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Teen Vogue: Congresswoman Dina Titus Wore an "I CARE" Sign in Response to Melania Trump's Jacket

Teen Vogue: Congresswoman Dina Titus Wore an "I CARE" Sign in Response to Melania Trump's Jacket

It is obvious the Trump Administration doesn't care about putting immigrant children in cages.

Melania Trump, Congresswoman Titus On Thursday, June 21, First Lady Melania Trump wore a jacket that read "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" as she embarked on a trip to visit detained immigrant children who had been separated from their families in Texas. The backlash was immediate, with many people interpreting the sartorial choice as a statement about the First Lady's thoughts on immigrant children affected by the Trump administration's immigration policy. Later that day, a Nevada congresswoman posted her own take on the controversial garment.
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) tweeted a photo of herself wearing a sign on her back that reads "I Care" next to a photo of the First Lady in her jacket. "Hey #FLOTUS, try this on for size. #WhoWoreItBest #ICare," she wrote in the caption.

A few hours before, Titus had tweeted a response to Melania's spokesperson saying the jacket had "no hidden message." "We know it isn't a 'hidden message,'" Titus wrote. "It is obvious the Trump Admin. doesn't care about putting immigrant children in cages. #ICare." And shortly before that tweet, she'd uploaded a copy of her letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, "questioning the status of immigrant children in Nevada so we can track their circumstances and help reunite them with their families."

Titus isn't the only one who responded to Melania's jacket with a tweaked version of their own. Clothing brand Wildfang released a copy of the First Lady's Zara jacket that reads, "I Really Care Don't U?" with all proceeds going to Texas-based nonprofit immigration legal-services provider RAICES. The jacket has since sold out.