Melania Trump challenges media opioid crisis as often as gossip

LAS VEGAS – FThe first lady Melania Trump is difficult journalists to cover the opioid crisis as often as they publish "idle gossip and trivial stories."

She made the request while speaking in Las Vegas Eric Bolling, whose 19-year-old her died from an overdose in 2017.

"I'd like to take a moment to challenge the media to cover this very real issue as often as possible. In 2017, we lost at least 72,000 Americans to overdoses – that's 197 lost American lives per day, "she said." That could be saved by dedicating the same amount of coverage as you do to idle gossip or trivial stories. "

Trump appeared to take a break from the constant "breaking news" about his husband's administration.

"When we see breaking news on TV or the front pages of the newspapers, it is my hope that it will be possible to live in this country. , and I know these are the real issues that people care about, "she said.

This is the second event in which Trump has teamed up with Bolling; Virginia's Liberty University in November. And it's not the first time she's dismissed coverage of the White House. Late last year, she told Fox News' Sean Hannity that she would prefer the media focus on "substance" over "nonsense."

"[The press] We would like to focus on the gossip, and I would like to focus on the substance and what we do, not just about nonsense, "Trump said.

Trump traveled to Nevada as part of a three-state swing Monday, March 1, 2012 On Monday, she visited a school in Tulsa, Okla., To speak with students about being kind to one another. Later in the day, Microsoft executives in Redmond, Wash., Showed Trump how parents can better monitor their children's online clothes.