Behind the scenes, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner appear to be desperately trying to salvage what’s left of their reputations in the wake of President Donald Trump doubling down Tuesday on his assertion that people protesting racism were just as responsible as neo-Nazis and white supremacists for the weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A New York Times report Tuesday presents Trump’s daughter and son-in-law as trying to distance themselves from her father’s defense of white supremacists, which the newspaper said has buoyed the movement in ways no president has done for generations.

The report, citing “two people familiar with the situation,” describe Ivanka and Jared as being among the aides who pressed the president over the weekend to more forcefully denounce the marchers who brandished swatiskas, Confederate battle flags and anti-Semitic banners.

White House correspondent Glenn Thrush referred to the couple’s stance in a tweet.

Per sources: Ivanka/Jared among those pushing Trump to more forcefully denounce neo-Nazis, KKK and white nationalists over the weekend… — Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 15, 2017

But his tweet immediately raised suspicions among people on Twitter about who tipped him and his colleagues off. These followers suspect it was Jared and Ivanka themselves. They blasted Ivanka, lampooned in a “Saturday Night Live” skit as “complicit,” and Jared for their fierce loyalty to Trump and for refusing to go public with their disagreements with his policies or any concerns they have about his behavior.

Wow, so proud of their bravery and leadership in going on background about how they totes hate this. — Infrastructure Weak (@sntientmustache) August 15, 2017

Other followers said it’s time for the Times and other publications to stop allowing the two to use “background” as a way to “launder” their PR efforts:

Stop allowing these sources to go on background. Make those two speak their own minds. — David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 15, 2017

Why do you give them anonymity and allow @IvankaTrump to use @nytimes to launder her own PR efforts? — Joe Papp (@joepabike) August 15, 2017

Other Twitter users made note of the fact that avid social media user Ivanka has been silent on Twitter since before her father’s remarks Tuesday. Her father’s long-time nemesis, actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, challenged Ivanka to respond to his remarks:

so @IvankaTrump – what do u have to say now about ur NAZI father … — ROSIE (@Rosie) August 15, 2017

The president faced a torrent of criticism from leaders of both political parties after his initial remarks Saturday, in which he failed to name the groups staging the rallies at which violence broke out and a 32-year-old woman protesting the neo-Nazi presence was killed. The president instead suggested that “many sides” were responsible.

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Ivanka and Jared are both socially liberal former Democratic donors and practicing Orthodox Jews. The Times said that Ivanka and Jared, along with Trump’s new chief of staff John F. Kelly, urged the president to make another public statement.

“But as with so many other critical moments in Mr. Trump’s presidency, Ivanka and Jared were on vacation, this time in Vermont,” the Times said.

On Sunday, Ivanka apparently tried to smooth things over for her father by taking to Twitter to use more direct language than his “many sides” equivocation. But her effort to denounce “racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis” backfired with her tweets reminding people of his friendliness to white nationalist ideas and of their concerns that she continues to play a role in enabling her father’s worst qualities. They also said they wanted to hear from the president himself, not his daughter.

When the president made that other statement on Monday, naming specific hate groups — which Ivanka and Jared reportedly urged him to make — he looked visibly uncomfortable and even angry about it.

On Tuesday, he unraveled any of the good will he may have earned the previous day by holding what the Times called a “wild, street-corner shouting match of a news conference” in which he appeared to be saying how he really feels: that neo-Nazis and white supremacists deserve to be on equal moral footing with people protesting racism.

In an editorial, the Washington Post proclaimed Tuesday “a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere,” referring to the former leader of the KKK who told reporters over the weekend that Trump inspired the hate groups to hold the rallies in Charlottesville. The editorial continued: “The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs.”

Thrush appeared to take note of what his followers said about Ivanka and Jared trying to salvage their reputations. He posted a followup tweet, in which he seemed to jokingly refer to preparing a story about Jared and Ivanka “moving on from Charlottesville.”

So I'm guessing there's not much of a market for my Jared and Ivanka are moving on from Charlottesville story? — Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 15, 2017

One follower said “no one gives an (expletive) what Jared and Ivanka leak to you to make themselves look better.” Another said she wants to stop seeing stories about Ivanka and Jared serving as a moderating force in the White House or as its “conscience.”

Yup, no more articles on how Jared and Ivanka are Trump's conscience. — Not Even (@aprulepm) August 15, 2017

Another said he is tired of their “PR BS” or their efforts to “cover their asses,” while others said the only other story they next want to read is when Ivanka and Jared finally give up their jobs in the Washington and go back to New York — or even travel further:

Yup. They've generated incredibly good press for themselves since this administration began. Digging into that would be a GREAT story. — PeteyOnBlogs (@PeteyOnBlogs) August 16, 2017

If you said Jared & Ivanka are moving out of the White House & administration,then I'd applaud them, a bit. All to be done: #ImpeachTrumpNow — Jan (@Jeanette607) August 15, 2017