Second lady Karen Pence is getting dragged for wearing a “mall-bought” dress that was “too short and tight” while meeting the King and Queen of Jordan this week.

To receive King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein and Queen Rania on Monday, Karen, the wife of VP Mike Pence, wore a pink-and-black dress with a halter-and-tank style top, and pink, strappy shoes.

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On Twitter, the sleeveless dress was called too casual, with one of the strongest critics being Bess Kalb, an Emmy-nominated Jimmy Kimmel writer who President Trump blocked on Twitter in 2017.

“As Second Lady, Karen Pence travels the world representing an idea of America more hideous than any Elle-Woods-Goes-To-her-Ex’s-Funeral dress,” she wrote. “Her legacy of broad targeted intolerance of people based on sexuality, gender identity, religion, and racial protest are truly ugly.”

MOTHER LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BELT: HIGH UP? CHECK. SHINY? VERY. SEVERAL PRE-SCHOOL GIRL FLOWERS ON IT? I COUNT THREE. THIS BELT WAS A BIG CHOICE AND YOU MADE IT ON QUEEN RAINA DAY, MAMI! — Bess Kalb (@bessbell) June 26, 2018





MOTHER, THESE HAPHAZARDLY PLACED INNER-SHOULDER CUTOUTS ARE GIVING ME A SEXUAL MIGRAINE! — Bess Kalb (@bessbell) June 26, 2018





MOTHER MAY I??? OH YUS SHE CAN!!! MOTHER "KAREN" PENCE PICTURED WEARING THE LIVING CHRIST OUT OF THAT 1997 BEBE DRESS AND POORLY COORDINATED JESSICA SIMPSON SANDALS! — Bess Kalb (@bessbell) June 26, 2018





OMG MOTHER KAREN TURNING IT OUT FOR QUEEN RAINA OF JORDAN HONEY YOU SEXY HATE-MONGERING BIGOT HOT NEW JERSEY AUNT!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/WuYsi2EVsC — Bess Kalb (@bessbell) June 26, 2018





As Second Lady, Karen Pence travels the world representing an idea of America more hideous than any Elle-Woods-Goes-To-her-Ex’s-Funeral dress. Her legacy of broad targeted intolerance of people based on sexuality, gender identity, religion, and racial protest are truly ugly. — Bess Kalb (@bessbell) June 27, 2018





Good lord, where did #mother get that dress? — Tammyinthe43017 🌊 (@nobuenoeltrumpo) June 27, 2018





It was the most objective factual assertion Ive heard on twitter all week that Karen Mother Pence was rocking a mall-bought bat mitzvah aunt dress with J Simpson cork heels from the Macy’s. It even has a slimming color-block for christ sakes- what is wrong w people? — Robyn 🌈 (@RobynBobby) June 26, 2018





I agree! The dress is too short and tight for her. — Hiltrud Altit (@imed314) June 26, 2018





Did mother think she was going to the disco in that inappropriate dress? Not for the occasion or her age. — Marta Mendoza (@Martamendoza718) June 26, 2018





Did Mother borrow her dress from Stormy? — Debill (@pensteelers) June 26, 2018





Karen Pence is what happens when a woman has no gay friends to tell her to NOT wear that dress under any circumstances pic.twitter.com/FijM2O75Zt — (((Huxenstein))) (@BethGoldHux) June 26, 2018





Hey Karen, 1998 called and would like their dress from 5•7•9 back. It doesn’t match your relentless bigotry or your incredibly pusillanimous husband. Also those sandals are ugly. pic.twitter.com/IIdt7lI8B2 — Shannon DeVido (@shannondevido) June 26, 2018





Unlike Melania Trump, Karen has largely managed to avoid style critics. In 2017, though, when she wore a white lace gown to the Indiana Society Ball in Washington, D.C., social media called it a “repurposed wedding dress.”

Second lady Karen Pence wore a white gown to a 2017 ball with husband Mike Pence and President and Melania Trump. (Photo: Getty Images) More

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