First lady Melania Trump thanks Chelsea Clinton for defending Barron

CLOSE First Lady Melania Trump is thanking former first daughter Chelsea Clinton for sticking up for her son. Nathan Rousseau Smith (@fantasticmrnate) reports. Buzz60

First lady Melania Trump thanked Chelsea Clinton for standing up for her son, Barron Trump.

"Thank you @ChelseaClinton - so important to support all of our children in being themselves! #StopChildhoodBullying," the first lady wrote Tuesday night on Twitter.

Thank you @ChelseaClinton - so important to support all of our children in being themselves! #StopChildhoodBullyinghttps://t.co/UCUpFc5ZjR — Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) August 23, 2017

Melania Trump's tweet was sent during President Trump's rally in Phoenix, which included chants of "lock her up" when Clinton's mother, Hillary, was mentioned.

The first lady's thanks came after the former first daughter denouncing a tweet that appeared to target the 11-year-old son of President Trump. (The account that sent the tweet is now set to private, so the tweet is unavailable.)

President Trump looks up toward the Solar Eclipse while standing with his wife first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron, on the Truman Balcony at the White House on August 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo11: Mark Wilson, Getty Images)

In response to the tweet from @mattyren, Clinton wrote, "Dear Matty-Barron is A KID. No child should be talked about in the below manner-in real life or online. And for an adult to do so? For shame."

Dear Matty-Barron is A KID. No child should be talked about in the below manner-in real life or online. And for an adult to do so? For shame https://t.co/p9jkGbMG4C — Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) August 22, 2017

Clinton also defended the youngest Trump son on Monday, after a story from the conservative Daily Caller criticized Barron Trump's clothing.

It's high time the media & everyone leave Barron Trump alone & let him have the private childhood he deserves https://t.co/Wxq51TvgDX — Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) August 21, 2017

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