"I think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard."
Ivanka Trump has
gotten a lot of heat in recent months for being her father’s
daughter—especially after accepting a job as assistant to the president.
Ivanka has even been labeled “complicit” by some (most notably in a SNL
sketch), but in a new interview with CBS News, Ivanka says she’s no yes
woman.
Among other things, Ivanka says she
disagrees with her dad on certain topics—she just doesn’t do it in
public. “I think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard,” she
told Gayle King.
“In some
cases, it’s through protest, and it’s through going on the nightly news
and talking about or denouncing every issue on which you disagree with.
Other times, it is quietly and directly and candidly … I would say not
to conflate lack of public denouncement with silence.”
Ivanka
also said that, even though she may not disagree with her dad in front
of the masses or on social media, it doesn’t mean she’s not giving him
“hard truths.” “We’re in a very unique time where noise equals, in a
lot of people’s perception, advocacy, and I fundamentally disagree with
that,” she said.
“You asked me about
people who criticize me for not taking to social media on every single
issue, and I would ask them if that would render me more effective or
less effective with the people ultimately making decisions?”
That
said, Ivanka wouldn’t open up about what, exactly, she disagrees with
her dad about. “I think that for me, this isn’t about promoting my
viewpoints,” she said. “I think most of the impact I have, over time most people will not actually know about.”
Ivanka
has previously been vocal about her support for equal pay, paid family
leave, and affordable childcare, but her father’s administration has yet
to make a formal move to tackle those issues.
She
however has stayed mum about other issues affecting women, including
LGBT rights and the potential defunding of Planned Parenthood.
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