The White House has launched a counterattack against Selena Gomez after a video of her crying over immigration crackdowns surfaced. The video, which featured the mothers of three women killed by undocumented migrants, criticized Gomez for not showing sufficient empathy for their struggles.
Gomez had posted a video on Instagram expressing her feelings of helplessness amid the recent mass deportations initiated by President Donald Trump. However, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, shared a video on X that showed snapshots from Gomez’s video, with captions highlighting what the mothers felt was lacking in her words.
The mothers, who had lost their daughters to violence allegedly committed by undocumented migrants, criticized Gomez for not doing enough to support them. They argued that she only expressed sympathy for lawlessness and did not acknowledge the specific circumstances of their daughters’ deaths.
The backlash against Gomez led to the video being taken down from her Instagram story. The White House has now seized on this opportunity to criticize Gomez’s response to the crisis, suggesting that she is using her platform to garner sympathy without fully understanding the issue at hand.
Gomez’s paternal grandparents emigrated from Mexico, and it appears that she was attempting to raise awareness about the issue of undocumented immigration. However, her approach may have been misinterpreted by some, who see her as an outsider trying to insert herself into a complex and sensitive issue.
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-takes-aim-selena-201046536.html