President Trump attended a women’s empowerment panel with First Lady Melania Trump on Wednesday.
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.POTUS & I were thrilled to stop by the Women's Empowerment Panel held at the @WhiteHouse today! pic.twitter.com/OuE3DnUKtN
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) March 29, 2017
There, the president praised the women on his staff as well as notable female historical figures, such as former first lady Abigail Adams and abolitionist Harriet Tubman, in a speech.
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Trump then made a joke when he introduced suffragist Susan B. Anthony, asking if anyone had heard of her:
“Have you heard of Susan B. Anthony?” Trump jokes at a women’s empowerment event at the White House pic.twitter.com/lhOljPGZj6
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 29, 2017
Though the room laughed, there were others who did not see the humor in Trump’s statement:
"Have you heard of Susan B. Anthony?" the president asked a group of women today at the White House.
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 29, 2017
Today Trump asked a group of women "Have you heard of Susan B. Anthony?" This is her grave after the 2016 election. Yeah, we've heard of her pic.twitter.com/U2RWnZLpAX
— Last Dybukk On The Left (@rideatdawn) March 29, 2017
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Even former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton had something to say:
Do you think Trump knows Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass were friends? Worked together on universal suffrage? (Knows who they were?) https://t.co/fY5Zi171wO
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 29, 2017
Just a month earlier, the president had some scratching their heads after he made a comment about notable abolitionist Frederick Douglass which caused many to wonder whether or not Trump or White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer knew much about him.
Douglass’ descendants said that they appreciated the president’s mention of Douglass regardless.