Lil
Pump
is
on
the
receiving
end
of
a
shoutout
from
former
President
Donald
Trump.
While
Trump
campaigned
in
Florida,
he
hit
the
stage
and
highlighted
the
rapper,
calling
him
a
“day
1
supporter.”
“He’s
one
of
the
few,
rapper
Lil
Pump,”
Trump
said.
Lil
Pump
was
present
in
the
crowd
during
the
rally.
Donald
Trump
shows
love
to
Lil
Pump
again
at
his
Florida
Rally
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November
9,
2023
The
Trump
shoutout
follows
Rev.
Al
Sharpton
speaking
against
rappers
who
support
former
President
Donald
Trump.
During
an
appearance
on
MSNBC,
Sharpton
questioned
how
Black
people,
including
rappers,
could
support
Trump,
recalling
his
history
with
the
Central
Park
Five.
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For
a
brief
history
lesson,
in
1989,
Trump,
who
was
then
a
prominent
New
York
City
businessman,
took
out
several
full-page
newspaper
advertisements
calling
for
New
York
City
politicians
to
reinstate
the
death
penalty
following
the
brutal
rape
and
attack
of
a
female
jogger
in
New
York
City.
Five
youth,
Yusef
Salaam, Korey
Wise,
Antron
McCray,
Raymond
Santana,
and
Kevin
Richardson,
were
wrongfully
imprisoned
for
7-13
years
until
the
attacker
was
caught.
They
had
been
coerced
into
giving
false
confessions
and
received
substantial
settlements.
All
are
involved
in
criminal
justice
activism
efforts
now.
Trump
never
formally
apologized
to
the
five,
especially
since
he
took
out
the
ads
before
their
trials
began.
“Let’s
go
to
the
1990s
when
five
young
Black
and
brown
men
were
falsely
accused
of
raping
a
white
woman
in
Central
Park,”
Sharpton
said.
“It
was
Donald
Trump
that
took
out
ads
in
the
papers
in
New
York
saying
they
should
get
the
death
penalty.”
Sharpton
later
said,
“Black
men
need
to
know
they
were
all
young
Black
men.
One
spent
13
years
in
jail.
He
was
with
us
for
the
March
on
Washington
on
Saturday.
Let
them
come
and
tell
the
rappers
and
other
Black
men
being
seduced
by
Trump
what
he
did
in
his
hometown
to
innocent
to
Black
men.”
