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anneboleyn

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4. They were constantly promoted by Trump, Fox, and co during the election. They have a social media

Reply to rownesheck (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 08:01 PM

Apr 2018

following — basically alt-right types use “Diamond” and “Silk” to promote the fallacious idea that African-Americans support Trump (and I think for more sinister reasons).

They also appeared at Trump rallies in 2016. They also, apparently, were pretending their support for Trump was organic and not paid for by Trump and co.

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Diamond and Silk Yelled At a Bunch of Members of Congress Under Oath [View all] Gothmog Apr 2018 OP

Yeah for Sheila Jackson Lee Gothmog Apr 2018 #1

sorry. rownesheck Apr 2018 #2

They were constantly promoted by Trump, Fox, and co during the election. They have a social media anneboleyn Apr 2018 #4

See Candace Owens. PragmaticLiberal Apr 2018 #11

I recall their numerous appearances on Faux and Frauds and their... Hugin Apr 2018 #12

So many unanswerable question in a life that's far too short . . . hatrack Apr 2018 #5

I'll grant that Sheila was good ProudLib72 Apr 2018 #3

Diamond and Silk were paid $7K to cut campaign ad for Wisconsin neo-Nazi Gothmog Apr 2018 #6

That's a tweet from one of Joy's staff on Cha Apr 2018 #8

The Minstrel Sisters. IluvPitties Apr 2018 #7

Who is worse? The maniacal sinister fuckheads using these two, or the actors playing the role for poboy2 Apr 2018 #9

K&R Hugin Apr 2018 #10