{"id":676,"date":"2023-01-24T06:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=676"},"modified":"2023-01-24T06:02:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:02:55","slug":"silk-says-trump-is-covering-costs-of-diamonds-funeral-this-is-what-a-presidents-supposed-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"Silk Says Trump Is Covering Costs of Diamond\u2019s Funeral: \u2018This Is What a President\u2019s Supposed To Do\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The African American social media influencer team known as \u201cDiamond and Silk\u201d became fairly well-known for their ardent support of Donald Trump during and after his presidency. The unexpected death of one of the women prompted Trump to offer to cover the expense of the memorial service and funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lynette \u201cDiamond\u201d Hardaway,\u201d 51, died on Jan 14. Rochelle \u201cSilk\u201d\u00a0Richardson reported that former President Donald Trump was very helpful in the days following Diamond\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Western Journal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/silk-reveals-trump-covering-costs-diamonds-funeral-presidents-supposed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;that \u201cnot only did Trump heavily promote the ceremony for his friend on his Truth Social platform \u2026 Trump [also covered] \u2026 the cost of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-special-event-celebrate-life-lynette-diamond-hardaway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebration of life<\/a>&nbsp;ceremony and \u2026 funeral arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though some have criticized Trump\u2019s remarks at the celebration of life ceremony, Silk and many Twitter users praised the former President for assisting the grieving sister.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSilk talks about how DJT told her to have whatever she wants for Diamond\u2019s funeral, and he would cover the costs. I love this man,\u201d one Twitter user wrote.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Silk talks about how DJT told her to have whatever she wants for Diamonds funeral and he would cover the costs. I love this man \ud83e\udd70 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wjkeno8GWZ\">pic.twitter.com\/wjkeno8GWZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Natalie\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@badd_blondie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/badd_blondie\/status\/1616942450681188357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson said: \u201cI got to tell this. And I pray and hope that it is OK with President Trump because he does things and it don\u2019t get out in public, and now that I have the world\u2019s attention, I have to say this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I told him that Diamond had passed, he said, \u2018ohhh,\u2019 he was heartbroken. He said, \u2018OK, we\u2019re going to have a nice gathering for her, a nice funeral,\u2019 and I said oh no, we don\u2019t have a body. We followed her wishes, and we cremated her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson continued: \u201c[Trump] said, \u2018OK, I want you to do whatever you want, I want you to have the best of whatever you want, and whatever you want Diamond would have, and I don\u2019t want you to worry about paying for nothing.&#8217;\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many in the audience at the ceremony cheered and clapped, Richardson pointed at Trump, who was seated on stage, and said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s what this man did for my sister! He didn\u2019t waver. He didn\u2019t think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Twitter user wrote of the event: \u201cThat\u2019s a good man. I don\u2019t care what people say about Trump. His decency is never reported and his bad behavior is always exaggerated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s a good man. I don\u2019t care what people say about Trump.His decency is never reported and his bad behavior is always exaggerated.<\/p>&mdash; @45Rick25 (@24rick45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/24rick45\/status\/1616995718379487237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson was effusive in her praise of Trump, saying, \u201cThis is what a president is supposed to do,\u201d again pointing at Trump, drawing more cheers. \u201cSee, Jim Crow Joe Biden ain\u2019t called me yet. He ain\u2019t gonna call me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One Twitter user contrasted Trump\u2019s empathy with that of Biden:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJuxtapose this with Biden checking his watch while the caskets of 13 brave service members were being deplaned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Juxtapose this with Biden checking his watch while the caskets of 13 brave service members were being deplaned.<\/p>&mdash; Meara (@MillennialOther) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MillennialOther\/status\/1617042629086302209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson also revealed her suspicion that her sister\u2019s death is connected to her recent COVID-19 vaccination. She said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was sudden, out of nowhere, and no warning. I got her to the kitchen table, opened up the back door, so that she could get some air. And each breath was less and less and less until her eyes became a stare.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut what I want to say to everybody is don\u2019t you dare call me a conspiracy theorist because I saw it happen. I saw how it happened. I was there when it happened. And it happened suddenly. I want America to wake up and pay attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomething ain\u2019t right. It\u2019s time to investigate what\u2019s really going on here and get some answers to why are people falling dead suddenly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/silk-of-diamond-and-silk-reveals-trumps-gracious-offer-surrounding-sisters-funeral\/\">https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/silk-of-diamond-and-silk-reveals-trumps-gracious-offer-surrounding-sisters-funeral\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African American social media influencer team known as \u201cDiamond and Silk\u201d became fairly well-known for their ardent support of Donald Trump during and after his presidency. The unexpected death of one of the women prompted Trump to offer to cover the expense of the memorial service and funeral. Lynette \u201cDiamond\u201d Hardaway,\u201d 51, died on Jan 14. Rochelle \u201cSilk\u201d\u00a0Richardson reported that former President Donald Trump was very helpful in the days following Diamond\u2019s death. The Western Journal&nbsp;noted&nbsp;that \u201cnot only did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":677,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}