Ivanka Trump wins over CES crowd after initial backlash
The storm over Ivanka Trumpās CES keynote speech died down quickly enough.
The presidentās eldest daughter addressed the tradeš show as the keynšote speaker on Tuesday, touting her dadās economic achievements and promoting his policies.
Despite the #boycottCES hashtag thš“at preceded the talk, the audience politely took it all in. There were no protests āor snarky comments from the packed auditorium, which seated Silicon Valley bigs like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.
The biggest drama came when Trump mentioned the December passage of paid parental leave for federal employees, which received a spattering of appālause from the crowd.
āWe cannot ask all of you to offer thš³is benefit to your workforces if weāre not willing to do it ourselves,ā she said. āWe must lead by example.ā
CES had been blasted for giving Trump center stage despite her lack of experience ašØnd after years of ignoring women for top speaking roles.