‘Prove It, Bitch’: Trump Aide Launches Nasty Attack on Bakari Sellers Over Whether Trump Used N-Word
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Trump campaign communications aide Steven Cheung used some choice words when attacking CNN’s Bakari Sellers over whether the former president used the N-word during production of the NBC reality show The Apprentice.
Former show producer, Bill Pruitt, whose NDA just expired after 20 years, made the explosive charge in an article with Slate.
Pruitt detailed a discussion he said occurred during the first season of the highly-rated show as Trump chose between two finalists, Bill Rancic, who is white, and Kwame Jackson, a Black man. Pruitt claimed Trump said, “but, I mean, would America buy a n— winning?” Pruitt also claims there was video of the alleged slur.
Ultimately, Rancic was declared the winner, earning him a position with The Trump Organization.
Sellers, who is Black, tweeted Thursday: “Trump said nigger. Literally no one is surprised, except maybe Sheppard G and the sleepy dude that endorsed him last week.”
Cheung fired back, posting:
Prove it, bitch.
You can’t, because it’s a fake and bullshit story your dumb ass is peddling because Biden is hemorrhaging support from Black Americans. https://t.co/YsgaWlyrdP
— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) May 30, 2024
Former Apprentice villain and Trump aid Omarosa Manigault Newman made the original accusation in her 2018 book, but show creator Mark Burnett never confirmed nor denied the claim. Trump, however, tweeted at the time that Burnett “called to say that there are NO TAPES” of him using the “terrible and disgusting word.”
.@MarkBurnettTV called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018
Trump’s starring role on The Apprentice has been widely credited for making him a household name, bolstering his image as an “icon of American success,” and helping him win the presidency in 2016.
