Lizzy George-Griffin went viral this Monday afternoon, after starring in an uncomfortable moment with the president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinaderduring the Global Leaders Forum at Columbia University in New York, when confronted by the situation of racism and discrimination, which he assured exists in the country.
The girl, who showed her disagreement with Abinader’s opinion even turning his back on him and leaving the room while answering his question, has been attacked on social media for his intervention.
The moment has also served for the young woman to increase the number of followers on her Instagram profile, going from a little over a thousand to more than four thousand followers in a matter of hours.
But, Who is the young woman who confronted the president and has been the subject of negative comments among the Dominican population?
According to his Instagram profile, Lizzy George-Griffin She is 23 years old, originally from Chicago, currently living in New York City and attending Columbia University.
Furthermore, he claims to be model and filmmaker (video maker), a lesbian activist and has a relationship with the Dominican Republic, a country to which she traveled to see Puerto Plata and of which she has several photos posted on her Instagram profile, which until now has remained public.
He also writes and runs the account @lesbianamasterdoc on Instagram, in which he shares information aimed at that community.
Reactions on social networks to debate in between Lizzy George-Griffin y Abinader
The moment starring Lizzy and President Abinader has provoked the reaction of angry Dominican Internet users, who have poured out all their anger and discomfort in negative comments, including insultsagainst the young woman.
This girl “wanted to be funny by disrespecting our country and the president, accusing him of racism among other things,” said an offended user on X (previously Twitter).
“I will always say the key is in the forms, more than in the substance. The young woman Lizzy George-Griffin could have been right and consecrated herself as ‘the one who yours a president’, however, her arrogance left her in a bad light,” reflected another user of the social network X.
““His intention was to only harm those struggles and earn the resentment and misfortune of an entire town, HOW STUPID.”said another on the same social network.
“Ms. Lizzy George-Griffin He didn’t want to ask a question nor did he want an answer, he went to read something that was written to him or that was told to him by a friend of a friend who read a tweet one day… The President, on the other hand, responds with patience and height and dismantles his falsehood with truths. manifest,” wrote the vice minister for Dominican Communities Abroad, Carlos de la Motajoining the long list of comments after the heated debate.
2023-09-18 22:52:00
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