View this post on Instagram I never cared about his politics Except on occasion where i had a chance to share mine ..i took him to the mosque when he spoke poorly about Muslims, brought rabbis to his office when he made anti Semitic statements, and “reminded him” when he made unconscious remarks or made any hateful statements...he was my friend because he was nice to me ,my family ..he was “ fun” he gave to my charities and he wasn’t in power ..When he announced ..i was among the first of his friends to speak publicly, i cared about this country more then any friendship. Yes i remember this picture .. and i remember Melania ... i introduced him to his african american girlfriend who he dated directly before his first date with Melania (i tagged along for that ) all of that said ...I immediately disconnected with him publicly when he announced his candidacy i was on cnn i remember my words “I would rather any of his reality star competition became president” i haven’t spoken to him since the day after i said that ..God he’s done a hellacious thing to this country 🥵 let’s please stand up ...his speech without talk of gun control or racism as key points playing to the lowest smallest most ignorant ideas that America has to offer is shocking ... But we will stand tall vote him out and turn this around, i have faith ,resilience and i will work hard to deliver anyone else to the White House Lets all work together, we have a unifying call to go to work ...LETS GO Photo provided by @simmsvirgil A post shared by Russell Simmons (@unclerush) on Aug 5, 2019 at 7:38am PDT
