John Legend Goes At Trump’s Son, Says His Dad’s Racism Sparked Protests

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March 12, 2016

Donald Trump owns quite a bit: sizeable chunks of real estate worldwide, the race for Republican candidacy for the upcoming U.S Presidential election, at least 20% of the Western world’s ire.

He doesn’t own Twitter, though. Neither do his children. That honour goes to Chrissy Teigen and, by proxy, her hubby John Legend.

Donald Trump Jr. was reminded of this fact earlier today, after he spouting off about the chaos at his pop’s would-be Chicago rally. Legend’s response? Simple, effective, brutal.

.@DonaldJTrumpJr I think they were protesting your racist father. This isn’t complicated.

— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 12, 2016

A reply came swiftly from Trump Jr., but it seemed to ignore the reason behind today’s protests: a deep-seated rejection of the candidate’s views regarding racial issues in America.

Here we go again. That can’t be the answer for everything you don’t like. That’s why the country is so divided now! https://t.co/BFh3XNsl7F

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 12, 2016

Other Trump supporters came out of the ether to sling shit at Legend, including one particularly ironic piece of punditry from a bloke going by ‘RedKneckHillBilly’:

.@DanielT03571138 @DonaldJTrumpJr the Donalds and I graduated from the same University, funny enough.

— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 12, 2016

FWIW, that happens to be the University of Pennsylvania, where Legend graduated with a degree in English with a focus on African American literature. Certainly not ‘no education’, then.

In a final shot, Legend went ahead and reminded the world of alleged discriminatory behaviour shown by Trump’s real estate empire in the 1970s.

Yes, Trump trolls. I’m the real racist. https://t.co/xzgMsEPeh4

— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 12, 2016

And, as a final sign of beefing with the wrong dude, Teigen also gave her tick of approval.

@johnlegend got em

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 12, 2016

There’s a hell of a long way to go before November, when Trump will likely have decent chance of actually contesting for the Presidency. Unless Trump can use that time to placate the protesters and avoid another Chicago, Legend & Co. will be there watching. Waiting.