Ivanka Trump has this pesky little habit of forgetting that her dear ole dad is a raging asshole.
The heartbreaking news broke earlier this week that country music icon Dolly Parton had passed away at 80 years old, following a very brief battle with cancer.
Tributes to Parton, who quite literally clawed her way out of destitution and severe poverty only to spend her life giving her money away to those who needed it more than she did, absolutely flooded the internet.
Among those tributes was one from Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, that earned her one hell of a lashing from commenters who took the opportunity to point out that Dolly Parton stood for everything her father does not.
Ivanka praised Parton as a “peerless singer, incredible songwriter, gifted comic actress, tireless philanthropist, accomplished businesswoman and true original.”
She said that while she never met Dolly, she “adored and admired” her “greatly.”
But that wasn’t the part that really got people’s goat.
In her tribute, the first daughter cited a particular quote from the country music legend: “I don’t criticize and condemn; I love and accept.”
Ivanka noted that she first cited that piece of wisdom from Dolly when she appeared on Lex Fridman’s podcast back in 2024, and it has “resonated within me since I first heard it.”
A couple years ago on @lexfridman podcast I cited a piece of wisdom from @DollyParton that has resonated within me since I first heard it. “I don’t criticize and condemn; I love and accept.”
That quote, like so much of what made Dolly Parton an American icon, was deceptively…
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) August 25, 2026
People couldn’t flock to her comments fast enough to serve her with a stark reminder that her own father, whom she remains very publicly devoted to, is the very antithesis of everything Parton’s quote embodies, boasting a long history of public hatefulness, insulting reporters, treating women like absolute garbage, and owing one particular woman millions upon millions after he was found liable for sexually abusing her:
You need to keep Dolly name out of your mouth. Your father is a disgusting rapist pig and your husband a war criminal. Dolly fucking hated your family
— Political Punk (@actingliketommy) August 25, 2026
She was what you will never be.
Dolly was a very authentic and philanthropic person. She gave so much to her community and the world.
You and your family are corrupt grifters who are destroying our country.
— Dede Watson (@Dede_Watson) August 26, 2026
Dolly Parton twice declined offers of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump’s administration. She was a stand up woman. You people are gross.
— American Idiot (@Matto199) August 26, 2026
you should sit this one out – you do realise your the antithesis of what she stood for. Your into crime, corruption, covering up sex abuse, making american more illiterate not less, greed and all from a base of having zero skills or accomplishments to speak of, bar the grifting…
— Ben (@saxbymanor) August 26, 2026
Why don’t you tell your father who degrades women every day to follow that advice?
— Brenda (@Brenda26992116) August 25, 2026
Your father and brothers demonstrate precisely the opposite every hour of every day.
— RB (@RealRABlock) August 25, 2026
Her father made his own tribute to Parton, claiming that she “really liked” him.
I suppose that’s why she repeatedly refused his Medal of Freedom and vehemently stood for everything he hates, because that’s what you do when you “really like” a person.
