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Bette Midler slammed for mocking Melania Trump's English accent during RNC speech: 'That's pretty xenophobic'

Midler was clearly watching the first lady's speech live as she kept on passing one comment after the other on Twitter on Tuesday, August 25

Singer-songwriter Bette Midler, who has been a staunch critic of President Donald Trump, was slammed for mocking Melania Trump's accent during her speech on the second night of the Republican National Convention on August 25.

Midler was clearly watching the first lady's speech live as she kept on passing one comment after the other on Twitter on Tuesday, August 25, night. However, when it came to one particular tweet, where she openly mocked Melania's accent, she started receiving backlash from social media users. "Oh, God. She still can’t speak English," she wrote. 

While there were a few users who supported her tweet, Midler was criticized by most liberals and conservatives alike for her opinion. Here are a few of the reactions:

"Ps... this is so rude! My parents are legal immigrants... speak with accent but have way more class than u!", said one.

"She speaks truth. And it bothers you," argued another.

"Besides shit, how many languages do you speak?" asked a third

"Not cool. I’m not a fan her or the fam but making fun of accented English is not funny. Most native English speakers who make of ESLers don’t speak a second language at all or do so poorly."

"Goddamn. That's pretty xenophobic," said a surprised social media user.

"You mean she has an accent. Kinda like Ilhan Omar's," said one indicating there are others who speak English with an accent.

"Are you actually mocking an immigrant who became the First Lady of the United States for her accent?," asked one social media calling Midler's barb ridiculous.

"She's on her fifth language, Bette. I'm not nearly as good in my fifth as I am in English. How's your first language doing?, " said another praising the First Lady.

"Very classy. I've always been middle of the road when it comes to politics but I am leaning more to the right every day because all I have been seeing from the left is hate and intolerance. It's shameful," said one slamming Midler.

"There is no one as racist and xenophobic as the tolerant left. To think that when I was growing up in Africa I fiercely admired you and many others who now are showing how low and hateful they can be. I’m ashamed for you," said a disappointed fan.

That was not the only thing that Midler had to say about Melania as she went on a lengthy Twitter rant shortly after Melania began giving her speech. "#beBest is back! A UGE bore! She can speak several words in a few languages. Get that illegal alien off the stage!" she wrote in a tweet, adding in another, "#Melania took all the color out of the #RoseGarden but Don tried his utmost to bring some back with that greasy bronzer!"

Another of her tweets said: "Why are they promoting this awful person, #melania? Was it in her contract? She says it feels like just yesterday they were at their first convention. Maybe to you, Mel. For the rest of us every day has been a horrible slog thru the 9th Circle of Hell. #beBust"

In a fourth tweet, she wrote, "Anodyne, anodyne, nothing but simple minded pablum. “I have to remind myself that I am very lucky.” I completely agree! You are one lucky Slovenian! And after all that surgery, you hit a kind of horrible jackpot, chained to an colossal idiot."