former president donald trump The following Saturday afternoon, he spoke at a memorial service for Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway. recent death The 51-year-old pro-Trump pundit.
“It’s very difficult to understand what happened,” he said. “When she got to know her, there was no one more kind and dedicated to the common sense of our country and to making our country great again.”
“Let’s celebrate this incredible life through tears and grief,” Trump said.
Diamond sister – half of “Diamonds and Silk” The duo — Rochelle “Silk” Richardson likewise addressed the crowd at the Crown Theater in Fayetteville, N.C., returning to her old anti-Vaxer ways during the service.
“Instead of asking if Americans are vaccinated or not, the real question is: Are Americans poisoned?” asked the crowd of supporters.
“In the wild, if you want to depopulate a large group of animals to make them sterile, you usually inject one animal and that one animal infects the rest,” Silk said. , without evidence, the COVID-19 vaccine does harm. “People are dying around here and no one is talking about it! They are dying suddenly and unexpectedly.”
She also remembered her sister’s last moments. It came out of nowhere and without warning. … Each breath became less and less.
“I want to tell you guys, don’t dare call me a conspiracy theorist. I saw it happen. I saw how it happened. When it happened.” , I was there, and it happened all of a sudden,” she said, urging the crowd to “get some answers as to why people are suddenly dying.”
Silk’s comments immediately sparked wave of anger From right-wing figure, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green took to Twitter declare“Calls for immediate investigation into Covid vaccines and dramatic increase in sudden deaths!”
In the early days of the COVID pandemic, diamonds and silks quarantine As a result, people were “sick” and exposing the rising number of COVID-19 cases to the public was an attempt to harm Trump politically.
Silk has taken to Twitter to repeatedly deny that Diamond died of COVID-19. Mike Lindell has publicly stated that a pro-Trump pundit suddenly collapsed in her kitchen. (Diamond’s cause of death remains unknown, and Silk, who is also not an aide, responded to the Daily Beast’s request for comment Saturday night.)
“Where is the evidence that my sister died of COVID-19? No evidence, no truth equals lawsuit” Silk I have written After Diamond’s death was announced.
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Other Trumpworld royalty attended a solemn service honoring the diamonds on Saturday, but the focus was often on the former president as he sat on stage.
“In a blink of an eye…she is now in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ,” declared Trump-loving Reverend Mark Burns. “Without a doubt, Diamond believes she’s talking to Jesus. She’s telling Jesus, ‘Make sure Donald J. Trump is the next president of the United States.'”
‘Totally unexpected’: MAGA duo ‘Diamond & Silk’ diamond dies
Like many pro-Trump events, the event slid off the rails at times and took the form of a MAGA rally rather than a funeral.
“She lives on in the hearts and minds of those who loved her,” said Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. “Right now the news media pays little to no attention to her death. We all know what the news media is. It’s America’s most evil demon.”
“She was smart, strong and beautiful,” Robinson continued.
Each speaker, including Trump, paid tribute to her unwavering support for the former president.
“And the other secret about Diamond is that she had a boyfriend. said Tressie Ham, executive director of the duo. His name: President Donald J. Trump. Yes Yes Yes. President Donald J. Trump, it was her boyfriend. Hamm added that Diamond’s “side piece” was Mike Lindell.
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Silk used the service to threaten to file a complaint with the local police over the handling of his sister’s death.
“Dear Hawke County Sheriff’s Department, you have a bunch of rotten apples,” Silk said. “You must not step over your next of kin while your body is still warm on the kitchen floor…and I am paying the bills illegally and without a warrant to retrieve my sister’s corpse.” Try breaking into my house. body.”
“You can’t push yourself on someone and say, ‘Don’t touch me,'” she continued. expelled from the police— and promised to file a “complaint” with the local North Carolina State Police “as soon as possible” — “I abused the power I thought I had just because I wore blue. It’s not possible.”
The Hawke County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment Saturday night.
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