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Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, better known by their stage name Diamond and Silk are an 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. 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.
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. 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."
The duo first joined Donald Trump as the Stump for Trump Girls on stage at his Raleigh, North Carolina rally on December 4, 2015. They later riled up the crowd at the Trump rally on January 2, 2016, in Biloxi, Mississippi, that attracted more than 14,000 people. 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.
Diamond and Silk were criticized in 2015 for giving an audio interview with John Friend of American Free Press. Friend has been described as a neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier.
See also
References
- Former Democrats Stump For Trump. Fox Business, Varney and Co. January 8, 2016
- ^ Supporters Seek to Persuade Democrats to ‘Ditch and Switch’ for Donald Trump, New York Times, January 7, 2016.
- About us, Diamond and Silk official website.
- Donald Trump Supporters Diamond and Silk a Comedy Act?, Liberty Voice, December 9, 2015.
- ‘Stump for Trump’ duo rock capacity crowd at MS rally, The American Mirror, January 3, 2016.
- Sold-Out Crowd at Donald Trump’s Biloxi Rally, WKRG, January 3, 2016.
- "'Stump for Trump' Surrogates Promote The Donald on Neo-Nazi Show".
External links
- Diamond and Silk, official website.