A couple of weeks after Donald Trump took office for the second time,
the actress Selena Gomez posted a tearful video on Instagram.
I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry.
Gomez says she's sorry about Trump's new,
harsher immigration policies, in particular that children are getting deported.
Children.
Now, you can imagine a version of this story.
During the first Trump administration, Trump may have shot off an angry tweet about the actress,
and the whole thing would have likely just been bad PR for the White House.
But this time, the White House fired back with a highly coordinated response.
Its own video.
Seeing that video, it's hard to believe.
That it's actually genuine and real.
Because she's an actress, you don't know.
Who you're crying for.
Mothers of children killed by undocumented immigrants.
Watch and criticize Gomez and praise Trump.
They didn't cry for our daughters.
No one has stood up except for us mothers to cry out about our children.
I am so happy that Trump won.