Diamond - Who the Hell Said You Cant Ditch and Switch? -- The Awakening of Diamond and Silk

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Our book Uprising is dedicated to GOD for blessing us with this opportunity. It could have been someone else, but he chose us, two black women from North Carolina, Diamond and Silk. God didnt make a mistake. He was so clever, and it was all in his plan, not ours.

In 2008, I had a vision board in my office. It was one of those wooden framed bulletin boards. I would cut out pictures of whatever I wanted in life and pin it to my vision board. One day, I was looking to purchase an office chair and I came across this amazing red winecolored chair. It was the big, elegant-looking chair that Donald Trump sat in when he starred on The Apprentice . The chair looked so comfortable, but I couldnt afford it. So I cut out the picture of the chair with Donald Trump sitting in it and pinned it to my vision board. I said, One day I will be able to afford to purchase this chair. Not realizing that I would be standing on the same stage with the man sitting in that chair seven years later. While I had my eyes on the chair, God had his eyes on something much bigger for me and my sisters life.

If you think thats something, think about this: What are the odds that this same man who was sitting in that chair would be the forty-fifth President of the United States at the same time and in the same year that Diamond and Silk were both age forty-five? Some may call it luck, some may call it a coincidence, but we call it Divine Order.

W e are so proud of our daughters and excited about their success. Weve raised them to believe in God and live by faith, no matter what. Weve taught our daughters to be loyal to whatever cause they choose to embark upon and be the best at whatever they set out to do.

Weve prayed for our daughters to make something out of themselves; we just didnt know that it would be anything like this. Looks like God heard our prayers.

We can remember back in 2014, Diamond came to us and stated these words: I want to change the world. She said it with so much boldness, and she was direct. We are so thankful to God for empowering us with the knowledge to instill in our daughters, the powerful tools that equipped them for such a time as this.

Elder and Evangelist Hardaway

Diamond and Silks parents

T he roar of the crowd was deafening, but we could hear exactly what was being said. People leapt wildly for joy, arms flying in every direction, high-fiving and bear-hugging other people they didnt even know. Chants of USA, USA, USA were shouted from every angle of the room. Media cameras and cell phones flashed so constantly that they seemed to create their own blinding light in our eyes. American patriots who had fought hard to see this day come to pass were unified in hopes of seeing a great America, but the most visible patriotic symbols in the room were the red Make America Great Again hats.

It was November 8, 2016. Finally, it was official: Donald J. Trump had become the forty-fifth President of the United States of America.

We had been stumping for Donald J. Trump for more than a year. We understood the true heart of America because we saw it almost daily. We saw people who had a love for this country, people that had never voted before in their lives, getting registered to vote. We saw people switching their party from Democrat to Republican to vote for Trump.

Leading up to this extraordinary moment, we had worked very hard at mobilizing and energizing Americans to get out and vote. When the naysayers said that Donald Trump would never be president and that we were crazy for supporting him, we only felt liberated. People would come up to us crying, they were so afraid of what would happen to America if Donald Trump lost. Our response to that fear was always, Yall, we got this; we are going to win! We were sure of it, without a shadow of a doubt. This was about much more than one man; it was about a movement to put a person who was willing and able to make changes and fight for the American people into the White House.

From our modest upbringing in the Tar Heel State of North Carolina to standing onstage with the President of the United States, it was like a rush of euphoria, a charge of excitement, and a sense of relief. We did it, and there wasnt anything that anybody could do about it.

Our criticswho claimed to be civilized and more enlightened than us deplorablescalled us coons, Uncle Toms, and sellouts. They marginalized us, criticized us, stigmatized us, and when that failed, they tried to assassinate our characters and ruin our reputations. Through it all, no matter how they tried to hide us or get rid of us, Diamond and Silk werent going anywhere. We were a force to be reckoned with.

So imagine how tickled pink we were when Donald Trump won; we knew that it was time for the Left and the left-wing media to start eating crow.

Yall, Im telling you, we had no plans for this.

You know, if you ever want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. If you ever want to make God mad, try going against His plan. He will put a series of events into action that will wheel you around to what He wants you to do, not what you want to do.

We didnt have any plans. We were just going along with our lives as usual, then we were thrust into this political arena all because we dared to speak out and speak up for what we believed. Its like weve transitioned from one place to another place. Now, we are here. So let us take you back to how it all began.

W hen we started stumping for Trump, we needed no ones permission or validation. We couldnt have cared less about what anybody thought, including family. We werent looking to score brownie points; we were looking to shed light on the naked, nasty truth!

As long as we can remember, weve never had any emotional attachment or connection to my fathers side of the family. Theyve always treated us like we were the dirt under the bottom of their shoes.

Mm-hmm.

In their eyes, we were nothing, and we were never going to be anything. Our mother was treated like she was trash because she did not live up to their expectations, and, as children, we felt the brunt of it.

Oh, gurl, I can remember that so vividly. We werent invited to a lot of the family reunions either; we only heard about them after they were over.