First LadyMelania Trumpon Wednesday morning made her first solo trip to Capitol Hill where she appeared with various lawmakers and senior White House officials to mark the one-year anniversary of a law to address the opioid epidemic.
What she did not want to talk about, it seems, was the impeachment inquiry into her husband, PresidentDonald Trump.
According to reporters at the event, she was asked at one point at the Capitol, after leaving the event, “How is the impeachment inquiry affecting you and your family?”
She did not answer — though her husband, 73, has had many things to say, including this week controversially comparing the investigationto a “lynching.”
“We continue to make great strides in our fight to end this crisis,” she said in the Capitol’s Mansfield Room, seated beneath a portrait of President George Washington.
First Lady Melania Trump.NICHOLAS KAMM/Getty Images
From left: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar with First Lady Melania Trump at the Capitol on Wednesday.NICHOLAS KAMM/Getty Images
Mrs. Trump encouraged others to participate in National Drug Takeback Day, which is Saturday. She also noted that efforts to combat widespread drug addiction were in line with her“Be Best” campaignas first lady, focusing on child welfare.
According to reporters in attendance, Mrs. Trump gave only her brief remarks and thanked the others in the room after they thanked her for her work.
Mrs. Trump previously spoke about her concerns over drug use,saying in Marchthat she had talked to sonBarronabout the dangers of drugs.
The president has denied wrongdoing and decried his “harassment” as a “witch hunt.”
source: people.com
