{"id":1674308,"date":"2022-10-05T14:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674308"},"modified":"2022-10-05T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:49:21","slug":"media-silent-on-jill-bidens-hurricane-heels-after-melting-down-over-melania-trumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-silent-on-jill-bidens-hurricane-heels-after-melting-down-over-melania-trumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Silent On Jill Biden\u2019s Hurricane Heels After Melting Down Over Melania Trump\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-silent-on-jill-bidens-hurricane-heels-after-melting-down-over-melania-trumps%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1674308&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>First Lady Jill Biden wore heeled shoes Wednesday as she joined the president to tour the disaster damage in Florida after Hurricane Ian ripped across the peninsula as a Category 4 storm. <\/p>\n<p>The shoes themselves aren\u2019t a big deal. The first lady can wear whatever she wants, even if her decisions seem impractical for touring an area ravaged by a recent hurricane. But at the end of the day, who cares? No one in the press corps seemed to, as the president and first lady left the White House this morning. Five years ago, however, the first lady\u2019s shoes were given wall-to-wall coverage as partisan fashionistas hyperventilated over Melania Trump making a similar wardrobe choice to tour Texas after Hurricane Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1577668509668061189?s=20&amp;t=Pk-GFU9JvzDvajdeaBZOmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sampling<\/a> of the headlines admonishing the former first lady over a made-up controversy: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/29\/fashion\/melania-trump-hurricane-harvey-heels-texas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMelania Trump, Off to Texas, Finds Herself on Thin Heels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/melania-trump-hurricane-harvey-stilettos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vogue<\/a>: \u201cMelania Trump\u2019s Hurricane Stilettos, and the White House\u2019s Continual Failure to Understand Optics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/stephaniemcneal\/flood-heels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BuzzFeed<\/a>: \u201cMelania Trump Wore Stilettos On The Way To Texas And People Lost Their Minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/culture\/politics\/a12119130\/melania-trump-hurricane-harvey-heels-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a>: \u201cMelania Trump Gets Backlash for Wearing Heels to Help Hurricane Victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/melania-trump-storm-stilettos-hurricane-harvey-texas-manolo-blahnik-2017-9#:~:text=Melania%20Trump%27s%20%27Storm%20Stilettos%27%20Designer%20Manolo%20Blahnik%20Speaks%20Out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cThe designer behind the \u2018storm stilettos\u2019 Melania Trump wore to Texas after Hurricane Harvey has spoken out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/melania-trump-stilettos-houston-flood-zone-1033584\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>: \u201cMelania Trump Wears Her Stilettos to Tour Houston Flood Zone, No Joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2017\/08\/melania-trump-hurricane-harvey-heels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a>: \u201cWho Wears Stilettos to a Hurricane? Melania Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But to answer Vanity Fair, First Lady Jill Biden does too. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenGoldey\/status\/1577690424738709505?s=20&amp;t=Pk-GFU9JvzDvajdeaBZOmw\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bwjQL2xqlys&amp;t=5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to Inside Edition, Melania Trump didn\u2019t even wear the stilettos in Texas. The first lady changed into a pair of sneakers on the plane.<\/p>\n<p>While the shoes themselves don\u2019t matter, the double standard absolutely does. The conduct of Trump\u2019s critics not only reveals open animosity for the former first lady, but also reveals just as much how the corporate press approached the Republican administration at large. From disparate hysteria over <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/02\/10\/media-perfunctorily-covers-biden-demanding-doj-resignations-four-years-after-hysteria-when-trump-did-same-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOJ resignations<\/a> to the difference in coverage between the Russia hoax and the Hunter Biden laptop, there is no shortage of examples. <\/p>\n<h2>Timberland Boots Are Revolutionary on Kamala Harris, They\u2019re \u2018Work Boots\u2019 on Melania Trump<\/h2>\n<p>This week\u2019s episode featuring stilettos is far from the first time First Lady Melania has been the subject of the media\u2019s vicious double fashion standards. <\/p>\n<p>In September 2020, then-Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris wore Timberland Boots to tour the fire devastation sweeping her state while she was still a California senator. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>The press lauded the footwear as a revolutionary wardrobe pick for a prominent politician.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/kamala-harris-may-have-made-timberland-boots-cool-again-174021441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a>\u00a0to Yahoo! Finance, \u201cKamala Harris may have made Timberland boots cool again.\u201d Yahoo\u2019s Editor-at-Large Brian Sozzi called the shoe choice a \u201cboss like move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other outlets followed suit to celebrate the California senator\u2019s trendy new look.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala Harris Wears Her Timberlands, Gets Sh*t Done,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/a34042124\/kamala-harris-timberland-boots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headlined<\/a>\u00a0the fashion and beauty magazine Marie Claire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTimbs and Converse? Kamala Harris sports Timberland boots after wearing Chuck Taylor All-Stars,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2020\/09\/16\/kamala-harris-democratic-vice-president-candidate-shoes-timberlands-converse\/5817913002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fawned<\/a>\u00a0USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala Harris\u2019 Timberlands-Pearls Combo Has Our Vote,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/kamala-harris-timberlands-pearls-combo-203333511.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headlined<\/a>\u00a0another article in Refinery29 picked up by Yahoo! Life.<\/p>\n<p>Timberland boots were seen as tasteless, however, whenever Melania Trump wore them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelania Trump gets mocked for wearing Timberland boots while visiting troops,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/melania-trump-gets-mocked-wearing-timberland-boots-visiting-troops-221926377.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headlined<\/a>\u00a0Yahoo! Life in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork boots and white jeans? Melania Trump\u2019s outfits still missing the mark for some,\u201d read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/entertainthis\/2017\/10\/03\/melania-trumps-puerto-rico-outfit-white-jeans-and-mirrored-sunglasses-isnt-helping-her-optics-proble\/727862001\/\">another<\/a>\u00a0headline in USA Today in 2017, removing any description of Timberlands as \u201cwork boots\u201d when covering Harris\u2019s shoe pick three years later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelania Trump\u2019s Puerto Rico Outfit and Heels Spark Backlash,\u201d Teen Vogue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/melania-trump-puerto-rico-heels-timberland-boots-backlash#:~:text=%22Disaster%20chic.%22&amp;text=Melania%20Trump%27s%20wardrobe%20has%20consistently,pair%20of%20Manolo%20Blahnik%20pumps.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Media Turn Scrooge On Melania\u2019s Christmas Outfit<\/h2>\n<p>In 2019, First Lady Melania Trump\u2019s Christmas outfit was ridiculed after the prior year\u2019s White House holiday display was given <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/12\/03\/washington-post-blasts-melania-trumps-outfit-after-finally-approving-the-first-ladys-christmas-decorations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scorched-earth<\/a> treatment by The Washington Post. <\/p>\n<p>In the piece, titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/2019\/12\/02\/melania-trumps-christmas-decorations-are-lovely-that-coat-looks-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melania Trump\u2019s Christmas decorations are lovely, but that coat looks ridiculous,<\/a>\u201d Post fashion critic Robin Givhan complained the first lady looked \u201ccold\u201d and \u201cdismissive\u201d in white despite the color being the dominant hue of the display\u2019s theme that year, which was \u201cThe Spirit of America.\u201d The white coat is also a signature look in Melania Trump\u2019s wardrobe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than a silly fashion folly, the coat is a distraction,\u201d Givhan wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s a discomforting affectation taken to a ludicrous extreme. In a video that is intended to celebrate the warmth and welcoming spirit of the holiday season, that simple flourish exudes cold, dismissive aloofness.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"mAVxdbwQOlL62RBHE0c3TN9fGIP5tung8KX7MJDW1a\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Givhan, of course, is an activist fashion critic who always seemed in awe of former First Lady Michelle Obama. <\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Givhan penned a piece examining Obama\u2019s White House fashion legacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/michelle-obama-didnt-like-to-discuss-her-clothes-but-they-spoke-volumes\/2016\/11\/21\/1d3bb19e-9f84-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">titled<\/a>, \u201cMichelle Obama didn\u2019t like to discuss her clothes, but they spoke volumes.\u201d The next year, Givhan joined the chorus criticizing Melania Trump\u2019s stilettos in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no pretense about Melania Trump\u2019s heels,\u201d Givhan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/arts-and-entertainment\/wp\/2017\/08\/29\/there-was-no-pretense-about-melania-trumps-heels-but-sometimes-a-little-pretense-helps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headlined<\/a> her reporting in the Post. \u201cBut sometimes a little pretense helps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was also an image that suggested that Trump is the kind of woman who refuses to pretend that her feet will, at any point, ever be immersed in cold, muddy, bacteria-infested Texas water,\u201d Givhan wrote of Melania\u2019s stiletto choice. \u201cShe is the kind of woman who may listen empathetically to your pain, but she knows that you know that she is not going to experience it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday afternoon, Givhan had written nothing on Jill Biden\u2019s hurricane heels.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Jill Biden wore heeled shoes Wednesday as she joined the president to tour the disaster damage in Florida after Hurricane Ian ripped across the peninsula as a Category<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1674308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}