say that her school has no “need” for them because her school “has plenty of resources, which contributes directly to excellence” and that her students “have access to a school library with over nine thousand volumes and a librarian with a graduate degree in library science,” but that the illustrations in Dr. Seuss’s books “are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes.”
The office of Melania Trump responded Soeiro, saying “To turn the gesture of sending young students some books into something divisive is unfortunate.”
Conservative Twitter wasn’t nearly as kind.
A school librarian rejected books DONATED by Melania Trump & said Dr. Seuss books are “steeped in racist propaganda.” Libs, this is a joke.
— Britt McHenry (@BrittMcHenry) September 29, 2017
Michelle Obama + Dr. Seuss: Inspiring
Melania Trump + Dr. Seuss: “Racist Propaganda”
And the left wonders why they’re losing elections ? pic.twitter.com/HFcev4zTUx
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) September 29, 2017
It’s only racist if Melania does it, apparently https://t.co/2nrVpl6Osg https://t.co/m9Cdhkk68o
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 29, 2017
It was a surprisingly short journey from Robert E Lee to Dr Seuss
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 29, 2017
If you believe Dr. Seuss books are racist, you might be a moron.
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) September 29, 2017
Librarian for Cambridgeport Elementary School rejects Dr. Seuss books from FLOTUS. So what does the school teach? Here’s some examples pic.twitter.com/E8xRuJxLcC
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) September 29, 2017
Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’ // Oh, for crying out loud. https://t.co/1DvmRbccM0
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 29, 2017
I do not like these slippery slopes.
I do not like this librarian dope.
I do not like this brain-dead hive.
What a stupid time to be alive. https://t.co/Wpc2SxjiUu— Ian Tuttle (@iptuttle) September 29, 2017
At this rate, 2020 is going to be such an easy win. https://t.co/yuCFyGyd0N
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) September 29, 2017
Soeiro didn’t help her cause when photos of her dressed up as The Cat in The Hat surfaced online.
Here’s D.C. librarian who rejected Melania’s Dr. Seuss book donation “steeped in racist propaganda” as Cat in Hat. pic.twitter.com/pek3pT5q2W
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 29, 2017
Here she is:#LizPhippsSoeiro
Librarian refused @FLOTUS #DrSeuss books
b/c “Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda” pic.twitter.com/bvodUR4KgW— SusieQ4USA (@127bama) September 29, 2017
This is the woman who said “Dr. Seuss books are racist” dressed as the Cat in the Hat.
So basically she just called herself racist ? pic.twitter.com/rKx2cVkJIM
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 29, 2017
Watch the clip above, via Fox News.
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