NEWS & CULTURE
Ivanka Trump Calls Family Separations a 'Low Point,' but Twitter Wonders Why She Didn't Speak up Sooner
BY JULYSSA LOPEZ
AUGUST 3, 2018 2:05 PM
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Despite positioning herself as a champion for women's rights, Ivanka Trump has repeatedly drawn criticism for refusing to speak out against some of her father's most controversial viewpoints.
Most recently, critics noted how conspicuously quiet she'd been on the topic of the family separations that resulted from the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy. But on Thursday she broke her silence and said the issue was "a low point" for her.
During an event with the news site Axios, Trump, who is also an advisor to the President, shared her thoughts on separations at the border, which have severed nearly 2,700 parents and children. An interviewer remarked that some administration officials have come to regard the policy as a "low point."