"Donald Trump Spoils Eulogy For Supporter Diamond With Odd Remark About
Her Sister"

Ben Blanchet
Sun, January 22, 2023 at 5:42 AM PST·3 min read

Donald Trump Spoils Eulogy For Supporter Diamond With Odd Remark About
Her Sister

Former President Donald Trump awkwardly claimed he “didn’t know” Silk, one half of the popular conservative duo Diamond & Silk, during a speech
at her late sister Diamond’s memorial service on Saturday.

Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway, who popularly backed Trump along with her sister, died earlier this month at the age of 51 in what the former
president described as a “totally” unexpected occurrence.

Trump made an appearance at the North Carolina service where — in
addition to reflections on Diamond — he railed about inflation and gas
prices as he listed a string of political grievances.

The former president, who visited with the duo in the White House and
looped theminto rallies in the past, referred to Diamond as one of the world’s “brightest stars” before making an odd remark about her sister.

“I’m serious, I thought I knew them both. I didn’t. I knew Diamond but I didn’t know Silk at all. I just learned about Silk. You’re fantastic,” Trump said.

Trump later spoke about the crowd at the memorial service before he used
his time on stage to dive into how planning went for the event.

“The chapel wouldn’t have held the kind of people, the number of people that we have,” Trump said.

“And we’re doing it right and that’s the way it should be and I did notice a big line of very, very nice vehicles outside. That’s got to be handled properly, right? So we’re going to handle it properly. Go out in style. She knew that. Go out in style.”

Trump also went on about the length of the three-hour-plus service,
which he said was a “little longer than 15 minutes.”

You can watch more clips from the service below.

"Trump lets everyone know he spared no expense for Diamond’s service and
he made sure to get a big venue because he knew there would be a big
crowd, and apparently he’s going to have their cars valeted for them so
can leave in style."

"I can tell you one thing for sure, because he said it himself 5 times,
Trump was definitely NOT expecting to sit through 3+ hours of hymns and
stories at Diamond’s memorial service today: “They said about 15-20 minutes, in and out. This is a little longer than 15 minutes, right?”"

"Trump concludes his moving eulogy to Diamond by saying the 2020
election was stolen from him, and Republicans have to get a lot tougher
so they can swamp the Democrats in 2024 so they can fix the country."

https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-spoils-eulogy-supporter-134217890.html

TB

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