Family members and spouses are often pulled into the political battleground as their significant others begin the journey of hopefully becoming President of the United States. This is something we see occur frequently because of affiliation to the candidate rather than matching political beliefs, as close family are seen as responsible for the rise of a political figure that they don't agree with - as we see with right-wingers holding animosity against Michelle Obama because her husband Barack is 'coming to take our guns and put us in FEMA Camps', supposedly. Whether the hopeful Presidential candidate is Democrat or Republican, there have been numerous tasteless jabs at politicians families and spouses who are merely along for the ride, this including 2016 defeated Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wife Jane Sanders. Mrs Sanders was the target of several pro-Hillary and Trump-supporting twitter accoun...
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