Now If There Was Only a Consumer Politico Safety Commission
Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, is an entrepreneur just like her Dad.
Also just like her Dad, the product she’s selling is dangerous.
The U.S. consumer safety authority is recalling about 20,000 Ivanka Trump-branded women’s scarves over concerns they could catch fire and injure their wearers, the agency said Wednesday.
The 100% rayon scarves, manufactured in China and embroidered with the name of the daughter of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump “do not meet the federal flammability standards for clothing textiles, posing a burn risk,” the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a notice.
The scarves were sold for between $12 and $68. Not bad for a cheesy rayon Made in China scarf.
Her Dad also poses a burn risk but he’s going to cost us far more than that.
AND …
She’s also in trouble because she forgot to register to vote for her Dad in the New York primary.
Trump admits that Ivanka and Eric won’t be able to vote for him and explains why …
“They had a longtime register and they were, you know, unaware of the rules, and they didn’t register in time,” Trump told the hosts of “Fox and Friends.” “So they feel very, very guilty.” He continued: “They feel very guilty. But it’s fine. I understand that. I think they have to register a year in advance and they didn’t. So Eric and Ivanka, I guess, won’t be voting.”
One problem here. They did not have to register a year in advance. The registration deadline in New York was March 30th. That’s 19 days before the primary. Maybe her calendar caught on fire.
Thanks to Brian for the heads up.
If a person is changing party registration, they have to do it 6 months before the Primary in NY.
1So the only reason they were considering voting was because her Dad was in the race. And yet they still couldn’t be bothered to make the effort. They both should have been registered to vote long before her Dad was running. Useless “citizens” the whole lot of them.
2They are all so very, very stupid and … yes … I don’t think they’ll be voting!! It doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out!!
3Maybe they will vote for Hillary or Bernie, since it’s likely they failed to change their registrations to vote in a closed primary as snacilbupeR. They’d still be eligible to vote as Democrats. 😀
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4Am I the only one who hopes Trump loses by 2 votes? What delicious irony that would be.
5Dad can forgive his kids for not voting, but what are his views on Ivanka’s Chinese imports?
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Cheap outsourced goods that can’t pass U.S. standards? Sounds a lot like Dad’s businesses.
6Apple not far from the tree.
7BS. not far from a A$$hole.
Cheap over priced goods not far from a Drumpf.
Yep—Just Yep.
Made in China. I think that says it all.
8Dear Ivanka,
Might I suggest you box up all those flammable scarves, ship them to the Middle East, and have a Trump helicopter drop them over ISIS held territories. Those ISIS fighters wear scarves right? Why not provide them with some dangerous accoutrements for their uniforms, as part of your personal fight against terrorism?
I’m sure it’s a tax write off. If not, put it under Charitable Deductions.
9Great idea, Rick, and while she’s at it, might as well throw in some cigarettes and lighters.
10This is really sort of beside the point, but no rayon scarf, or any rayon garment, can be made not flammable. It’s cellulose! You know, wood, paper, cotton.
11Not defending the Trumps, just confused as to why the scarves are banned.
maryelle –
12Yes! Nice touch adding some cigarettes and lighters!
Lucky Strikes?
With apologies to Adrian Cronauer,
Those Ivanka scarves are so damn hot, I saw these little women, their orange Ivanka scarves just burst into flames.
13I’m old enough to remember the story of a young woman in a beautiful prom gown made entirely of rayon who got just within heat range of a wall heater and was covered with burns. Damn! Don’t those Wharton grads ever do deep research?
14I remember posting about Trump’s products being made in China a few months ago on Facebook and having some right-wing nut I don’t even know writing a response to refute the claim. I didn’t respond to him because responding to a Trumpite is an exercise in futility since nothing changes their minds, not even the truth. I’m hoping he sees this and notes that it’s the Trump way to offshore jobs and charge exorbitant prices for goods that could be purchased for $2.00. This is why I don’t purchase so called designer goods—they’re a ripoff.
15I see this way: Donald Trump taught his kids not support losers. And they listened.
16This is the same way Drumpf organizes to get convention delegates. What a bunch of worthless horse’s heinies.
17I wonder if she started her business with a small million dollar loan from Daddy.
Though with inflation it was more likely ten million.
18A hint for those worried about flammable clothes: wear protein, not carbohydrates. In other words, wool and other animal fibers, not plant materials or (worse) petrochemicals. Yes, some plant fibers and artificial fibers can be treated with fire retardants (which kinda takes the softness out of cotton) but if you’re worried, wool, leather, and fur are your friends.
This being Texas, it’d be crazy to wear them all summer, of course. So then avoid the synthetics made from petrochemicals. They’re the ones that *love* to burn, and then melt into you. There’s a reason I knit socks of 100% wool, and wear leather shoes. (But cotton jeans and shorts…just don’t try to run through a grass fire in them.)
19Should probably add to that. One of my profs in grad school, a grassland ecologist, told us that if you’re way out somewhere and a grass fire is coming, never run away from it–it’ll catch you. When it gets closer, look for a narrow spot and run *through* it–you’ll get small burns but you won’t become a crispy critter. Always wear wool socks and leather boots, and summer-weight wool slacks, and have a leather jacket to put over your head. Man had been through some fires.
20Pfffffft! Ivanka has a nice little tax write-off. let’s see, 20,000 scarves at an average of $40, that’s at least 2 million. Right?
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