Jim Thomas wrote in a March 22 Newsmax article:
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Hillary Clinton, defended Barron Trump’s privacy rights during an appearance on ABC’s “The View.” The former first daughter emphasized that former President Donald Trump’s youngest son should be shielded from undue public scrutiny as a private citizen, The Hill reported.
Responding to a query from “The View” co-host Ana Navarro regarding the media’s treatment of Barron Trump after his 18th birthday, Clinton underscored his “right to privacy.” She countered any notion of Barron Trump being “fair game” for media attention, stressing his minimal involvement in politics and deliberate avoidance of the limelight.
“I feel so strongly that if you are a private citizen, you have an unimpeachable right to privacy; and I think the media should leave him alone,” Clinton said.
Navarro’s question stemmed from a social media debate ignited by former NBC executive Mike Sington, who suggested to Newsweek that Trump’s transition into adulthood rendered him susceptible to media scrutiny after posting on X, “Barron Trump turns 18 today. He’s fair game now.”
Thomas failed to mention, however, that Chelsea Clinton was the target of perhaps the nastiest attack on the minor child of a president ever: On his short-lived TV show, Rush Limbaugh portrayed a 12-year-old Chelsea as the “White House dog.” Limbaugh also called Amy Carter “the most unattractive presidential daughter in the history of the country.” So right-winger have had no trouble making the children of presidents fair game.
Also note that Thomas weirdly described Chelsea only as the “daughter of Hillary Clinton” — he didn’t reference her father, Bill Clinton, in his article at all. Has Thomas bought into the right-wing conspiracy theory that Webb Hubbell is her real father?
UPDATE: A March 21 article by the apparently unironically named Charlie McCarthy also hyped Sington’s “fair game” comment, while failing to note the fact that Limbaugh considered a young Chelsea to be “fair game.”