2016 US Presidential Race

[Brandon]

Posting this in here since it's about the inauguration which was the last hooray of the presidential election.


- Chrisette Michele Disowned by Family for Performing at Inauguration

Chrisette Michele is opening up for the first time about performing at Donald Trump's inaugural ball. She discusses whether or not she really performed for $750,000 and all of the backlash she has been receiving. She even says that after being disowned by her family, she didn't even get to meet the president.
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"I didn't even think to say no. It didn't cross my mind," said Chrisette. "The first thing I thought was that I have an opportunity to get in front of these people who don't seem to understand who they’re talking to and show them what we look like. I felt automatically committed to making sure that I stood up for the women who've felt disrespected and the minorities who felt disrespected, communities that felt that they weren’t being heard or understood. I thought that it was almost my responsibility to not just say yes but to say yes with purpose.

She then addressed the rumors that she performed for $750k. "We sent in an offer for how much we charge and they said, 'Well we don't have that,' and the first thing I thought then was how I sang for Barack and Michelle Obama free of charge. This is not a money thing," she told Billboard. When asked if she performed for Trump for free, she replied, "No, I didn't perform for free. One, it wasn't $750,000, but my manager did negotiate my contract.

Chrisette Michele also mentions to Billboard that she was frustrated that she never got to even meet Donald Trump, despite all the backlash she received online and from her own family.
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"Originally I was supposed to perform directly after his first speech, and I had done that with Barack Obama before, so I was used to that kind of experience. And the woman who organized the event came and told me, "Now you're going to go first and he's going to go after you." I looked her in the eye and said, "My family has disowned me."

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Whatever the amount she was paid, I hope it was worth it.

[Brandon]

Nov 9, 2016 18:36:03 GMT -5 Brandon said:

I just politely went off on my (white) friend for sharing a post on Facebook that suggested that Donald Trump doesn't actually hate gays because he held that stupid rainbow flag that said LGBT for Trump on it. I told her she looked crazy for sharing that shit, lol, and explained to her all of the bullshit, and she was like well it's whatever, it's over now there's nothing we can do so I just wanna accept it. I was like bihhh, it must be good to feel that what because unless you want an abortion, your rights aren't gonna be put on the chopping block, but mine are. Then she got mad and was like whatever, just drop it. I thought about apologizing and telling her that I wasn't trying to get buck with her but the article was insulting, especially because it tried to act as if the media painted him as anti-gay when he's actually LGBT friendly, and that quite frankly, it makes her look dumb af to share it, but I erased it, because I RIHfuse to apologize to someone who doesn't give a flying fuck about something that's gonna effect the rest of us, but not her because of her privilege, and would rather just drop the issue than hear what someone has to say and realize, that maybe, she did something dumb as hell.

She's on Twitter right now pressed about Trump threatening her rights regarding what she can do with her body.

[Brandon]