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babylonsister

(171,092 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:02 AM Jan 2023

Diamond of Pro-Trump Duo 'Diamond and Silk' Died of Heart Disease: Report

https://www.thedailybeast.com/diamond-of-diamond-and-silk-died-due-to-heart-disease-says-report?ref=home


Diamond of Pro-Trump Duo ‘Diamond and Silk’ Died of Heart Disease: Report
‘CHRONIC’
Zachary Petrizzo
Politics Reporter
Published Jan. 23, 2023 7:56PM ET


On Saturday afternoon, Rochelle “Silk” Richardson suggested that the COVID vaccine was to blame for the death of her sister Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway— but a newly released death certificate tossed cold water on that theory. The Associated Press obtained Hardaway’s death certificate and reported that the half of the pro-Trump “Diamond and Silk” duo died “of heart disease due to chronic high blood pressure.” While it remains unclear if Diamond ever took the COVID vaccine—on Saturday, Silk floated the theory that her sister was “poisoned” by it. “Instead of asking if Americans are vaxxed or unvaxxed, the real question to ask is: Are Americans being poisoned?” she asked. Silk couldn’t be reached for comment, while Diamond and Silk’s executive director Tressie Ham didn’t return The Daily Beast’s request for comment on Monday evening.
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Diamond of Pro-Trump Duo 'Diamond and Silk' Died of Heart Disease: Report (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2023 OP
While Trump was attending the funeral, she could have asked him if he pushed to create the vaccine tetedur Jan 2023 #1
Weren't these two anti-vaxxers? Did they even take the vaccine? nt Samrob Jan 2023 #2
Heart disease? At her age? Takket Jan 2023 #3
Most likely samplegirl Jan 2023 #4
Sadly, 51 isn't all that young to have heart disease these days. GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #7
Trump never attended samplegirl Jan 2023 #5
Not exactly true. onenote Jan 2023 #12
Silk said a lot of weird things to explain how Baitball Blogger Jan 2023 #6
hate did her in samnsara Jan 2023 #8
Sure she did probably caused by Covid. Demsrule86 Jan 2023 #9
How scary for you Catherine Vincent Jan 2023 #13
Ted Lieu weighs in.... spanone Jan 2023 #10
I wonder if she was on blood pressure meds. beaglelover Jan 2023 #11

tetedur

(820 posts)
1. While Trump was attending the funeral, she could have asked him if he pushed to create the vaccine
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:13 AM
Jan 2023

that killed her sister. Why didn't she?

And what was their claim to fame anyway? Were they just pro-Trump?

GoCubsGo

(32,094 posts)
7. Sadly, 51 isn't all that young to have heart disease these days.
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 09:20 AM
Jan 2023

This woman and her sister were/are not exactly the poster girls for healthy living, so it's not really surprising to hear that heart disease was the cause of death. That being said, I suspect you are right about COVID exacerbating an already bad situation. But, most likely it was the heart disease that weakened her heart in the first place, and it couldn't handle the added COVID.

samplegirl

(11,502 posts)
5. Trump never attended
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 08:06 AM
Jan 2023

any funerals while he was president. But I laughed when I saw him attend this. Basically just a trump supporter who said …. Uh huh a lot about her idol!

onenote

(42,767 posts)
12. Not exactly true.
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 03:34 PM
Jan 2023

He attended George H. W. Bush's funeral. And he "hosted" the funeral of his brother, Robert, at the White House.

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
6. Silk said a lot of weird things to explain how
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 09:13 AM
Jan 2023

She sounded unhinged the way she talked about the spread of Covid.

Demsrule86

(68,689 posts)
9. Sure she did probably caused by Covid.
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 11:51 AM
Jan 2023

10 days after my diagnosis of Covid. I had a sharp pain in my left side and I was force to go to the ER by my kid who saved my life. The pain was from a blood clot. And I was in AFIB. I had multiple blood clots in my abdomen and had a heart attack in the ER. Now I need abalast in order to stay out of AFIB meds not working. She had Covid we know and the timing makes sense. I expect they are lying.

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