Diamond & Silk Lie to Congress, Claim They Never Took Trump Campaign Money

By artappraiser on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 1:15am |

By Andrew Kirill @ DailyBeast.com, April 26

During a truly bonkers House hearing on Thursday, the pro-Trump YouTube repeated multiple, provably false claims and shouted at Democratic lawmakers.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/diamond-and-silk-tell-congress-they-never-took-money-from-trump-campaign-thats-a-lie

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@ The Hill: Diamond and Silk say under oath they weren't paid by Trump campaign; FEC filings say otherwise

By Harper Neidig - 04/26/18 12:11 PM EDT

[...] Bradley Crate, the Trump campaign's treasurer, issued a statement Thursday afternoon chalking up the confusion to a "reasonable misunderstanding" based on semantics.

"The campaign’s payment to Diamond and Silk for field consulting was based on an invoice they submitted reflecting their costs for air travel to a campaign event," Crate said. "The invoice was not supported by accompanying receipts, so as a technical matter, could not be reported as a reimbursement even though its purpose was to make them whole for their out-of-pocket costs."

The two were invited by House Republicans to testify on social media companies' alleged bias against conservatives [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 1:43am

This

This is one reason a majority of blacks of both genders and multiple income levels do not vote for Republicans. White Republicans had a field day presenting these two embarrassments as their ideal of black people.

https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/diamond-and-silk-testified-before-congress-yelled-a-bunch.html

https://gizmodo.com/blame-facebook-for-that-moronic-diamond-and-silk-hearin-1825570032

https://www.salon.com/2018/04/26/as-diamond-and-silk-testify-before-congress-gops-victimization-complex-goes-off-the-rails/

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/who-are-diamond-and-silk-and-why-does-facebook-care.html

Rep. Louie Gohmert couldn’t even get their names right. Tucker Carlson loves the pair.

Edit to add:

If you think I’m harsh on the duo, here is commentary from one black website

https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/10-reasons-why-facebook-declared-trumps-favorite-black-1825111034

https://www.theroot.com/what-happened-to-trumps-favorite-blacks-1797277506

by rmrd0000 on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 8:39am

compare and contrast

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 4:49pm

Diamond and Silk accepted money to do an ad for a white supremacist running for Paul Ryan’s abandoned seat.

https://www.theroot.com/diamond-and-silk-broke-about-a-million-laws-thursday-in-1825610241

We know WH they are.

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 9:20am

I saw that, too. But in the end, I see few taking them seriously, mostly see through their shtick as comedy routine looking out for #1 playing troll, crying controversy and riling for eventual profit. And that the Congressional GOP made themselves look like fools for trying to take advantage of their claim that Facebook et. al. is censoring pro-Trump voices, when in reality all they did is give them more face time and brand recognition. And I think most political people see that. Because the gals do the classic troll thing, that's their shtick. Taking money from anybody would also be their shtick. Not a hell of a lot of ideology there if you've tried to check them out, all just trolling Trump, they don't really give many reasons for supporting him.

by artappraiser on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 9:31am

Trump supporters take them seriously.

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 1:40pm

I doubt it. They might use them as cover for their racism or to pretend their conservative ideology cares about minorities or the poor. But I don't think they really take them seriously.

by ocean-kat on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 1:48pm

Of course they don't, they're black women.

by barefooted on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 1:51pm

I don't think that's what it's about in this case. They use them because they're black. They don't take them seriously because Diamond and Silk are fools that don't deserve to be taken seriously.

by ocean-kat on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 3:37pm

Yes, you're probably right. Unfortunately, the fact that they're such obvious fools just intensifies the already stereotypical view that most Republicans seem to have of black women and gives them the chance to use them no matter how they're perceived ... as outspoken women who are bravely defending their love for Trump or as simply crazy, over-the-top ladies who exemplify black folks but just happen to really like Trump.

by barefooted on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 4:03pm

You are correct, they are willing to use the two women.

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 04/28/2018 - 2:00pm

This graph says it all: Ratings--Trolling wins everytime: yuge; monetize-able:

Google searches of Diamond and Silk compared to Kellyanne Conway and John Kelly
over the past 30 days. Google Trends

from Diamond and Silk, Fox & Friends’ favorite black Trump supporters, explained @ Vox.com, May 1

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/01/2018 - 6:27pm

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