First Lady Melania Trump Booed At Baltimore Youth Summit

BALTIMORE, MD — First lady Melania Trump attended the Baltimore Youth Summit on Tuesday to talk to students about the dangers of opioid abuse, but her appearance was met with mixed reactions from the crowd. While some cheered, video from the event shows some booing the first lady as she walks on stage.

Students remained noisy throughout her five-minute speech, WBAL-TV reports, which tied in with her "Be Best" youth campaign that focuses on the opioid epidemic in the United States. The summit was sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and actor Mark Wahlberg's youth foundation to help educate students, teachers and parents about opioid use and misuse.

Trump's husband, President Donald Trump, drew ire over the summer when he tweeted to the now-late Congressman Elijah Cummings, calling Baltimore a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." In the tweet, he urged the congressman to spend more time there than worrying about the nation's southern border.

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young weighed in on the exchange, and he did not mince words. Young called it "completely unacceptable" for POTUS to say such negative things about the city.

Several other Baltimore area officials responded to the president's commentary, including the Rev. Al Sharpton and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, who called Donald Trump's words an "attack on basic decency."