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John Legend Reads Donald Trump Jr on Twitter, Calls Presidential Candidate 'Racist'

Rule number 1: Don't ever come for John Legend.  
John Legend Reads Donald Trump Jr on Twitter, Calls Presidential Candidate 'Racist'
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020
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Grammy-award winning singer shut down Donald Trump Jr on Twitter on Friday night and it was incredible. Legend and Trump Jr. battled after the singer called Trump Sr. a “racist” but only one person was the winner of these tweet war.

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

— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 12, 2016
Black Woman Who Signed With Trump’s Modeling Agency Says She Was Treated ‘Like a Slave’ Legend, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, clapped back at another Twitter user who insinuated that his response to Trump Jr. was founded on a lack of intelligence.

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

— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 12, 2016
Safe to say John Legend’s Twitter fingers aren’t here for the nonsense and we love every minute of it. WANT MORE FROM ESSENCE? Subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest in hair, beauty, style and celebrity news.
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