Ivanka Trump ‘ignored her father’s federal guidelines as well as her own advice to stay at home and traveled from Washington to New Jersey for Passover with her family’
- Ivanka Trump has been accused of going against federal guidelines on travel
- First daughter allegedly traveled from Washington to Trump club in New Jersey
- It was claimed Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner went to celebrate Passover
- She has reportedly stayed there with her three children and worked remotely
- On March 16 the White house published advice to ‘avoid discretionary travel’
- A week later Ivanka posted a video message to ‘please, please’ stay at home
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Ivanka Trump has been accused of ignoring her own advice as well as her father’s federal coronavirus guidelines by traveling to New Jersey for Passover.
The president’s daughter and senior White House adviser reportedly journeyed with her family to the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster for the first day of Passover, which was April 8 this year.
She was joined by her husband Jared Kushner, who is also a senior adviser to her father’s administration, and their three children, according to the New York Times.
Sources who spoke to the newspaper claimed Ivanka remained in Bedminster after April 8 and continued to work by taking phone and video calls.
White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump during a small business relief update” video conference at the White House in Washington on April 7
The trip goes against not only federal advice but her own words in a video posted on March 30, telling Americans to ‘please, please’ stay at home and that ‘social distancing saves lives’.
In a clip posted on her Twitter and Instagram accounts, Ivanka said: ‘Those lucky enough to be in a position to stay at home, please, please do so. Each and every one of us plays a role in slowing the spread.’
Since the start of this month, she also posted another video from the same room in which she said the White House was ‘deeply committed’ to small businesses and that the administration was ‘fighting for you’ through the Paycheck Protection Program, which was launched signed into law at the end of March.
Another Instagram picture posted on Monday showed Ivanka and her daughter, Arabella, wearing homemade face masks, advising people to follow the CDC’s guidelines on facial protection.
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to president arriving for a news conference in February
President Donald Trump speaking during the daily briefing on the coronavirus the White House yesterday
On March 16, the White house published The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines that advised Americans to ‘avoid discretionary travel’ such as ‘shopping trips and social visits’.
The city of Washington issued a stay-at-home order for all residents unless they are performing essential activities from April 1 – a week before it was claimed Ivanka made the trip to New Jersey.
However, New Jersey was the first in the tri-state area to issue a stay-at-home order, with state leaders ordering residents on March 21 not to leave their homes unless they are getting essential goods, seeking medical attention, or taking exercise.
After Passover, Kushner was said to have returned to DC and where he is on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and is part of the council working on a strategy to reopen the US after the virus lockdowns.
The White House had not immediately commented on the first daughter’s movements.