Diamond and Silk

Diamond and Silk

Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, better known by their stage name Diamond and Silk are an African American duo mainly active as video bloggers and YouTube personalities. Hardaway and her co-host Richardson are former Democrats. The duo came to wider prominence in 2015 as supporters of conservative Presidential candidate Donald Trump after posting a video criticizing Fox News host Megyn Kelly for asking irrelevant questions during the first GOP candidate debate.[1] While they are not formally affiliated with the Trump campaign or paid by it, they have been urging other supporters of Trump to follow suit on social media and at rallies.[2] They have also created a "ditch and switch" website explaining to voters which states are closed primaries and when the deadlines are for changing party affiliations.[2] They are biological sisters from North Carolina who say they stand with the silent majority, voicing their opinions about "media bias, political babble, and repetitive political tactics that they feel the average American is tired of being subjected to."[3]

The duo first joined Donald Trump as the Stump for Trump Girls on stage at his Raleigh, North Carolina rally on December 4, 2015.[4] They later riled up the crowd at the Trump rally on January 2, 2016, in Biloxi, Mississippi,[5] that attracted more than 14,000 people.[6] At the Biloxi rally, the duo urged Democrats and independents in the audience to "ditch and switch", i.e., to register as Republicans and vote for Donald Trump in the primary and general election.[2] It is believed that these two sisters are having a big impact because Americans from different nationality are changing their party affiliation from Democrats and Independents to Republicans just to vote for Donald J. Trump.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ Former Democrats Stump For Trump. Fox Business, Varney and Co. January 8,2016
  2. 1 2 3 Supporters Seek to Persuade Democrats to ‘Ditch and Switch’ for Donald Trump, New York Times, January 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ About us, Diamond and Silk official website.
  4. ↑ Donald Trump Supporters Diamond and Silk a Comedy Act?, Liberty Voice, December 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ ‘Stump for Trump’ duo rock capacity crowd at MS rally, The American Mirror, January 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ Sold-Out Crowd at Donald Trump’s Biloxi Rally, WKRG, January 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ "'Stump for Trump': YouTube star duo gives rousing performance at Donald Trump's non-debate event". Business Insider. January 28, 2016.

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