{"id":33400,"date":"2025-02-14T23:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/youre-my-rock-politicians-trade-roses-and-thorns-this-valentines-day\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T23:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:55:53","slug":"youre-my-rock-politicians-trade-roses-and-thorns-this-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/youre-my-rock-politicians-trade-roses-and-thorns-this-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You&#8217;re my rock&#8217;: Politicians trade roses and thorns this Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Political power couples celebrated their love on social media this Valentine&#8217;s Day \u2014 but not without a few jabs from opposing political parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several political organizations took to X to post Valentine&#8217;s Day messages trolling their rivals, including a meme from the White House with a message to illegal immigrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Violets are blue, come here illegally, and we&#8217;ll deport you,&#8221; the official Trump White House X account posted.<\/p>\n<p>Some X users embraced the deportation meme, while others found it insensitive. The top reply on the White House&#8217;s post says: &#8220;ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE BLUE YOUR ANCESTORS WERE IMMIGRANTS AND SO ARE YOU LET&#8217;S EMBRACE OTHERS AND THEIR DREAMS TOO.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chris LaCivita, a GOP political strategist and a former advisor to President Donald Trump, posted a photo of Trump with a bandage on his ear from the July 2024 assassination attempt captioned, &#8220;I&#8217;d take a bullet for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Valentine from the Republican National Committee to the Democratic National Committee said: &#8220;Roses are red, violets are blue; We won seven Swing States, what did you do?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had some fun with their Valentine&#8217;s Day message, too, poking fun at the power dynamics at play between Elon Musk and Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The left can&#8217;t meme,&#8221; multiple users replied to the Democrats&#8217; post on X. Another X user replied with a photo of Trump and former first lady Jill Biden speaking at the reopening of the Notre Dame captioned: &#8220;Will you be my Valentine?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/barack-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former President Barack Obama<\/a> and former first lady Michelle Obama celebrated 32 years of marriage with matching selfies across their social media accounts amid divorce rumors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there&#8217;s one person I can always count on, it&#8217;s you, @BarackObama. You&#8217;re my rock. Always have been. Always will be. Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day, honey!&#8221; Michelle said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former President Joe Biden<\/a> joined the love fest with a photo of his wife Jill sporting a &#8220;LOVE&#8221; jacket captioned, &#8220;Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day, Jilly!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-william-steals-kiss-from-kate-middleton-rare-valentines-day-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PRINCE WILLIAM STEALS KISS FROM KATE MIDDLETON IN RARE VALENTINE\u2019S DAY PHOTO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff posted a photo wishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> a happy Valentine&#8217;s Day, saying, &#8220;Grateful to be by your side through it all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., fresh off being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services, posted a photo on a hike with his wife, actress Cheryl Hines. He thanked her for &#8220;being my partner in this adventure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-confirms-robert-f-kennedy-jr-serve-trumps-health-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SENATE CONFIRMS ROBERT F KENNEDY JR. TO SERVE AS TRUMP&#8217;S HEALTH SECRETARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanking the love of my life Dina for her incredible support and love during the craziest year of our lives! Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!&#8221; Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., said to his wife Dina, who served as deputy national security advisor during President Donald Trump&#8217;s first term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, posted a charming photo with his valentine of 70 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/s\/sen-tim-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Tim Scott<\/a>, R-S.C., wished his wife Mindy a happy first Valentine&#8217;s Day as a married couple. The 59-year-old was a longtime bachelor before announcing his engagement to a &#8220;lovely Christian girl&#8221; in January 2024. The couple got married in August at the Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> thanked his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, for championing the rights of Californians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, Jen. I\u2019m lucky to call my best friend the love of my life. Thank you for all that you do to champion the rights of Californians. I love you,&#8221; Newsom said in a post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/d\/byron-donalds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Byron Donalds<\/a>, R-Fla., posted a throwback photo with his wife of 25 years, calling the life they built in Southwest Florida his &#8220;greatest blessing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My high school sweetheart, the mother of our four amazing kids, the love of my life, and Pennsylvania&#8217;s First Lady! Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, Lori,&#8221; Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wrote in a post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker of the House Mike Johnson<\/a>, R-La., wished his wife a happy Valentine&#8217;s Day with an Audrey Hepburn quote: &#8220;The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ericadams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> opted for a solo photo, holding up heart hands in his Valentine&#8217;s Day post and telling New Yorkers what he really loves is &#8220;making our city MORE affordable, building even MORE affordable housing, and making sure EVERY New Yorker has a job\u2026so they can treat their boo to a night out.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political power couples celebrated their love on social media this Valentine&#8217;s Day \u2014 but not without a few jabs from opposing political parties.\u00a0 Several political organizations took to X to post Valentine&#8217;s Day messages trolling their rivals, including a meme from the White House with a message to illegal immigrants.\u00a0 &#8220;Violets are blue, come here &#8230; <a title=\"&#8216;You&#8217;re my rock&#8217;: Politicians trade roses and thorns this Valentine&#8217;s Day\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/youre-my-rock-politicians-trade-roses-and-thorns-this-valentines-day\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8216;You&#8217;re my rock&#8217;: Politicians trade roses and thorns this Valentine&#8217;s Day\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}