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<p>The young survivors of last week&#39;s <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/school/school-shooting-survivor-tells-lawmakers-we-need-action">shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School</a> have been hard at work advocating for a future with less gun violence.</p><p>Sadly, on top of undermining the gravity of the horrors these teens have survived, there are people who believe the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/florida-school-shooting-survivors-drag-conspiracy-theories/" target="_self">Parkland survivors are &quot;crisis actors&quot;</a> paid to fake a tragedy in order to push a political agenda.</p><p>The theories have gotten so far out of hand the president&#39;s eldest son Don. Jr. even &quot;liked&quot; a conspiracy theorist&#39;s comment attacking 17-year-old Stonemen senior David Hogg. Having lost four friends in the massacre herself, David&#39;s sister, 14-year-old Lauren Hogg, decided to call on <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/parkland-survivor-melania-trump-donald-jr-cyberbullying.html?utm_campaign=thecut&amp;utm_source=tw&amp;utm_medium=s1" target="_blank">Melania Trump to stop the cyberbullying</a>.</p><p><strong>In her pair of call-out tweets, Hogg alluded to <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/melania-trump-donald-trump-60-minutes-twitter/" target="_self">Melania Trump&#39;s anti-cyber-bullying initiative </a>and implored the FLOTUS to confront her own step-son about his complicity.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FLOTUS</a> you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying, well then, don’t you think it would have been smart to have a convo with your step-son <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DonaldJTrumpJr</a> before he liked a post about a false conspiracy theory which in turn put a target on my back</p>&mdash; Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauren_hoggs/status/967075704000077824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&amp;created a safe space for people all over the world to call me and my family horrific things that constantly re-victimizes us and our community. I’m 14 I should never have had to deal with any of this and even though I thought it couldn’t get worse it has because of your family.</p>&mdash; Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauren_hoggs/status/967075706659258368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She wrote:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Hey <a data-mentioned-user-id="818876014390603776" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS"><s>@</s><b>FLOTUS</b></a> you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying, well then, don&rsquo;t you think it would have been smart to have a convo with your step-son <a data-mentioned-user-id="39344374" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr"><s>@</s><b>DonaldJTrumpJr</b></a> before he liked a post about a false conspiracy theory which in turn put a target on my back &amp;created a safe space for people all over the world to call me and my family horrific things that constantly re-victimizes us and our community. I&rsquo;m 14 I should never have had to deal with any of this and even though I thought it couldn&rsquo;t get worse it has because of your family.&quot;</p> </blockquote><p>While Melanie herself has yet to respond to Lauren&#39;s beyond valid call-out, other people on Twitter, including actress Patricia Arquette, have commended the teen for taking a stand during such an emotionally harrowing time.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m disgusted your family is going through this. In the midst of your mourning. Thank you for your whole families leadership.</p>&mdash; Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) <a href="https://twitter.com/PattyArquette/status/967148251303555072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hang in there, sweet girl! Sending tons of support to you, your family, your classmates and teachers, and everyone in your community. My son is a year younger than you, and I’m devastated to imagine him going thru the same trauma you’ve endured. Love and support from MN! 💙💙</p>&mdash; C.H. Armstrong (Cathie) (@C_H_Armstrong) <a href="https://twitter.com/C_H_Armstrong/status/967077081359282177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Same from Geneva. I feel your pain and suffering, even if I am@fortu are not to have my 11 year-old face the horrors you have to face. Hang in there!</p>&mdash; Miguel CAMACHO (@MiguelC_Axonica) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiguelC_Axonica/status/967115497681707008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m so sorry, Lauren. You, your family and your community are so much better than they are. Know that millions of us love you and your family. Stay strong.</p>&mdash; VOTE BLUE ASAP (@AliceEngelmore) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliceEngelmore/status/967077483236356096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lauren - from NY, he &amp; the rest of the trumps are not us! We are with you on the recovery. We are here to help! I got your back girl!</p>&mdash; NYCresistance (@Tracy330507) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tracy330507/status/967077781392814080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Love you brave girl. Very proud of you. Chin up ♥️</p>&mdash; w 🧼 ASH 🧼 ur 👏🏽 hands + wear a mask + VOTE JOE (@ashtotheru) <a href="https://twitter.com/ashtotheru/status/967078556424687616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They do and say these things because they are afraid of you. You’ve gotten to them. They have no substantive counter to the fact that they’re getting owned by high school kids. Never give up! Never surrender!</p>&mdash; Rage Against The Regime (@TheBluFalcon) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBluFalcon/status/967089347978780672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m so sorry, for this &amp; everything else you’re having to deal with. You and <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidhogg111</a> should never have had to deal with anything remotely like this, nor any other students in this country. I vow to continue to be vocal in my support for this movement for safety.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottNRA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BoycottNRA</a></p>&mdash; Laserbeam 🌹 (@BerkeleyGirl63) <a href="https://twitter.com/BerkeleyGirl63/status/967081704790765570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/cdelbrocco/status/967104466787930112</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sorry you are going through this. You shouldn’t have to have gone through the whole shooting itself, never mind bullying - from the least of which, are adults!! I will be marching March 24th, for you, the friends you lost, and others. ❤️💕</p>&mdash; Dumbledore’s Army (@resistanceFtrs) <a href="https://twitter.com/resistanceFtrs/status/967079554887110658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Brunhilda72/status/967077984640421893</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You are wonderful, Lauren, and he is despicable.</p>&mdash; Patti Coppersmith (@coppertime) <a href="https://twitter.com/coppertime/status/967081981627518978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Young adults we&#39;re attacked by somebody abusing the Second Amendment and now they&#39;re being attacked by somebody abusing the 1st. When will we as a nation stand up and stop this madness? Time to start suing these animals and hid them in their bank accounts where it hurts the most.</p>&mdash; Jason Hannigan #BoycottNRA #BLM 🌊🇺🇸 (@CaptinMoonlite) <a href="https://twitter.com/CaptinMoonlite/status/967081888597889027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m sorry you’ve had this happen - on top of everything else you shouldn’t be targeted for something you didn’t even do! Your twitter friends will help protect you however we can!</p>&mdash; Robby | BLM (@HydroltTheMonk) <a href="https://twitter.com/HydroltTheMonk/status/967078282863828992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>While the love from people across the world is refreshing to see, if Melania was ever serious about curbing cyber-bullying, the time was yesterday.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Parkland survivor calls out Melania Trump over Don Jr.'s cyber-bullying.

The young survivors of last week&#39;s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have been hard at work advocating for a future with less gun violence.Sadly, on top of undermining the gravity of the horrors these teens have survived, there are people who believe the Parkland survivors are &quot;crisis actors&quot; paid to fake a tragedy in order to push a political agenda.The theories have gotten so far out of hand the president&#39;s eldest son Don. Jr. even &quot;liked&quot; a conspiracy theorist&#39;s comment attacking 17-year-old Stonemen senior David Hogg. Having lost four friends in the massacre herself, David&#39;s sister, 14-year-old Lauren Hogg, decided to call on Melania Trump to stop the cyberbullying.In her pair of call-out tweets, Hogg alluded to Melania Trump&#39;s anti-cyber-bullying initiative and implored the FLOTUS to confront her own step-son about his complicity.Hey @FLOTUS you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying, well then, don’t you think it would have been smart to have a convo with your step-son @DonaldJTrumpJr before he liked a post about a false conspiracy theory which in turn put a target on my back&mdash; Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) February 23, 2018 &amp;created a safe space for people all over the world to call me and my family horrific things that constantly re-victimizes us and our community. I’m 14 I should never have had to deal with any of this and even though I thought it couldn’t get worse it has because of your family.&mdash; Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) February 23, 2018 She wrote: &quot;Hey @FLOTUS you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying, well then, don&rsquo;t you think it would have been smart to have a convo with your step-son @DonaldJTrumpJr before he liked a post about a false conspiracy theory which in turn put a target on my back &amp;created a safe space for people all over the world to call me and my family horrific things that constantly re-victimizes us and our community. I&rsquo;m 14 I should never have had to deal with any of this and even though I thought it couldn&rsquo;t get worse it has because of your family.&quot; While Melanie herself has yet to respond to Lauren&#39;s beyond valid call-out, other people on Twitter, including actress Patricia Arquette, have commended the teen for taking a stand during such an emotionally harrowing time.I&#39;m disgusted your family is going through this. In the midst of your mourning. Thank you for your whole families leadership.&mdash; Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 23, 2018 Hang in there, sweet girl! Sending tons of support to you, your family, your classmates and teachers, and everyone in your community. My son is a year younger than you, and I’m devastated to imagine him going thru the same trauma you’ve endured. Love and support from MN! 💙💙&mdash; C.H. Armstrong (Cathie) (@C_H_Armstrong) February 23, 2018 Same from Geneva. I feel your pain and suffering, even if I am@fortu are not to have my 11 year-old face the horrors you have to face. Hang in there!&mdash; Miguel CAMACHO (@MiguelC_Axonica) February 23, 2018 I&#39;m so sorry, Lauren. You, your family and your community are so much better than they are. Know that millions of us love you and your family. Stay strong.&mdash; VOTE BLUE ASAP (@AliceEngelmore) February 23, 2018 Lauren - from NY, he &amp; the rest of the trumps are not us! We are with you on the recovery. We are here to help! I got your back girl!&mdash; NYCresistance (@Tracy330507) February 23, 2018 Love you brave girl. Very proud of you. Chin up ♥️&mdash; w 🧼 ASH 🧼 ur 👏🏽 hands + wear a mask + VOTE JOE (@ashtotheru) February 23, 2018 They do and say these things because they are afraid of you. You’ve gotten to them. They have no substantive counter to the fact that they’re getting owned by high school kids. Never give up! Never surrender!&mdash; Rage Against The Regime (@TheBluFalcon) February 23, 2018 I’m so sorry, for this &amp; everything else you’re having to deal with. You and @davidhogg111 should never have had to deal with anything remotely like this, nor any other students in this country. I vow to continue to be vocal in my support for this movement for safety.#BoycottNRA&mdash; Laserbeam 🌹 (@BerkeleyGirl63) February 23, 2018 https://twitter.com/cdelbrocco/status/967104466787930112Sorry you are going through this. You shouldn’t have to have gone through the whole shooting itself, never mind bullying - from the least of which, are adults!! I will be marching March 24th, for you, the friends you lost, and others. ❤️💕&mdash; Dumbledore’s Army (@resistanceFtrs) February 23, 2018 https://twitter.com/Brunhilda72/status/967077984640421893You are wonderful, Lauren, and he is despicable.&mdash; Patti Coppersmith (@coppertime) February 23, 2018 Young adults we&#39;re attacked by somebody abusing the Second Amendment and now they&#39;re being attacked by somebody abusing the 1st. When will we as a nation stand up and stop this madness? Time to start suing these animals and hid them in their bank accounts where it hurts the most.&mdash; Jason Hannigan #BoycottNRA #BLM 🌊🇺🇸 (@CaptinMoonlite) February 23, 2018 I’m sorry you’ve had this happen - on top of everything else you shouldn’t be targeted for something you didn’t even do! Your twitter friends will help protect you however we can!&mdash; Robby | BLM (@HydroltTheMonk) February 23, 2018 While the love from people across the world is refreshing to see, if Melania was ever serious about curbing cyber-bullying, the time was yesterday.