A moment of silence, please: Fox News Cuts Ties With Diamond & Silk, Unofficial Trump 'Advisers'

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Fox News Cuts Ties With Diamond & Silk, Unofficial Trump ‘Advisers’ Who Spread Bonkers Coronavirus Claims

The MAGA superstars lost their Fox gig after pushing absolutely wild conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lachlan Cartwright & Justin Baragona

Updated Apr. 27, 2020 7:42PM ET



Fox News has cut ties with MAGA vlogging superstars Diamond & Silk, who had contributed original content to the network’s streaming service Fox Nation since shortly after its late 2018 launch.

The sudden split comes after the Trump-boosting siblings have come under fire for promoting conspiracy theories and disinformation about the coronavirus. “After what they’ve said and tweeted you won’t be seeing them on Fox Nation or Fox News anytime soon,” a source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Beast.

After rising to prominence during the 2016 election, Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson leveraged their newfound celebrity into regular sycophantic appearances on Fox News, resulting in President Donald Trump raving about their performances, featuring them at rallies, and treating them as “senior advisers.”

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Diamond & Silk have used their heavy social-media presence to be at the forefront of right-wing misinformation about the COVID-19 outbreak. For instance, during their March 30 livestream, the duo claimed that the number of American coronavirus deaths has been inflated to make Trump look bad.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-cuts-ties-with-diamond-and-silk

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[hlthe2b]

1. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving pair of idiots.

Good riddance.

[Miigwech]

3. YES !

[sheshe2]

2. Diamond and Silk?

Lol~

More like Cubic Zirconium and cheap Polyester.

[mercuryblues]

4. LOL

[sheshe2]

8. ;)

Thank you~

[mercuryblues]

10. About a year from now

when they are filing for bankruptcy they'll be known as coal and torn

[tblue37]

5. "Senior advisors." All the best people. nt

[Lady_Chat]

6. Bye, Felicias

Don't know if that's Grammatically correct, but it sure fits.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. I always refer to them as Zirconia and Polyester.

[msongs]

9. oh it's the bad-weather girls lol nt

[CatWoman]

11. BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Link to tweet

?s=20

[SCantiGOP]

12. His supporters knew damn well

That he was laughing at them.
He used them as props.

[superpatriotman]

13. OAN, take 'em away!

The migratory nesting grounds of the American loon.

[MerryBlooms]

14. Rabid monsters. Those two are shining examples of every other

rabid monster at the so called protests screaming at doctors and nurses... They're also the mirror image of the entire upper tier of the republican party. We've seen this obscene behavior on every committee, every judge pushed through, every bill that would benefit US citizens denied coming to a vote, every speech on the floor of the House and Senate. Despicable doesn't even begin to describe these monsters' actions. Even as trump continues to say the most incomprehensible insane things, the republican party sits quietly and never says a word to protect the American people. Tossing them all into a boiling pit of tar is too good for them at this point.

[NewDayOranges]

15. I call those fake-@$$es Cubit Zirconia and Polyester...

[Tom Kitten]

16. Oh noes!

Poor ol' Feldspar and Sisal losing a gig on Fox because they... Spread disinformation? Why stop with them?

[procon]

17. They were props.

They loved the attention and it never occurred to them that they were nothing but a comical side show. They sold their souls for money and now that the paychecks have stopped, they will look for a new audience who wants to hear them bash Trump.

It won't surprise me to find that MSNBC has signed them up as special contributors just to dish the dirt on Trump and Fox News.

[Cha]

18. they supportrump.. of course they spread "bonkers". & trump Is

Bad, Trolls.