- Minaj mistakenly calls Vance ‘the murderer’ at TPUSA occasion.
- Vance responds by acknowledging Minaj’s unity message, no dangerous blood.
- Minaj expresses admiration for Trump, says she’s ‘uninterested in being pushed round’.
J.D. Vance is lastly responding after Nicki Minaj made a clumsy onstage flub on the TPUSA summit over the weekend — mistakenly calling him “the murderer” — and relatively than firing again, the vp opted for reward of his new MAGA mate.
On Monday morning, Vance took to X and started by referencing Minaj’s remarks about empowering younger Black ladies with out diminishing younger blonde ladies, signaling that he understood her broader level was centered on unity.
He went on to replicate on how fashionable politics has fueled a “zero sum” mindset, blaming influential forces that profit from sowing division. Vance even tagged Minaj instantly, noting that she rejects that mind-set — making it clear there’s no dangerous blood between the 2.
“Nicki Minaj mentioned one thing at Amfest that was actually profound. I’m paraphrasing, however she mentioned, “simply because I would like little black ladies to suppose they’re stunning doesn’t imply I have to put down little ladies with blonde hair and blue eyes,” he wrote. “We all obtained wrapped up over the previous few years in zero sum considering. This was as a result of the individuals who suppose they rule the world pit us towards each other.
@NICKIMINAJ rejects that. We all ought to.”
Minaj appeared at the Phoenix conference on Sunday, Dec. 21, closing out the occasion alongside Erika Kirk. The two walked onstage holding arms earlier than sitting down for a wide-ranging dialogue that touched on politics, religion, and different subjects.
The 43-year-old rapper raised eyebrows when she voiced her admiration for President Donald Trump and his administration. Addressing the viewers, she mentioned, “Dear younger males, you could have wonderful function fashions, like our good-looking, dashing president. And you could have wonderful function fashions just like the murderer, JD Vance, our vp.”
Almost instantly, Minaj appeared to comprehend her mistake. She froze, went quiet for a noticeable second, and lined her mouth together with her hand in obvious shock.
Erika, 37, dealt with the second with ease, reassuring Minaj by saying, “Trust me, there’s nothing new beneath the solar that I’ve not heard.”
After one other pause, Minaj turned emotional and instructed her, “I like you.”
Erika responded warmly, including, “You must chuckle about it. Truly, I’ve been referred to as each single factor. And you understand what? God is so good.”
Erika grew to become CEO of Turning Point USA following the loss of life of her husband, Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed throughout a TPUSA occasion at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. He was 31.
For some, Minaj’s presence at a conservative gathering got here as a shock, however the artist has been more and more open about her assist for Trump and his administration in latest months.
“I’ve the utmost respect and admiration for our president,” she instructed Erika. “I don’t know if he even is aware of this, however he’s given so many individuals hope.”
Explaining why she determined to again Trump, Minaj mentioned she “simply obtained uninterested in being pushed round.”
“I’ve one thing within me that’s stronger than what’s on the market. So once you’ve had sufficient, you understand, ‘Wait a minute, why do I even care about these folks and what they suppose? Who are they?’ They don’t even know who they’re. So I’m not going to again down anymore. I’m not going to again down ever once more,” she continued.
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