Trump: Jay-Z used 'filthy' language at Clinton concert
BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 05/29/18 08:48 PM EDT 201
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President Trump slammed rapper Jay-Z at a rally in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday night for using "filthy" language at a pro- Hillary Clinton campaign concert in 2016.
"The only way she [Hillary Clinton] filled up the arena was to get Jay-Z," Trump said, as the audience booed. "And his language was so filthy it made me look like the most clean-cut human being on Earth."
Pres. Trump on Jay-Z at Clinton campaign rally: "His language was so filthy it made me look like the most clean-cut human being on Earth." t.co pic.twitter.com/iaUUiTFN1N
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 29, 2018
"He'd stand up there before those crowds, and by the way, without any musical instruments, I had much bigger crowds than he was drawing," he continued.
"But he'd stand up before those crowds, and he'd use the f-word, and Hillary would sit back and say 'I'm in trouble. Please don't have him use that kind of language anymore.' And then he'd finish and everyone would leave, and she'd be standing up making a speech to 400 people."Trump was referring to a concert for Clinton in 2016 in which Jay-Z used profanity multiple times.
"You're tuned into the motherf----- greatest," a voice said as the rapper appeared on stage.
"If you feelin' like a pimp n----, go and brush your shoulders off," the rapper said. "Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off. N----- is crazy baby, don't forget that boy told you. Get that dirt off your shoulders."
The rapper and the president have publicly sparred in the past.
Jay-Z condemned Trump's reported comments referring to Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as "shithole countries" earlier this year, saying the remarks were "disappointing" and "hurtful."
Trump fired back, citing the African-American unemployment rate in the U.S.
"Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!" Trump tweeted.
Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2018 |
