Republican aide faces backlash for criticism of Obama daughters' 'classless' dress
Their underwhelmed expressions produced a number of amused comments, with the Gawker website observing that not even the pomp and ritual of the White House can overcome the most powerful force known to man: teen contempt.
Ms Lauten, however, took the caustic theme and went much further with it.
I get youre both in those awful teen years, but youre a part of the First Family try showing a little class, she wrote. At least respect the part you play. She added: Then again, your mother and father dont respect their positions very much, or the nation for that matter, so Im guessing youre coming up a little short in the 'good role model department.
Then she turned to the girls clothes, and in particular, it seems, their short skirts. Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar, she concluded.
The post quickly drew ire on Twitter and elsewhere, with many calling for Ms Lauten, once a media director for the Republican National Committee, to be fired, even after she deleted it and posted an apology.
After many hours of prayer, talking to my parents and rereading my words online, I can see more clearly just how hurtful my words were, Ms Lauten wrote on Facebook, also widely shared before she made her page private.
Id like to apologise to all of those who I have hurt and offended with my words, and I pledge to learn and grow (and I assure you I have) from this experience. She said that she had judged the two young ladies in a way that I would never have wanted to be judged myself as a teenager.
Star Jones, a television personality, was among those unimpressed. Ive seen tacky people but rarely seen someone as tacky as Elizabeth Lauten for slamming the children of the Potus, [President of the US], she tweeted.
One Twitter user, Maria Lia Calvo, wrote: Youre always free to disagree w/Potus on policy, but the children are off-limits. Always.
The two girls are the youngest residents of the White House since Chelsea Clinton, who was 12 when her father, Bill, became president in 1993.
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Republican aide faces backlash for criticism of Obama daughters' 'classless' dress