Olympic superstar Simone Biles proclaimed “I love my black work” on Friday after winning her second gold medal in Paris — an apparent dig at former President Donald Trump.
The 27-year-old gymnastics legend made the celebratory comment after the former commander-in-chief was questioned at a black journalists conference this week about an earlier reference he made to “black jobs.”
During his CNN debate with President Biden in June, Trump criticized Biden’s immigration policy for accepting “black jobs” — sparking criticism over what exactly a “black job” could be.
“The fact is that his biggest kill on black people is the millions of people he’s allowing to come across the border. They’re taking black jobs right now,” Trump said of illegal immigrants during the June 27 debate.
“They’re taking jobs from black people and they’re taking jobs from Hispanic people. And you haven’t seen it yet, but you’re going to see something that will be the worst in our history.”
On Wednesday, reporters at the National Association of Black Journalists conference asked him to define the term.
“A black job is anyone who has a job,” Trump said.
Biles made the comment while retweeting a post by singer-songwriter Ricky Davila, who sarcastically declared: “Simone Biles being the best ever, winning gold medals and dominating gymnastics is her dirty work.”
The six-time gold medalist added, “I love my black work” to the retweet, which contained a photo of her showing off a “GOAT” necklace.
Biles won her second gold medal of the 2024 Olympics with an individual all-around victory in gymnastics on Thursday after overcoming an early mistake on bars.
Trump also came under fire for saying Vice President Kamala Harris “turned black” at the conference.
“I’ve known her for a long time indirectly — not very directly — and she’s always been of Indian heritage and she was just promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was black — until a few years ago when she happened to become black,” Trump said.
“And now she wants to be known as black, so I don’t know — is she Indian or is she black? But you know what? I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t.”
He added: “She was Indian through and through, and then all of a sudden she took a turn and became a black person, and I think someone should look into that.”
The vice president’s father is black and Jamaican and her mother was born in India.
Via New York Post
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