FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump will visit Fayetteville, N.C., to attend the funeral of Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway from the pro-Trump duo "Diamond and Silk," who died earlier this month.
Hardaway was an ardent supporter of Trump and carved out a unique role as a Black woman who loudly backed Trump.
She and her sister, Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, became a politically important duo during the 2016 presidential campaign cycle when they appeared on stage in support of Trump, who embraced the two Black women amid widespread accusations of racism and sexism.
“Our beautiful Diamond of Diamond and Silk has just passed away at her home in the State she loved so much, North Carolina," Trump said. “There was no better TEAM anywhere, at any time!”
Hardaway and Richardson were conservative political commenters who amassed more than 300,000 subscribers on YouTube. They gained internet fame, and often made TV appearances and regularly made appearances on Fox News.
Hardaway was 51 when she died last week, and her cause of death was not immediately released.