Singer and activist John Legend continued his long-running feud with former President Donald Trump, calling him a “proven, out-and-out racist” in an interview Sunday.
Legend, 45, and his wife, model and author Chrissy Teigen, have long displayed their disdain for Trump, with the ex-commander in chief once even retaliating.
Speaking to former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, the “All of You” singer continued his oft-repeated claims that Trump was racially biased when asked about Trump’s complaints. Trump regarding the American justice system.
“He’s made it clear throughout his life that black people are inferior, he believes that deep down, in his bones… but also when you hear some of the misguided comments he makes, he clearly believes in a genetic hierarchy of humanity and is racially determined, so he is a proven, die-hard racist,” Legend said.
Legend has it that this negates any advantage the black community may have had under Trump’s rule.
Singer and activist John Legend continued his long-running feud with former President Donald Trump, calling him a “proven, out-and-out racist” in an interview Sunday.
“I don’t want to hear what he says about what he’s done for black people,” Legend said. “He has done very little for us and is basically a real racist.”
Legend was discussing his efforts to push for criminal justice reform and said Trump was, in some ways, right that the justice system was unfair.
“There is a two-tier justice system, but not in the way he thinks. He’s the one who benefits from it, absolutely… The fact that he’s in the world, that’s not normal for a lot of people.
“He’s been getting away with it for a long time, he’s been a fraud for a long time, he’s been deceiving people for a long time, he’s been lying for a long time and he’s been litigating for a long time,” he added. .
The legend – John Roger Stephens, born – has spoken out against Trump since he started running for office.
His belief that Trump is racist dates back to at least 2016, when he argued with Trump’s son Don Jr, whose singer the singer was a classmate at the University of Pennsylvania.
The singer even said he ended his friendship with rapper Ye – ex-Kanye West – because of his support for the ex-president.
The legend even went so far as to call Trump a “flaming racist.” It’s a piece of shit.’
Legend and his wife, model and author Chrissy Teigen, have long displayed their disdain for Trump, with the former commander-in-chief once even retaliating.
“I don’t want to hear what he says about what he’s done for black people,” Legend said of Trump. “He’s done very little for us and he’s basically, really, really racist.”
He and his wife Teigen were among many celebrities who vowed to leave America if Trump won in 2020.
Perhaps most bizarrely, the couple’s feud with Trump made its way into the “Twitter Files,” a series of revelations regarding liberal bias on the social media platform now known as X.
Trump had referenced the model in his own 2019 tweet, where he tagged her husband, musician John Legend, and referred to his “dirty mouth wife.” This prompted Teigen to respond online: “lol what the f**** a** b****” – in one comment, the official said the White House wanted it removed.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) referred to notes of a conversation with the attorney for Twitter “whistleblower” Anika Collier Navaroli and said that, according to the witness, the White House almost immediately contacted his Twitter office “to demand that the tweet be removed.” .’
“My supervisors let us know that we had received something,” she testified about her work on Twitter’s security policy team.
“I remember hearing that we had received a request from the White House to make sure that we evaluated this tweet and that they wanted it published because it was a derogatory statement directed at the president” , she testified.
Then Connolly took off. “I thought it was an inappropriate action by a government official, let alone the White House. But it wasn’t Joe Biden over his son’s laptop. It was Donald Trump because he didn’t like what Chrissy Teigen had to say about him, right?
The legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen were one of many celebrities who vowed to leave America if Trump won in 2020. They are pictured here at the Comedy Central Roast of Trump in 2011.
A Twitter “whistleblower” said the White House sought to have the company remove a 2019 tweet from Chrissy Teigen that called then-President Donald Trump a “p**** a** b****.” This took place during a hearing held to highlight the deletion of a report on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Yes, that’s right,” she replied. “My God, my God,” Connolly concluded.
Another lawmaker, Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost, managed to get Teigen’s precise tweet into the congressional record.
“Do you want me to give you the direct quote?” » the witness asked him, prompting him to respond that he would.
“Please excuse my language, this is a direct quote, but Chrissy Teigen called Donald Trump a “p**** a** b****.
“Okay, free speech,” Frost replied.
Teigen responded to a clip of the exchange on the platform on Tuesday, writing: “I…oh my god.”
She also posted a clip on her Instagram account. “I don’t know how to continue after this,” she wrote.
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