Days after Selena Gomez posted a tearful video reacting to the brutal mass deportations happening across the country — then swiftly removed it — the White House released a video using her emotions against her. On Thursday, the Trump administration shared interviews with three women whose children were allegedly killed by undocumented people as they reacted to Gomez’s post. “What about our children who were brutally murdered and raped and beat to death,” said Tammy Nobles, who said her daughter was killed by a former MS-13 gang member in the clip.
“You don’t know who you’re crying for.” “There are many other children whose lives were taken due to people who crossed here illegally,” said Alexis Nungary, who spoke at a Trump rally during his campaign last year. A post shared by The White House (@whitehouse) In between the interviews, the White House spliced clips of Gomez’s Instagram video in which she tearfully reacted to Trump’s attack on immigrants.
“I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do,” Gomez says in her video, amid tears. In the replies to the White House post, fans defended Gomez, saying she was “crying for those who work hard for a better life and for those whose basic human rights are being violated while being deported with their children,” wrote one fan on X.
A rep for Selena Gomez did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone ‘s request for comment. Since taking office, Trump has staye.
