Melania Trump spoke out against bullying and Twitter can't take the irony

Hold up — she's married to a cyberbully.
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Sasha Lekach
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The internet just can’t with Melania Trump.

The first lady hosted a luncheon at the UN General Assembly Wednesday where she spoke about protecting our children and teaching them about empathy and kindness. People on Twitter quickly reminded her about her husband and his cyberbullying ways.

Yes, it was a compelling speech urging the global community to support children and their rights and, in turn, ensure them a promising future. But the speech really focused on bullying, since that's the first lady's big platform.

"Nothing could be more urgent or worthy a cause than preparing future generations for adulthood with true moral clarity and responsibility," she said during the address. "We must teach each child the values of empathy and communication ... which can only be taught by example."

We're a bit confused -- isn't she married to one of the biggest bullies around?

Donald Trump literally just threatened North Korea, tweeted a violent GIF of him "attacking" Hillary Clinton, and name-calls like no one's business. And that's all in the past week.

Twitter noticed the irony of Melania Trump giving a speech about not bullying while her husband does the exact opposite -- especially online with his media bashing and insults.

We're all waiting for Melania to walk the talk on preventing bullying--starting with her own husband.

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Sasha Lekach

Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.

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