Posted on 07/14/2016 6:54:35 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
When Diamond and Silk learned that Donald Trump planned to boycott a Republican debate in January and instead hold a televised fundraiser for veterans, they flew to his event in Des Moines, Iowa. When Trump staffers invited them on stage, the sisters addressed the crowd for eight minutes, praising the real estate mogul for pledging to care for U.S. veterans and urging voters to stump for him. “He has you in mind,” Lynette Hardaway, who goes by the stage name Diamond, said at the podium, just four days before the Iowa caucuses kicked off the primary election season.
“We chose to go there ourselves because that was a special moment; finally, somebody is doing something for our veterans,” Rochelle Richardson, known as Silk, tells Newsweek. That special moment was a long time coming: It wasn’t until four months later that Trump, amid media reports questioning where the fundraiser money had gone, donated $5.6 million to veterans’ groups, a figure that included $1 million from his own wallet. (Trump later fired back at the “dishonest” press, saying he shouldn’t be lambasted “for doing such a good job.”)
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In the fall of 2015, Diamond and Silk ditched their lifelong loyalty to the Democratic Party to back Trump. They are reluctant to disclose their ages to Newsweek, other than to confirm that they are “old enough to vote.” And guess who gets their vote. “When the current administration calls you a racist or a bigot because you don’t agree with [the president’s] policies, we knew we weren’t going to vote for no Hillary Clinton,” Diamond says. “Our eyes came open when Donald Trump announced he was running for president.”
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Those two are very good.
I like them, a lot.
It would not surprise me if Trump offered them a job in some capacity.
It would not surprise me if Trump offered them a job in some capacity. He appreciates loyalty and guts.
These two lovely Americans benefited the Trump campaign in ways nobody else could.
I hope and pray they will be recognized and rewarded handsomely for their courage and their contribution to this great country of ours.
Lovely pic of the three of them. Those gals are awesome.
I’ve heard several blacks at the VA saying Trump is their man. One said “Obama ain’t my president.”
Put them on the payroll at 100 grand a year to simply go on youtube and back anything Trump says or does.
Works for me. I think they would go a long way getting the maverick blacks in line as responsible individuals.
Hire them as cheerleaders and support by women!
Put them in as press secretary!
Can you imagine the press conferences. Have mercy! LMAO.
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