Louise Linton Comments on Instagram Controversy
Louise Linton - the Scottish actress and wife of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s millionaire Secretary of the Treasury - is breaking her silence about the controversial Instagram post that made headlines today.
“I apologize for my post on social media yesterday as well as my response. It was inappropriate and highly insensitive,” she said via email in a statement to T&C.
On Monday, Linton shared a now-deleted photo of her exiting a military jet ahead of her husband. She captioned it: “Great #daytrip to #Kentucky! #nicest #people #beautiful #countryside #rolandmouret pants #tomford sunnies, #hermesscarf #valentinorockstudheels #valentino #usa”
Instagram user jennimiller89 commented on the post, "Glad we could pay for your little getaway. #deplorable," to which Linton fired back with the following response:
@Jennimiller29 cute!....Aw!! Did you think this was a personal trip?! Adorable! Do you think the US govt paid for our honeymoon or personal travel?! Lololol. Have you given more to the economy than me and my husband? Either as an individual earner in taxes OR in self sacrifice to your country? I’m pretty sure we paid more taxes toward our day “trip” than you did. Pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you’d be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours. You’re adorably out of touch. Thanks for the passive aggressive nasty comment. Your kids look very cute. Your life looks cute. I know you’re mad but deep down you’re really nice and so am I. Sending me passive aggressive Instagram comments isn’t going to make life feel better. Maybe a nice message, one filled with wisdom and hunanity would get more traction. Have a pleasant evening. Go chill out and watch the new game of thrones. It’s fab!
Louise Linton, wife of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, just turned her Instagram private after posting this (h/t @skenigsberg) pic.twitter.com/beakVnAhhu
- Margarita Noriega (@margarita) August 22, 2017
The Treasury Department declined to comment on the matter.
More on Linton's past controversies, here.
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