Why DID the R's open their convention with Amber Rose, a former stripper and co-owner of a strip club?

[pnwmom]

Does she personify Republican womanhood to them? Or is she just the Republican male's dream?

This piece is from October 2020.

https://www.essence.com/celebrity/amber-rose-strip-club-owner/

Amber Rose just made a huge announcement concerning her growing empire. The former exotic dancer is now the co-owner of the luxurious celebrity hotspot, Ace of Diamonds strip club in Hollywood. The mother-of-one was a stripper from the age of 18 to 25, and has said it was ‘the best time of my life’ when asked about the experience.

The 33-year-old made the announcement on Wednesday while accepting her Vanguard award at Russell Simmon’s All Def Movie Awards ceremony for her Amber Rose Slut Walk, which uplifts the disenfranchised through sex positive messages. “I was a dancer, I was an exotic dancer. I was a stripper for a very long time,” she said, according to E! News. Then she asked the audience, “Do y’all know Ace of Diamonds? Well, I bought it.” The co-owner and operator of Ace of Diamonds, Jason Robertson, confirmed the news and noted that Rose will emboldened the dancers. “Her role is boss lady,” he told E! News. “She is bringing in these dancers and these women and hostesses are having women’s rights more than what they had before. It’s not going to be them treated like pieces of meat. She’s brought in more of a structure where you have to respect what they’re doing. With that, I can’t say no to that. She understands it. She comes from it. She understands women more than anybody, I believe. She stands up for women more than anybody, I believe and she has overwhelming power over the whole situation.” Ace of Diamonds is the club that 50 Cent and The Game reportedly reconciled at last fall; it’s also the spot Amber and her ex-husband, Wiz Khalifa celebrated their divorce. In addition to co-owning the club, being an author (How to be a Bad Bitch) and running her SlutWalk organization, Amber is also the proud owner of MUVA Management that manages model, Tori (Brixx) Hughes.

https://www.essence.com/celebrity/amber-rose-strip-club-owner/

[underpants]

1. She's black.

Van Jones apparently praised her appearance as a “bunker buster”. I heard that on talk radio.

[B.See]

13. Precisely. Any Black person of any (prominence?? Quite a stretch, I know)

and willing to debase herself or himself by putting a black face to white supremacy, will DO.

Like she speaks for US. It is to laugh, as the saying goes.

Look at Tim Scott. For all his menial grovelling, foot kissing, and spinelessly effusive "I WUV YOUUUs!"

and what did it get him?

samfs

[underpants]

19. She's incredibly popular

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Influencers played a big role for us in 2020 so…..

Tim Scott is just sad. I grew up in Virginia from the age of 7 on ( with some time otherwise). I don’t respect ass kissers at all. No one does but groveling is another story. A black man (with no real need to) searching out to grovel to a white guy is just repulsive. I haven’t been the best person even though I had good home training. I was a kid and I said things everyone else was saying. I’ve worked with a lot of black people - men outside, women inside when I got an office job (degree). There’s always been a pride in the face of the world around. I knew that but I learned it again.

[ecstatic]

23. she won't bring him a single vote.

Anyone impressed by that display will not go through the hassle of voting.

[B.See]

25. Incredibly popular? I hadn't heard much of her of late, until

she decided to back the felon. Don't recall seeing her at the recent BET Awards (unless I blinked and missed it) or similar events, and the few news article I've read of her, of late, before her becoming MAGA, were usually re squabbles with other celebs and related stupid sht.

[RJ_MacReady]

30. what?

She isn't bringing in a single new voter. Frankly the majority don't even know who she is.

[underpants]

32. She has 24M followers on Instagram

I’m not on instagram but influencers played a big part for us in 2020.

[RJ_MacReady]

33. so?

She isn't bringing in a single new vote. Nobody even knows who she is.

[rubbersole]

2. Republican role model.

Wonder if she charged a $130,000 speaking fee...

[Bev54]

3. It was her hush payment from Trump???

[duncang]

4. Because....

Uh, they’re upset about porn on the internet and want fidelity in marriage. Maybe she can win over right wing evangelical males who go to strip clubs every week. It follows tfg’s lead going for porn stars. It’s the Christian thing to do. It a fitting follow up to don jr’s girlfriend entry at the last campaign.

Oh hell. I have no idea. Only thing I can think of is it’s a maga crowd and they have no sense of irony.

[pnwmom]

15. But she's offering a "digital strip club" over the internet.

"And in 2020, Rose created an OnlyFans account, likening her page to “a digital strip club” on the “No Jumper” podcast. "

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2024/07/16/amber-rose-model-rnc/

[Mad_Machine76]

5. Republican male wet dreams

and she's black and gives them some kind of reassurance that, no, they're NOT racist!

[onethatcares]

6. i have a very hard time

giving a flying duck what made for prime time celebrities do.

[jimfields33]

7. Don't for a minute think our convention won't have any

celebrities. We definitely will.

[onethatcares]

9. it'd be the same

I'm just not impressed with "actors"

[pnwmom]

16. That's not the point. The point is what were the R's thinking?

Who were they trying to appeal to and what does that say about them?

[allegorical oracle]

35. More Repug hypocrisy. My first reaction to her was that wonderful quote:

"When you're a star they let you do it..."

[Just_Vote_Dem]

8. Strip clubs are a great way to launder money

And criminals love that!

[onethatcares]

10. and develop comprmat (?)

n/t

[Just_Vote_Dem]

11. That too! n/t

[onethatcares]

12. what goes on in Milwaulkee

stays between my doc and j.d. vance

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. Are we slut shaming folks just because they are Republicans?

Not sure what her past occupation has to do with her being wrong in the present.

[pnwmom]

17. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of the Republicans.

They are mocking VP Harris for being a childless cat owner, while they promote a woman who's operating a "digital strip club" on the internet.

Imagine how they would have reacted if the D's featured Amber Rose at their convention.

[onethatcares]

18. who's slut shaming?

imagine if she was leading off the Democratic convention.. Then tell me about "slut shaming"

[bigtree]

22. hypocrisy

...keep up.

[alarimer]

20. They know their demographic?

Sleazy lowlife strip-club goers and porn-addled misogynists.

(Like their dear leader).

[lame54]

21. Melania wasn't available

[spanone]

24. trmp likes strippers?

fits right in with their family values

[hatrack]

26. In hopes that the tittilation would keep Donny Dumpydrawers awake . . .

Didn't work, though.

[Faux pas]

27. Shit

she'll be a billionaire with all those assholes for clients 🙄

[Think. Again.]

28. They opened with her so if the shooting starting early she would be their warning to duck and cover.

These rightwingers tend to shoot at each other.

[Joinfortmill]

29. Ok.

[Vinca]

31. Maybe they were hoping she'd do the stripper act on stage. I'm sure Trump was hoping that.

[JI7]

34. Isn't she Kanye West's ex girlfriend

From before his relationship with Kim Kardashian.

[Kid Berwyn]

36. Standing in the Shadow of Stormy Daniels

Hope Amber has a good lawyer.